Entering Class Report Card Comments

You may enter comments that appear on your students' report cards in your Gradebook if your school office has enabled this feature. For each student, you can either choose a comment from the Comment Set that your District has created, or you can enter a free-form comment. You may also enter the same Comment code or Free Form Comment for your entire class, if necessary.

Scroll past the video to access the step-by-step instructions.

Before you begin

  • Comments must be turned on for your entity by administrators in the Entity Group Configuration of the Gradebook module.

  • Comment sets must exist for your district.

  • The maximum number of characters for free form comments must be configured.

Audio Transcript

Let's take a look at adding report card comments in the Gradebook. You're going to navigate to the Menu, Teacher Access, Gradebook and then Gradesheet. If you're taken to a particular class, you can use the Class List option at the top right and then select the tile for the appropriate class. You're going to select the grading period column heading, where you wish to enter comments, and then choose Add / Edit Comments for Grading Period. In the appropriate comment column, you can use the drop-down icon to choose the comment code and then you'll notice that it auto defaults for all of the blank students. In the Free Form Comment field, you can enter a comment. You’ll notice the Characters Remaining updates as I type. Then, click the green check mark, which will also apply this comment to all the students. And then you can click Save Changes. Now you’ve learned how to add report card comments in the gradebook.

Procedure

Let's take a look at adding report card comments in the Gradebook. You're going to navigate to the Menu, Teacher Access, Gradebook and then Gradesheet. If you're taken to a particular class, you can use the Class List option at the top right and then select the tile for the appropriate class. You're going to select the grading period column heading, where you wish to enter comments, and then choose Add / Edit Comments for Grading Period. In the appropriate comment column, you can use the drop-down icon to choose the comment code and then you'll notice that it auto defaults for all of the blank students. In the Free Form Comment field, you can enter a comment. You’ll notice the Characters Remaining updates as I type. Then, click the green check mark, which will also apply this comment to all the students. And then you can click Save Changes. Now you’ve learned how to add report card comments in the gradebook.





  1. Select Menu > Teacher Access > Gradebook.
  2. Select Gradesheet under Features.
  3. Click the class tile where you wish to add report card comments.
  4. Select the Grading Period Column heading you wish to enter report card comments for.
  5. Click Add / Edit Comments for Grading Period from the menu.

    If you wish to enter a pre-defined comment code, continue to the next step. If you wish to enter a free-form comment, skip to step 7.

  6. In the appropriate comment column, enter the Comment Code or click the Down Arrow icon for the "Default Blank Comments to" field.
  7. In the Free Form Comment column, enter a comment in the "Default Blank Comments to" field and click the checkmark to the right of the field.

    For example, you could enter a comment listing the tasks that all of the students completed this term. The image below shows an example of report card comments entered for one class.





  8. Choose one of the options near the top left of the screen to save your work.
    OptionDescription
    Save & BackSaves the comments you entered and you return to the Gradesheet, where an icon displays in the Grading Period column for each student who received a comment.
    Save ChangesSaves the comments you entered and you remain on the Student Comment List.

Results

For more detailed information, please refer to the "Entering Class Report Card Comments" article in the Help Center.