Platform Overview - Grabbing Data

GradeTransferer can help you seamlessly transfer grades by grabbing data from two different views in Google Classroom!

'Student Work' View

GradeTransferer can grab all grades (numeric, symbols, and text) when viewing the student work in a particular assignment. See below for more information.

Grabbing Numeric Grades

1. Open the assignment in 'Student Work' view

2. Click the big, green 'Grab Data' button in the extension

3. Check the popup summary to see what was grabbed before filling in your next gradebook

This video will show you how to grab from Google Classroom in the 'Student Work' view. Although this video demonstrates filling to Genesis, you can fill data to any of our supported platforms.

Grabbing Symbol & Text Grades

To grab text or symbol grades, like 'missing', 'excused', or '✓' in Google Classroom...

1. Open the assignment in 'Student Work' view

2. Click the hamburger button and toggle 'Convert "✓" & text grades' to ON

3. Click the green Grab Data button, and you will see in the summary that text scores were grabbed

   Note: '✓' is grabbed as the word 'symbol'

4. You can then use the Score Converter to determine how you want these scores converted for filling.  Ex: 'missing' can be grabbed instead as '0', or '✓' can be set to grab as '100'

   For more information, see our Score Converter article.

'Grades' View

GradeTransferer can grab numeric grades from the 'Grades' view of your class.

1. Click into a cell with a numeric grade to select that column

2. Click the big, green 'Grab Data' button in the extension

3. Check the popup summary to see what information was collected

Troubleshooting

• Grades not grabbing? Push a hard restart on Chrome by navigating to chrome://restart

• Grades not filling into your next gradebook?

• Do the rosters match? Check to see if the names on the page in Google Classroom look the same as they do from where you're trying to 'fill'. You can look in the briefcase to see what's been grabbed.

• If you've got the right class, look more closely at the student names to see if there are naming discrepancies, like typos, middle names, or other formatting issues. To fix name discrepancies, go to the Advanced Settings within GradeTransferer and use the Pattern Remover or the Name Discrepancy Fixer to teach GradeTransferer how the names should be recognized.

• Are 'missing' grades for students grabbing as '0'? Google Classroom has a feature called "Draft Grade for Missing Assignments" in the Class Settings.  When this is turned ON, student work that hasn't been turned in by the due date, or has been marked as missing by the teacher, will automatically receive a draft grade, which is set to a 0 by default, unless you choose otherwise.

• When this setting is "on", the student grade will show as a 0 (or whatever value you set the default to), and GradeTransferer will grab the grade as such.

• When the setting is "off", the student grade will show as the text "missing", and GradeTransferer will grab the grade as such if you toggle on "Convert check & text grades" in the extension. Then, you can use the Score Converter to set a rule for how you'd like the grade to fill. (Ex: 'missing' > 'MI' or 'missing' > '0')

  

🎯 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.