Using the Teacher Classes Widget

The Teacher Classes widget automatically appears on the homepage the first page you see after logging on to Aspen for all staff members in the Staff view. It shows your current class schedule.

For the date listed, the widget displays your Classes Meeting and Classes Not Meeting.

Note: indicates that you are covering this class for another staff member. The staff member's name appears when you hover the cursor over the icon.

Do any of the following:

• If an administrator or other user changes an assignment score, the "Changed score" icon can appear next to the class name. Click the icon to view the changed score on the Scores page. Changed scores appear in highlighted cells. You can also view them by selecting Grade Change at the Display drop-down on the Scores page.

• Click a class name, or the nickname you defined for it on the Class Details page, to view the roster for that section.
• If any students have dropped or added a class, appears. Click or the class name to view the roster for that section, including each student's roster status. After you view the Roster page for the section, no longer appears.
• In the Attendance column, to take attendance using the class list, click . To take attendance using the seating chart, click . If you already posted attendance for a class, appears.

Note: The Attendance icons do not appear for a class that is flagged to prevent period attendance input. You cannot take attendance for the class.

Note: If a class spans more than one period (and your school has opted to take attendance during each period in Preferences), the class is listed twice (once for each period). Select the appropriate period for the class.

• In the Grades column, to go to the Scores page for a class, click . If you already posted grades for a class, appears.
• In the Email column, click to send an email message to people related to a class, including students, contacts and teachers. The Mass Email pop-up appears. Type a Subject and the message. Click Send.

Note: At the To field, select or deselect the Students, Contacts, and Teachers checkboxes as needed. Within a subset of email addresses, delete a particular address by clicking the x in the corner. The Total Recipients number updates accordingly.

• To view information for a different day, click the Previous or Next button. This is helpful if, for example, you forgot to post attendance yesterday. Or, click Today to return to today's schedule.