Getting Started

This section provides a brief orientation to Faculty Access for the Web.

Logging In

Go to the Faculty Access for the Web login page at http://gradebooks.theelms.org/ (NOTE: There is no WWW for this address!)

You can also access the site via www.theelms.org by going to the FACULTY ACCESS menu at the bottom left of the page and clicking on “Gradebooks.”

To access Faculty Access for the Web, enter your user name and password on the login page and click Login.

Enter your user name and password.

Orientation

When you log into Faculty Access for the Web, you first go to the Home page.

Use the navigation bar to go to different areas of the program. Depending on your rights, you may not have all of these links.

School, Academic Year, and Session

Select the school, academic year, and session in which to work.

Note: The School field appears only if you teach in more than one school.

Class List

Your scheduled classes for the academic year appear. Click the book by a class to go directly to the Grades page for the class. Click the calendar by a class to go directly to the Attendance page for the class. (The calendar appears only if you enter attendance by class, not day.)

Requests Ready

The Requests Ready list contains links to students with requests you have not yet approved for the next academic year and session (based on the current date).

Recently Accessed Students

Open recently accessed student records.

Announcements

Read announcements posted by the Supervisor.

Navigation Bar

Use the navigation bar to go to different areas of the program.

To return to the Home page, click Home.
To set up your gradebook and enter grades, comments, class notes, and skill ratings for classes, click Gradebook.
To enter attendance, click Attendance.
To view, edit, and approve course requests, click Requests.
To run progress or missing assignment reports, click Reports.
To create new emails, review recipients of each email, review undeliverable email, and review a summary of your emails, click Email.
To view information from student records in Registrar’s Office, click Students. The Students link appears only if you are an advisor or administrator. Even if you do not have a Students link, you can click a student's name in a class list to view biographical, schedule, conduct, and note information for the student.
To set your preferences for working in the program, click Options.
To open the help file for the program, click Help.
To exit the program, click Exit.

Logging Out

To end a session, click Exit on the navigation bar. Always click Exit to end a work session and release the user license. Just closing the browser does not release the user license.