Feature Overview

Computers, browsers, internet connections, and filters all differ between machines. Use these settings to adjust things to your liking . These settings are saved locally to your machine (not to your account), so you can have different ones set up for your work computer and your home computer.

⚠️ All other Advanced Settings pages are auto-saving except for this one. Remember to click 'SAVE' at the top of the page to activate your customizations.

This video will walk you through everything you need to know.

Where is this feature?

Custom Overrides is part of GradeTransferer's Advanced Settings, which can be accessed by first clicking the hamburger menu. See below.👇

PowerTeacherPro Filling Speed

The filling speed in PowerTeacherPro can be sped up in case your internet connection and computer can handle the faster fill scripts. The opposite is also available – you can make it slower in case your machine or internet connection is not the latest & greatest out there.

Infinite Campus Auto-Scrolling Time

On the 'Gradebook' view in Infinite Campus, when filling data, GradeTransferer will first scroll to the bottom of the page for a few seconds so all student rows populate on the page so it can then input the data quicker.

If you have very large classes or a slow internet connection, it might be useful to INCREASE the time allotted for scrolling the page. You would know that you need to make this adjustment if (when filling data) the bottom part of your roster is never filled. By changing the auto-scroll time to be something longer, your browser will have more time to load all the students onto the page (even the ones that have been left off at the bottom) so GradeTransferer can then process all the student rows.

If you have very small classes or a fast internet connection, it might make sense to DECREASE the time allotted for scrolling the page. This would save you a few seconds every time you 'fill' data, which can add up over time. If you start seeing that the bottom of the roster is left blank and not getting data transferred into it, adjust the setting to a higher number and try again.

Canvas Auto-Scrolling Time

On the 'Gradebook' view in Canvas, when filling data, GradeTransferer will repeat a process of filling data, scrolling the page, filling some more data, scrolling the page again, etc. If the filling is missing in parts of the page, it's possible that your internet connection was too slow or your classes are huge, and your browser didn't load the data in time before the next filling section got targeted by GradeTransferer.

To fix this issue, adjust the Canvas auto-scrolling time. For larger classes (or slower internet connections) INCREASE the time and try again. Don't forget to 'SAVE' your settings before trying though.

Show Progress Alerts

The progress alerts are there to help users better understand what's happening with the data they're transferring and to have an extra level of verification readily available for troubleshooting. If you don't like seeing these 'Grab' and 'Fill' summaries, you can turn them "OFF" using this setting.

Turn popup summaries (like the one below 👇) ON or OFF using this setting.

Scaling Feature Alerts/Notifications

GradeTransferer's built-in linear scaling feature comes with supporting notifications to help guide users by default.

Once you got the hang of the 'Scale' feature however, you can turn "OFF" these supporting notifications with this toggle switch. (Don't forget to save your newly set customizations using the 'SAVE' button at the top of the page!)

Turn notifications (like the one below 👇) ON or OFF using this setting.

Tightening the Matching Algorithm

When a student has a very short and/or common name that is identified in other names, the extension can have trouble making the right identification. For example, the student "Al" might be identified as the student "Allison". At this point, the extension will stop filling because it can not apply both Al's and Allison's grades to Alison.

Below are three options in Custom Overrides to help in such cases.

Lock Length

In cases where your roster contains a lot of similar names, you can toggle on this setting.

While by default GradeTransferer would view Dan Lee as a match for all of the following:

• Dan Kim Lee

• Lee Dan

• Danny K. Lee

• Lee, Daniel K.

• Dan Lee

• Dannie Lee

Having Lock Length turned 'ON' would only view "Lee Dan", "Dan Lee", and "Dannie Lee" as a match since they are all two segments long just like the original "Dan Lee" they're compared against.

💡If you need to restrict the matching further, see Rigidify Match (below)

Rigidify Match

In cases where your roster contains a lot of similar names, you can toggle on this setting.

While by default GradeTransferer would view Dan Lee as a match for all of the following:

• Dan Kim Lee

• Lee Dan

• Danny K. Lee

• Lee, Daniel K.

• Dan Lee

• Dannie Lee

Having Rigidify Match turned 'ON' would only view "Dan Kim Lee", "Lee Dan", and "Dan Lee" as a match.

💡Enabling both Rigidify Match and Lock Length on would only view "Dan Lee" and "Lee Dan" as a match for "Dan Lee". If you need to restrict the matching even further (for example so it would only match "Dan Lee" and not "Lee Dan"), you can set up Absolute Match in the Name Discrepancy Fixer.

Absolute Match - in the Name Discrepancy Fixer

For a roster of students where many have very similar names and are getting mixed up (ie: in a class of Dan Lee Kim, Dan Kim, Kim Dan, Kim Lee, Danny Kim, and Dan Kim Lee) add each name as itself with an asterisk at the end.

Like this:

Dan Lee Kim ➝ Dan Lee Kim*

This helps GradeTransferer understand that these are especially similar cases and need more stringent evaluation.

Aspen Enhanced Column Targeting

In some cases, (especially once a lot of columns are set to be visible on the gradebook page at once) GradeTransferer can be a bit slow to interact with the page. To combat this, there a two solutions.

1. Either adjust the 'View' of what's being displayed on the page with the Grade Columns dropdown

   

2. Use the Aspen enhanced column targeting feature from Custom Overrides

   

SchoolsPLP Page Targeting Workaround

This is just a workaround to try in case your district embedded your SchoolsPLP or Agilix gradebook into their site more deeply than would be expected. Don't forget to click 'SAVE' at the top of the page after turning this setting ON or OFF so the changes can get applied.

Force Clear

Did you play with the settings and mess things up and now want to reset? This is your button. If it doesn't fix your issue, you might have to remove the extension from your Chrome profile (right-click and select 'Remove from Chrome') and then add it again (there will be a shortcut link at the top of the page that pops up after you remove from Chrome).

🎯 Remember to always review transfers for accuracy and completion. The GradeTransferer service can significantly speed up the transfer process and cut down on errors. However, just as with manual grading, it is the teacher's responsibility to verify that grades are correct within their gradebook.