Using PTAdministrator to access the teachers Gradebook is a great tool in troubleshooting Gradebook problems.
- In order to access PTAdmin, the user’s account must be edited on the Security Settings page > PowerTeacher Administrator User must be checked Yes
- Once you have access to PTAdmin you will:
- Select PTAdministrator from the Start page menu under Applications and a new window will display
- Select Administration > Security Groups > Default System Administrator
- Check all the boxes on the Administrator Login line and select Update
- Under Administration select Account Settings. Check the Activate box under Administrator Login and select Update
- Under Administration > Manage Accounts > select the Username for person you want to access PTAdmin
- Under Administration > Security Groups select to add the group Default System Administrator
- Under Account Permissions select all the boxes for Administrator Login and Update
- If you are setting this up for yourself you must close out of PTAdmin and open it back up before you will have access to the Gradebooks
- Once your account is active, under Gradebook select Administrator Login
- Select the school from the column on the left and the teachers for that school will display on the right
- Select the teacher and Launch Gradebook (you must have Java on your computer)
- You will have full access to see all of the Gradebook however you cannot make any changes – you cannot save
- Once you login to the Gradebook the teacher will get a Notification that you have been looking at their Gradebook