OnCourse Grade Book allows teachers to perform basic tasks - such as recording assignments and scores and calculating grades - more quickly and efficiently than with the traditional, paper-based approach. It automates the creation of progress reports and report cards and even allows schools to provide parents with updates via the Internet. And because OnCourse Grade Book is web-based, educators can log in and securely access student performance data any time from any computer connected to the Internet.

Using OnCourse Grade Book, teachers, counselors, and principals can easily generate real-time reports about student performance at the individual, class, grade, or school level. What's more, the tool allows teachers to map all assignments to educational standards with just a few clicks of the computer mouse. As a result, administrators can create standards-based report cards that show how students are performing vis-à-vis specific requirements.

OnCourse Grade Book is a highly flexible solution. It can be implemented by a single school or an entire district. It allows a school or district to set up one or more grading policies. And it can be easily integrated with OnCourse Lesson Planner and OnCourse Student Information System for maximum productivity.

Designed to work the way educators work - and powered by a robust, best-in-class Oracle database - OnCourse Grade Book empowers schools to:

Increase flexibility and productivity. Automated, online grade books enable teachers and principals to more quickly and efficiently record and assess student performance. OnCourse Grade Book enables teachers to add assignments to multiple grade books simultaneously. It also allows each school to add custom symbols for scoring and supports grade calculation based on "raw" points or weighted categories and assignments.

Enhance communication and collaboration. OnCourse Grade Book helps improve communication among all school stakeholders. This online tool facilitates better communication between teachers, administrators, and parents. In fact, the tool enables schools to provide parents and students with real-time progress reports - delivered via the web.

Automate accountability monitoring and analysis. This solution allows teachers to map each assignment to the relevant educational standards. As a result, it's easy for teachers to track their own progress - and for school and district administrators to correlate classroom activities to standards. With OnCourse Grade Book, schools can also create standards-based report cards.

Avoid the headaches of technology installation and maintenance. Because OnCourse Grade Book is delivered via an application service provider (ASP) business model, there's no software to install and no server to maintain. At OnCourse Systems for Education, we handle all of that - along with security and back-up - as part of the subscription fee.

Key Benefits of OnCourse Grade Book
With this web-based tool, school and district administrators can:

  • Review and analyze student performance online
  • Generate reports about student performance against specific standards
  • Provide online updates to parents ­ enabling timely identification and resolution of student issues
Teachers can:
  • Capture, calculate, and communicate grades in a fraction of the time required with the traditional, paper-based approach
  • Easily map assignments to educational standards, which are available in a convenient online repository
Parents and students can:
  • Enjoy convenient access to progress reports and report cards online