PS Teachers - Creating Class Descriptions for Parents using Class Content

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The section description that the parent sees in Powerschool comes from the description that the teacher enters under Class Content in Gradebook.  To create a section decription, click on the Class Content tab at the top of your Gradebook.  Remember to insert the line break command (the less than symbol, br, and the greater than symbol) every place you want to start a new line.  This area is typically used for general class messages, but can be used for posting students' homework.  If you do choose to list homework assignments here, we recommend leaving previous nights' homework out here for about a week so that those that were absent have a way of looking at homework they missed.  The bottom part of the description contains the code generated when you add an internet link.  There is no need for you to type this.  I discuss inserting links in the next section of this blog.

If you have a homework site or blog that you want to direct people to, the slide below shows you how to include an internet link in your message.  Once you click on the grey button (+ Link) underneath the word Description it will open a box like the one below, and you can add the internet address, and an english description of the site you are sending them to. 

This is what the parents will see when they go to look at their child's grades for your class.  Notice that the English Description that you typed for your internet link, not the actual internet address is displayed in blue.  This can be clicked by the parent to get to the site you are directing them to.

The Teacher Comments and Assignment Description will be addressed in a later blog.