JCampus FAQs for Teachers

It depends.  If there is nothing in the In field that shows he has been checked back in since 2^nd hour, then the answer is Yes.  You must send him to the office to be checked back in.  This must be done before the next period so the next teacher will see that he has been checked back in and will expect him to be in her class.  If there is a code in the In column indicating that he has been checked back in by the office since the last Skipped code was entered, then you don’t have to do anything because the system shows that he should be in your class. 

No.  When there is already an attendance code in the Out field and you need to enter an additional one for a Tardy or a Skipped, you should click in the Out field and choose Post New Tardy-To-Class if the student is Tardy or choose Post New/Multiple Checkout(s) if the student is Skipping.  If you choose Post New Tardy-To-Class, you will be prompted to choose the Reason and E or U for the Tardy.  If you choose Post New/Multiple Checkout(s),  you will be need to choose 08 for Skipped from the list of attendance codes. 

When there is already an attendance code in the Out field and you need to enter an additional one for a Tardy or a Skipped, you should click in the Out field and choose Post New Tardy-To-Class if the student is Tardy or choose Post New/Multiple Checkout(s) if the student is Skipping.

Only the “I”.  The X calculates as a zero.  Leaving it blank (or using the E) excludes it from the average.

Elementary Schools NEVER mark a student tardy.  The office (or in some schools, the teacher) marks the student with a code of 19, Late To School, in the In column.  That populates the Out column with the time of the beginning of your school day, a 52 in the Code column, an E in the Ex column, and Temporarily Excused in the Out Reason.

Click in the column labeled Out and choose the Tardy code of 14, then choose the appropriate excused or unexcused reason code.

To access JCampus from any computer in any location, including your classroom, you can use https://jcampus.cpsb.org/jcampus/  (case sensitive).  The server will redirect you to the proper IP address.  You no longer need to use two different IP addresses from inside and outside the cpsb network.

First, you must create a new assignment.  Then post a grade of E for all of the students for which you want to remove the average.  Then click Save.  Then click Grades, Recalculate Assignment Grades.  Then remove the assignment. 

The extra credit for Elementary and Middle Schools is best handled on an individual assignment grade before it is posted in WebPams.  If you really want to use Web Gradebook to create an extra credit assignment for a middle school or elementary class, you will create an assignment as usual and give anyone that does the assignment an A.  Then you can give all the students that do not get the extra credit the letter grade E to exempt them from the assignment.  This is not actually extra credit in the true sense, but will allow you to give students the opportunity to earn an extra A. 

The Attendance Roll Book and the Student Permissions reports both include names and ID numbers, but there is no report in WebGradebook that prints ONLY the name and ID number.

When there is already an attendance code in the Out field and you need to enter an additional one for a Tardy or a Skipped, you should click in the Out field and choose Post New Tardy-To-Class if the student is Tardy or choose Post New/Multiple Checkout(s) if the student is Skipping.

Click in the Out cell on top of the time that you marked him skipped, then choose Change Checkout to Tardy to Class.

Edgear is aware of the issue and is working on a solution.

You will have to go to Assignments, Syllabus, choose the assignment you want to get back, and click on the select box next to that assignment.  Then click Edit at the bottom of the screen, and uncheck the Do Not Show box on the Assignment Screen. 

If a teacher knows that the student is a senior and that her class is their first period class, they can mark them in the OUT column with a 52.  The rest of the day nothing needs to be marked if the student continues to be absent the rest of the day.

If a student other than a senior as in the above example is absent in a class and has not been marked absent by the first hour teacher or checked out by the office, the first time the student does not show up in a class, that teacher should mark the student Skipped.  After that, if the student continues to be absent, there is really no reason for the other teachers to continue to mark the student skipped. 

One assignment with a grade of “I” gives you an incomplete final average.  You have to make it up or change it to something else (E,X,0,F, etc.).  It is averaging as a zero.

You might have installed a toolbar such as Yahoo, and WebPams doesn’t work well with those.  Go to your Control Panel and uninstall any extra toolbars that have been installed.

Try to fix the jumping on your screen by increasing or decreasing your screen resolution. 

You need to click on the Refresh button at the bottom left side of your Attendance screen. 

F = Full Day     H = Half Day     O = Out     U = Unexcused     S = Suspended     E = Excused     ND = Extenuating Circumstances   

OP = Other Present     SID = Student ID 

Click in the column labeled 1^st and the program will populate the time in the Out column, a number in the Code column, a letter (E, U, P, N) in the Ex column, and a reason in the Out Reason column.

A student is ONLY marked tardy to 1^st period if the teacher knows the student was on campus before the 1^st period bell rang.  For ALL other students getting to school late 1^st period, the teacher or the office (depending on school procedures) will use the In column to mark a student Late To School with a code of 19.  That will populate the Out column with the time of the beginning of your school day, a 52 in the Code column, an E in the Ex column, and Temporarily Excused in the Out Reason.