Power Teacher 1.1 has over 40 key usability and feature enhancements for teachers. Thousands of teachers and dozens of administrators using PowerTeacher 1.0 provided detailed product feedback, and Pearson is listening. Thanks to the feedback of our fantastic PowerTeacher customers, this release incorporates the most commonly requested features and fixes, including:
Pearson is dedicated to a process of continual improvement, to bring you the features you need to be successful in the classroom today and in the future. Your feedback is important to us, and helps each new release meet and exceed the expectations of our teachers across the nation.
The following tables display a complete list of enhancements in PowerTeacher 1.1.
| Feature |
Description |
| Open immediately |
Option to open or save the completed report. |
| Report Layout tab |
Add custom title, top note,
bottom note, page break options, and signature line for each report. Settings
are remembered across sessions for future use. |
| Student Multi-Section Report
– NEW! |
New report displays progress
across all of a student's sections and teachers. |
| Student Name vs. Student
Number |
Display Student Number or
Student Name on all reports. Randomize student numbers. |
| Student Roster Report |
Six blank fields added that
can be named and stored. |
| Individual Student Report |
- Include or exclude
final grades, assignment info, score comments, and category totals.
- Specify reporting terms
to display.
- Assignment weighting is
now displayed. Assignment and category abbreviations can be used.
- Sorting by section,
page break, and space-saving options.
|
| Missing Assignment Report |
- Use the new Missing
indicator, or continue to use unrecorded scores.
- Sort by section, or
alphabetically by students across sections.
|
| Attendance Grid Report |
Include or exclude the date
headings. Select a number of days to display, rather than a specific date.
Allows use of this report for a variety of purposes, such as a class
checklist. |
| Final Grade and Comment
Verification Report |
Include or exclude points,
percent, and letter grade. |
| Scoresheet Report |
- Standardization of
student name appearance.
- Select which final
grade columns to display.
- Alternating line colors
for enhanced readability.
|
| Sorting options across
reports |
Additional sorting options
on each report. Student specific reports can be generated separating students
by section, or grouping together alphabetically or by number. |
| Paper saving enhancements
across reports |
Each report has been
formatted to fit more information on fewer pages, while retaining the
aesthetics of the report. |
| Page break enhancements
across reports |
Page break options for each
report, allowing teachers to get the exact information needed. For example,
the missing assignment report can print one page per student to distribute,
or group all students together for a teacher's reference. |
| Saved reports remember saved
location |
Saving a report defaults to
the desktop for easy locating. Also remembers last saved location. |
| Standardization of report
header and footer |
Header, footer, and row
color is now standardized across all reports. |
| Reports definition tab
default position |
Reports definition window
now appears in the middle of the screen, rather than minimized. |
| Feature |
Description |
| Zoom in and out |
Scoresheet, Assignments, and
Student window can display larger or smaller text. Settings are remembered
between sessions. |
| Copy and Paste Assignment
options |
Keep the existing due date,
use today's date, or assign any new due date when copying assignments. |
| Missing assignment indicator |
New indicator to mark a
student's assignment as missing. Missing Assignment report uses this
indicator to generate report. |
| 100 percent shortcut key |
Enter the equal sign (=) in any score cell to automatically assign 100
percent of the points possible to the student. This applies to all point,
percentage, and letter grade scores. |
| Missing, Late, Collected
quick entry keys |
- Missing: MI or forward
slash (/)
- Late: LT or asterisk
(*)
- Collected: COL or
period (.)
Repeat the quick entry key
to remove the indicator. |
| Name your sections |
Name each section and
display that name in the section list. |
| Remember the reporting term
filter |
The gradebook now remembers
the reporting term filtered between sessions. For example, if a teacher has
filtered to S1, then S1 displays when they log in, rather than the default. |
| Final Grade display
preference |
Option to display any or all
of the following in the Scoresheet Final Grade column: points earned,
percent, or letter grade. No selection leaves the Final Grade column blank. |
| Mean, Median, Mode added for
Final Grade column |
Mean, median, and mode
statistics for the class now display in the Final Grade column. |
| Section display: periods and
days vs. section number |
Display the period and days
(for example, 3A) for the section, or use the section number. This is
especially helpful for elementary and specialist teachers. |
| Section sorting options |
Sort sections by period/day,
course name, or section number. |
| Student count |
Student column on the
Scoresheet displays current count of students. Count updates as students are
added or dropped from the section. |
| Student name and
Final Grade columns can be resized separately |
Ability to
separately size the Student Name and the Final Grade columns as needed. |
| Option to update scores when
changing points possible |
When changing the points
possible for an assignment (for example, from 10 points possible to 100),
teachers can keep the existing scores, or scale them up or down to match the
new points possible. |
| Decimal entry on Final Grade
Setup |
Enter weights such as 1.5 or
1.25 on the Grade Setup window. |
| Quick Entry Tips help window |
New item on the Help menu.
This document lists keyboard shortcuts and other quick entry tips. |
| Comment Bank: line breaks
vs. spaces |
Choose line breaks or spaces
to separate entries selected from the Comment Bank |
| Close button added to Score
Inspector |
Score Inspector window now
displays a Close button in addition to the Clear button. |
| Updated online help |
Online help is updated to
include all new features and enhancements for version 1.1. |
| Feature |
Description |
| Category totals on reports
include assignment weighting |
On the Individual Student
and Category total reports, the category totals now include assignment
weighting in the total calculation. |
| Assignment percent on
reports now display one decimal |
The assignment score percentage
on the individual student report previously rounded values for display
purposes. The percentage now displays one decimal and matches the value on
the Scoresheet. |
| Attendance Grid displays N/A |
Certain sections with
unusual section IDs were displaying NA on the attendance grid report. |
| 28 section limit on
PowerTeacher start page |
Updated to display as many
sections as necessary. |
| OSX 10.5 (Leopard) |
Fix to overcome a known
issue with score entry when running on OSX 10.5 (Leopard) |
| Fix to ensure access to last
year's data |
View and use assignments and
other items created in previous years. |
| Reports sort by last name,
then first name |
Students with the same last
name are now sorted consistently on reports. |
