Entering Course Competency Marks and Comments

Use this procedure to step through entering mark and comment information for course competency groups. Competency Entry allows you to select if you want to work in a competency grid of all students or a competency list for a single student. To enter marks from a view that is focused on a single student and provides the prior marking period marks, use List mode. Refer to the appropriate procedure below.

If you use the Load from Gradebook option to calculate and load marks, you should enter a mark value on this page only if you do not want to have the student's mark calculated by Gradebook. Manually entering a mark value on the Competencies page is considered a mark override and the Load from Gradebook will not overwrite the mark.

To enter competency information using Grid mode:

To enter competency information using List mode:

From Grade Reporting, select Competencies to display the Competency Entry Page.
If you need to update the class or marking period, click Change to display the Class List pop-up, and make your selections.
If Competency Entry is currently in Grid mode, click .
If you are working with a course that has multiple competency groups, use the Competency Group field above the student list to select the competency group.
Select the student to view by clicking on the student's row or use the student quick search tool at the top of the student list.
Enter the appropriate mark or comment for the student.
When you have finished, click .
If you are working with a course that has multiple competency groups, repeat steps 4-7 until you have updated all of the competency groups.
To select another student, click on the student's row or use the student quick search tool.