View term averages on your Scores page

On the Scores page, Aspen calculates term averages using your default weighting method and all of the scores you have entered for the term.

You can view traditional averages and standards-based averages, if you enter scores for reporting standards.

To view term averages:

1. Log on to the Staff view.
2. Click the Gradebook tab.
3. Select a class, and then click the Scores side-tab.
4. Do one of the following:
• To view traditional averages on your Scores page, select the Traditional view at the top of the page. Then, from the Grade Columns drop-down, select:
  
• Averages to view average columns only.
• A specific category to view scores and the average for that category only.
• Post Columns - Term or Post Columns - Progress to view each student's current term average.
• All to view all scores and averages.
  
• The averages column you specified appears.

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• To view averages for reporting standards you enter scores for, select the Standards view. From the Standard drop-down, select a specific standard to view averages for, Averages to view traditional averages for standards scores, Post Columns - Term or Post Columns - Progress to view each student's current term average, or Trends to view averages calculated using the Power Law calculation.

• A calculator appears in the column header of each average column.

  Note: You can determine that averages appear next to the student’s name, instead of at the end of each row, in your user preferences on the Gradebook sub-tab, by selecting the Anchor Averages checkbox.

  Each time you enter a new score, the system saves it and updates the average that appears.

  You cannot edit the value in average columns. After you complete entering scores for a term, you copy these values to a column you submit to the office for report cards or progress reports. You can edit that value before sending it to the office. The average columns with the Calculator icon remain as values you can reference.

  Note: If you select to view semester running averages in your gradebook, they appear in the column named Semester # (for example, Semester 1).

  If you select to view cumulative averages in your gradebook, they appear in the column named Cumulative (if enabled by your school's preferences , and if you selected Averages or All in the Grade Columns field). This column is an overall cumulative average that includes all grades and scores you have entered since the beginning of the class, regardless of term. Aspen calculates the overall cumulative average using the average mode specified in your gradebook.

5. At the end of a grade term, finish entering grades for your assignments, and begin the 'post grades to transcript' process.