As teachers have called me with a problem, I've listed the solution here for you to be able to find.  Click on the tip to see.

My grades are coming out zero's in the result column or are incorrect..   (result column is the last column on the right)

            You need to make sure you have at least one category set and that each category is weighted how you want them.  Make sure each grade you put in has max value set to whatever the highest grade for that assignment is, assigned to a First Category Link, and the score weight is at least 1.  

You may need to check and make sure you are looking at what you want to be looking at in the result column.  You may be looking at a category average rather than a 9 weeks average.  To set the result column, double-click on the words you see at the top of the result column.  Select what you want to be seeing.                    To Top ^

A student changed class periods or withdrew and they are no longer showing up in my class, I need to get their grades and attendance! 

     Open the class where they used to be.  Click on Options-Show Inactive Students.  You'll notice at the bottom that the students with an asterisk by them are students that are no longer in your class.  After you copy down their grades and attendance, you may go back to Options-Show Inactive Students to get them to not show up again.  It places or removes a check mark each time you click on this option.                       To Top ^

All of my classes don't show up in the list of classes.

            You need to create that class file by going to File - File Wizard and walking through the steps to create the class.                           To Top ^

I have at least one duplicate class.

            Open any NON-duplicated class.  Then click on File, select Move Files to Archive Directory.  Click on the duplicated class that you want to get rid of, then click on Move.   To Top ^

What's the easiest way to define my grades?

            What I would do is set up my category(-ies).  Then, click on Define, select Grades.  Delete the ones out of there that were there to begin with if you want.  Then add several grades for each category.  Like Daily1, Daily2, Daily3, Test1, Test2, Test3 etc…make sure you select the correct First Category Link, have the score weight set and the max value set to 100 (or the highest possible score for this assignment).  Click on okay.  Then when you are looking at Grades View and see the columns, and you want to quickly put in a set of grades for a certain test…just double click on a column that is set up with a fake test (test2 for example) and replace the Test2 description with the actual description.  Then just enter your grades.  (This is quicker than going to Define-grade and setting it all up each time.)                                                            To Top ^

How do I alphabetize my roster?

            One way is to click on the button with the A1 on it and then click OK.  Another way is to press the F4 button on the keyboard and click OK.  And yet one more way is to Click on Utilities, select Sort, then click OK.                  To Top ^

What's the deal with the reports that have the (HTML) beside them?

            These reports will come up in your browser (the thing you look at the Internet with).  Either Netscape or Internet Explorer will come up with the report.  BE SURE TO CLICK ON YOUR RELOAD OR REFRESH BUTTON TO GET THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. (reload is Netscape and refresh is IE). Then you must go to File Print in order to print the report.                       To Top ^

A student is missing from my roster.

The most likely reason for a student or students  to not show up in your roster is that the student is assigned to a different course code number than the file was set up to handle.

Let's say your class is going fine, then you get someone added to your class, but they don't show up on your roster automatically.  

Take note of the course code that that student is assigned to receive in this class period.  It's different than the students that are showing up in your roster.

To correct this, be in the class file that the student is missing from, go to Pinnacle-Define Section.  Here you see a list of all the course sections assign to you.  The highlighted sections are the ones already being pulled into this class.  To add the new section to this class file, hold down the shift (or ctrl, I can't recall...) to highlight the new section also.  (holding down the button to highlight the new section, adds the section along with the old sections.)

Click on the Okay button (or whatever it says...)  It should do an update roster and enter the missing student.         To Top ^