Jing

media type="file" key="gradebook setup.m4v" width="300" height="300"

 Over the summer the state updated DDN. Many of the changes that I have noticed so far are for the better, but they do take some time getting use to. One of the teachers I am mentoring asked if I had looked at the gradebook and if I'd help her with it after school. Until this year she taught first grade so the grade book was not the same. later in the day I had a fourth grade teacher ask the same question so I decided that I would make a Jing for the entire building to hopefully remove any confusion. After creating the video I later discovered that a portion of the video was incorrect. I informed teachers that they should not choose the No Calculation, fill all option under "Edit Grade Calc Options." By selecting No calculation DDN will not calculate a letter grade.

Having previously used Jing for before it was relatively simple. The only problem I came up with was when trying to save. Jing apparently had removed the save option and when using Macs new OS, Lion, you need to scroll across the screen to find the save option, but there are no buttons to show you need to scroll across. After emailing Jing's tech support I had to laugh at the simplicity of the solution.