Do you lock midterm after term?

[ginorusso]

We are having an issue with PowerTeacher Pro and trying to find the solution.    All of our PowerTeacher Pro assignments from midterm (M1) are locked.   So teachers cannot change or enter grades.   For example if a student has a zero on Assignment 1, from September, and then hands it in the teacher is not able to update it because we have locked the M1 Term.

I am thinking the locking is the mistake, but not sure.   We locked it because we dont want to change data that was on the midterm report card, BUT I dont think its possible anyways since that data gets transferred using System - Grading - Permanently Store Grades.

So, do other school boards lock midterms after the term, or do they keep them open until the complete course ends.

[ParitoshT]

Hi @ginorusso,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community.

You can lock your reporting term so that teachers can't update the grades. Additionally, if the report pulls from the stored grades, as long as the grades are not restored they will not change.

Please let me know if this helps or in case of further questions.

ParitoshT

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[ginorusso]

So after midterm, kids still hand assignments in.   We want the grades to be open and unlocked.  However we do not want to mess with data (e.g. have a false midterm over written).   Should we in this situation NOT lock the term?

[KritiS]

Hi @ginorusso
 

If the terms are locked then teachers cannot make changes. So it would be depend on you if you want the teacher to be able to make changes to the previous term grades or not.

Also the teachers changing the gradebook will not effect the stored grades unless you store the historical grade again after the changes are made.

[judipop]

Suppose the term is locked in the gradebook, but the teacher finds an error in the gradebook or needs to change an Incomplete.  Is there a way to unlock the gradebook for the teacher to adjust that grade before the corrected grade is stored??

[JeffG9]

@judipop Yes, you can unlock individual sections from the Teacher Schedules page.

[JeffG9]

"Have you tried adjusting gradebook settings to allow changes without affecting stored grades?"

Absolutely nothing you do in PT Pro will have any affect on grades that have already been stored.

"You might want to check if there's a way to keep assignments editable while ensuring the reported midterm grades remain unchanged."

If the reporting term is locked, all of the assignments within it are locked as well. This is how Term Locks function in PowerSchool.