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What is FreshGrade?
Setting Up Students
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Commenting
Engaging Parents
Account Set-up
Web App
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Mobile App
Account Navigation
Making Assessments
Student App
Parent App
Getting Organized
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Capturing Photos/Video
Learning Highlights
Adding Students
Summary Reports
Creating Activities
Capturing Notes
FreshGrade Moments
Getting Started
Adding Labels
Attaching Objectives / Standards
Student Access
Self Documentation
Assigning Students
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Assessments
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Notifications
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Youre Done!
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Direct Uploads
Publishing an Activity
What is FreshGrade?
Making Learning Visible.
Capture, Document & Communicate Learning
Through Digital Portfolios.
Using the teacher app, educators can capture, document & communicate meaningful examples of student learning through
digital portfolios. While parents are provided on-going communication that matters, students are given the opportunity to
have a voice in their learning.
portfolio
on portfolio items
What is FreshGrade? 4
Account Set-up
Web App
Mobile App
1. Visit app.freshgrade.com/signup
be available to you)
Account Set-up 6
Account Navigation
GRADEBOOK:
Create & assign activities, make assessments
and track student progress.
DASHBOARD
This is your homepage and the first thing
youll see when you log in. You can return
PORTFOLIOS:
portfolios to view.
OVERVIEW TAB
REPORTING:
FreshGrade Moments.
OBJECTIVES TAB:
QUICK ADD:
ANNOUNCEMENTS TAB:
Create and send important class-wide
ACCOUNT SETTINGS:
Account Navigation 8
PROFILE
Change your profile picture, edit your name
or email address by selecting EDIT next to
your profile picture.
NOTIFICATIONS
You will be notified when new materials
or comments are added to portfolios. The
activity feed lists all your notifications.
REFER A COLLEAGUE
Do you know someone who would love
FreshGrade? Introduce them via this button.
MY CLASSES
Lists all your classes, allowing you to quickly
switch classes when required. To add classes,
or edit existing, click on the gear icon.
CONTACT SUPPORT
Need some help? Enter our Support Centre
and search for How-To guides, FAQs, or
submit a support request.
CELLULAR DATA
Toggle will allow you to enable the use of
cellular data when WiFi is unavailable.
Note: Uploading large amounts of learning evidence can
require high data consumption, please use this feature with
discretion. All captures taken without WiFi will be saved
and uploaded when your connection comes back online.
LOG OUT
Using a borrowed device?
Come here to log out.
Account Navigation 9
ANNOUNCEMENTS TAB
WHOLE CLASS
A streaming list of all learning captured
for your class. Shows who was tagged in
capture, if it was shared and how many
PORTFOLIOS
Click on Whole Class to navigate to
class your class list. Select specific
student portfolios to view and edit.
Editing allows you to add student profile
CAPTURING LEARNING
Capture evidence of learning through
photos, video, audio, or notes by clicking
on one of the icons in the toolbar.
Account Navigation 10
MENU
STUDENT SWITCHER
Account Navigation 11
Not Sure If You Should Use the Web App or Mobile App?
The type of work youre doing will determine which App to
use. Refer to this table as a guide.
Web App
iOS App
BULK
INDIVIDUAL
TABLETS
Account Navigation 12
Student App
create an account.
MY ACCOUNT
CREATE AN ACCOUNT
account.
EDIT
Allows students to add an email address,
change their first and last name, view their
username, or change their password.
I HAVE AN ACCOUNT
This will appear if they student logged
in with a code. If they already have an
account, they can click here to log in
JOIN CLASS
one login.
MY CLASSES
Lists all students classes, so they can easily
LOGOUT
navigate between.
Account Navigation 13
Student App
PORTFOLIO
Student can view all portfolio items,
assigned activities, self-document their
learning and comment/self-reflect on their
work.
REPORT CARDS
View Reporting documents that have been
created for the student.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
View important class announcements that
have been sent by their teacher.
Account Navigation 14
Parent App
PORTFOLIO
View all portfolio items and make
comments where desired.
MY ACCOUNT
View & edit profile information.
REPORT CARDS
MY STUDENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
single account.
LOG OUT
Using a borrowed device?
Come here to log out.
Account Navigation 15
Getting Organized
Use the web app to get organized before your
students arrive.
Log In to : app.freshgrade.com
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Editing a Class
create your first class. If you need to edit this class, or create
required.
Press Save
Click Save
Getting Organized 17
Adding Students
Click Add
Click Add
Click Save
If you have a split class, confirm the grade level for each
student
Click Save
Click Add
If you have a split class, confirm the grade level for each
student
Click Save
Getting Organized 18
Creating Activities
Its a good idea to use activites for anything you want to track
Getting Started
Adding Labels
Click on Labels
WHY LABEL?
Labels are an incredibly powerful tool for
you to use in FreshGrade. You can label your
activities by term, unit, standard or category.
We will provide some generic labels for you,
however you are able to edit any of these and
add your own. You can use these to filter your
gradebook.
Getting Organized 19
Creating Activities
Select a Subject
or specific students.
use
Assigning Students
Click Save
Click Change
LOCATION
Click Save
Getting Organized 20
Publishing an Activity
ACTIVITIES LIST
Please Note: Assigning an activity to students automatically
publishes that activity to their portfolio.
Are you ready to publish an activity?
list. Come back when you do, and well finish off.
Getting Organized 21
Setting Up Students
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Setting Up Students 23
Click the Print All Access Codes button on the top right
Distribute codes:
STUDENT STATUS
A Pending. Portfolio is not connected
message will appear until that student has
logged in and created their account. Once
they have done so, the message will change
to say that they are Connected. Once the
student has logged in to their portfolio and
created an account, the access code will
disappear and their username will appear in
its place.
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to know.
You can manage student access from both the web and
mobile apps. You will need to access the students profile
details to manage their access.
Reset Code
This will reset the portfolio code for the student. They
will not have access to their portfolio until you give
them the new code.
ACCOUNT STATUS
Revoke
Selecting this button will revoke the students access
to their portfolio. Clicking the button will issue a
new pending code, which you can distribute to the
student if youd like to give them access again.
Reset Password
When a student is Connected they will have had to
set a password when creating their account. If they
forgot their password, you can click here to reset it for
them.
not.
Click Save
portfolio.
they will be able to see are those that are shared as learning
highlights or through the various reporting tools. We
strongly encourage giving parents full portfolio access.
Portfolio Access:
To give a parent full portfolio access you must invite them.
This sends them an email describing how to set-up an
account if they havent done so already.
Click Save
PARENT STATUS
An Invite Sent message will appear until the parent
has logged in and created their account. Once they
have done so, you will see a new message to say
when they accepted the invite and on what date.
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Capturing Photos/Video
a highlight.
camera role
you
Option 1:
Option 2:
Youre done! The captured learning has been saved and will
portfolio
name
to their portfolios.
Option 1:
Click in the box that says write a note
Enter Your Feedback
Option 2:
Click Add a quick note
Select a provided quick note or create your own
Capturing Notes
Add Note:
Option 1:
Click in the box that says write a note
Enter Your Feedback
Option 2:
Click Add a quick note
Select a provided quick note or create your own
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Student Access
Web App:
student.freshgrade.com
Mobile Apps:
The student app is available for both Apple iOS and Android
mobile devices.
UPLOAD
COMMENT
Search FreshGrade in App Store.
Enter Code
Search FreshGrade
Enter Code
Self Documentation
Once logged in to their portfolio, students can self-document their work a couple of ways:
Direct Uploads
Click Upload
Upload work:
clips
Via Desktop or Laptop Device: Attach all file types
(documents, presentations, etc.) and add links
Click Save
Self Reflection
Click Comment
Click Done
New Uploads
Students can also add comments and self-reflect directly
into the portfolio.
Enter self-reflection
Click Save
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Commenting
Click in the text box that says Post a comment for (X)
portfolio elements
Enter in your comment
STUDENT COMMENTING
A great tool to empower students to self-reflect
student.
students
(student name).
the screen
Choose the desired recipients for your announcement
All parents
All parents
All students
All students
Click Send
By Email:
If they have an email address attached to their account, they
will receive an email.
In-App
When a parent or student logs into the student portfolio,
they will see a notification at the top of the portfolio page
that shows them that they have pending announcements.
When they click on the notification, they will be taken
to the Announcement area in their portfolio to read that
announcement or any past announcements they may
have missed.
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Notifications
Push Notifications
are able to view all of this through your activity feed in the
app.
Here you will see all activity for all of your classes. If you
Classes dropdown.
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Assessments
STUDENT LIST ORDER
You are able to order your students by first
or last name in your Account Settings. Your
We learned earlier (see page 19-21) how to create and assign
last name.
GRADEBOOK TAB
FILTERS
ACTIVITIES
Assessments
Making Assessments
The objective/standard
Mark distribution
Average score
Label summary
Assessed students
screen
students assessment
File Uploads: View students self-documented
learning, or upload your own evidence. You
can upload photos, short video or audio clips,
and documents.
Excuse: You can excuse a student from an activity.
This activity will not be included in any automatic
calculations.
By Grade
By Labels
class set-up.
To filter results in your Gradebook:
Click on Grade
Select the label you want to show results for (IE. Term 1)
your selections
your selections
Print or export this report to excel by clicking on the icons in
the top right hand corner of your screen.
By Subject
You can save the filters youve set as a new report. These
reports will be automatically updated according to their
filters, with every new activity you create and assess. This
makes it simple and easy to track different learning abilities
and activities.
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Learning Highlights
Web Browser:
Mobile App:
the highlight
you wish
eye icon, letting you know how many times it has been
Summary Reports
digital portfolio.
youd like to use this template for. All the students in your
report for the student, you are still able to edit this if
Once you are finished, click Done. You can always select
FreshGrade Moments
Youre Done!
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