Aeries for

Teachers
Easier than you think (I promise!)
 Aeries will
Aeries is work on ANY
designed to device now -
aggregate iPad,
our data in Chromebook,
Windows,
one place.
etc.
Sign-in Procedures - Getting in the door!

1. Navigate to the district website -

click/tap “Staff” in the top right
corner!
2. Click/Tap Aeries for Teachers
(2nd row, middle icon).
3. If you have to sign in…
Username: 1st initial+, last name
Password: Email Password
If you have not been able to sign in
before today; please write down
your username, and what password
you remember → At the conclusion
of this workshop, I will go through
and help you reset passwords!
You should see the
image on the left; it
will look different as
what I see is not what
you will see. Your
menu should at least
have…
● Student Data
● Attendance
● Gradebook
● Standards-Based
Grades OR
● Grades
Taking Attendance
1. Click/tap A if Absent, T if Tardy
2. If all students are here,
click/tap “All Remaining
Students Are Present” near the
top of the screen.
3. Check with your site
attendance clerk or
administrator regarding
changing absent to tardy, etc.
 Creating a Gradebook
1. Click “Add Gradebook” for elementary or “Mass Add Gradebooks” for secondary.
2. If elementary, add classes by subject area. Name it accordingly, and choose
Trimester 1. We do NOT recommend making gradebooks by year.
3. If secondary, click/tap Mass Add Gradebooks. Choose the subject areas that you
will keep grades for. Choose Trimester 1 for the term, then choose create
gradebooks.
4. For all teachers, click Add/Drop Students and then for each gradebook, choose
“Add All Students.” That button will disappear after this step, and reappear if a
student changes classes or leaves school.
Linking Gradebooks Follow to the letter:
1. Choose beforehand, which, IF
ANY, classes will share ALL of
the same assignments.
2. Change the numbers to the next
number up for each grouping in
the drop down. For example, if
you have three ELD 9th grade
courses, change all of those to
“1.”
3. Any that do not link will be left as
“0.”
4. You will repeat this process for
each grouping (using new
numbers), and then for each
new set of gradebooks at the
trimester.
5. Linking is not required, but it
saves SO much time if you are a
secondary teacher with multiple
courses of the same section.
Adding Categories and Editing Options
1. You may do two steps from here:
Manage Gradebook or Add Categories.
2. First, we will manage the gradebook,
as we can add categories from there as
well as our other setup procedures.
Click that button on the right.
Options

3
Categories
Adding Assignments - Step 1

OR
Adding Assignments - Step 2
 Managing your Students
This is the primary way that you will add or
drop students from your class. You should
not ever have to use any other way; if you
do, contact your counselor, attendance clerk,
etc. You can add students all at once, but
you have to go through and drop individuals.
You may also choose to keep
the records of the student in
your class, if you expect to
have that student back for
some reason.
 Rules

You may use rules to automatically drop a set number of

scores from the gradebook. Although this is part of the
checklist, I do not recommend it unless you feel very
strongly about it.
 Other Options

1. Final Marks - Use this to change your

percentages and grading scale. Only
do this either with your department
chair or mentor.
2. Backup/Restore - Exactly what you
think they are! :-)
 Importing your Importing your
Grades - Grades -
Elementary Secondary
1. Choose “Standards-Based Grades.”
2. Choose Load Grades from Gradebook 1. Choose “Grades.”
and your grade level. 2. Choose “Load Grades from Gradebook.”
3. Click “Next.” 3. Click “Next.”
4. Choose the Gradebooks from which to 4. Choose the Gradebooks from which to load.
load. 5. Click “Next” and also “Next” on the following
5. Click “Next” and also “Next” on the two screens.
following two screens. 6. On the final screen, input comments, work
6. On the final screen, input comments, habits, and citizenship.
work habits, and citizenship.
 Import from Google to Aeries
For a reason unknown, it is not enabled to everyone
- this is being worked on as we speak!

Notes to make it work for Aeries!

1. Do not mark the grading completed!

2. Do not place any grades into the assignment
beforehand!

Notes to make it work for Classroom

1. Return all assignments

2. Mark a grade for each student (even if 0, 50,
etc.)
3. Click/tap the button circled.
4. Go make a sandwich - it’ll take about 2
minutes.
 Is there anything I didn’t cover that you
would like me to touch base on?

Questions
Thank you for being an amazing
audience!