Bridgett Ellis

EDUC 1400

Tech Toolkit: Gradebook

The tech toolkit that I found this week is the Engrade grading system by McGraw-Hill Education. This tool is a great grading system for any teacher, who's looking to create their own grading system. Although most schools provide their own grading website, it may not work for everyone.  Every teacher teaches different, which means they may grade differently.  This is a free online grade book that offers many different characteristics.

On the site, you will start by creating an online profile, with your username and password. You’ll be able to sign up as a teacher of students. For teachers the first you’ll create a class using any subject. When creating the class, you’ll add the class name, grade level, school year and grade period. Then it asks what type of grade system will be used. You’ll be able to choose the traditional grade scale 100-90% is an A, 89-80 is a B, and etc... or you can create your own grading scale. When that finish you’ll add the name of students, then the class set up will be complete. The other characteristic this site is the attendance, performance review, and seating chart. With the performance review, teachers will be able to make commons on how each student is doing every day. This can be a helpful reminder that teachers can look back on to track the students development. Also, the seating can be very useful if a teacher is absent. The teacher can also add quizzes to the class site.

I think that this can be a helpful tech tool for many schools. It gives teachers a chance to have more academic freedom with the grading system. Also, is can beneficial if schools are have cut back since it’s a free online grade site.