1. Click Grading, and then click Traditional (for traditional score grading) or Standards (for standards-based grading).
2. Click on the drop-down arrow on the Grading Period Column Header and select Bulk Comment for Traditional Grades or the drop-down arrow under the first standards column header and Bulk Comment for Standards-Based Grades.
Student Selection Tab
3. Select the students you want to enter a Bulk Comment for.
4. If you are grading with Traditional Grades, you can use the filter to select students based on criteria. Click the gear icon in the top-right hand corner of this screen and click Show Filter. Then select the drop-down arrow to the left of Filter.
5. Select what you want to filter by and enter the criteria (such as all students that have an A). Then click Apply.
The student list will now be limited to the criteria you chose, and you can click the checkbox at the top of the student selection column to select all these students to enter a comment for.
Comment Tab
6. Click the Comment tab, and then click Show Comment Bank.
7. You will see how many students you are entering a comment for at the top. Click the plus + sign next to any comments you want to add to these students. The comments will populate in the text box.
Options Tab
8. Click the Options tab. Click the drop-down arrow for Save new comments by and select either Appending to Existing or Replacing Existing to indicate how the new comment should interact with existing comments.
GHS Productivity Tip: The Replacing Existing option is a quick way to delete all prior progress report comments.
9. Click Save to enter this comment and start a new comment for other students or click Save and Close to save this comment and close the page.