Skyward Gradebook Quick Reference Guide - Crosby ISD

Skyward Gradebook 

Quick Reference Guide 

Logging In – 

1. www.crosbyisd.org 

2. Click Teachers 

3. Then click Skyward 

4. Click Skyward Gradebook 

5. Enter your network username and 

password 

Logging Out – 

1. Click the Educator Access Logo 

inside the gradebook 

2. Click the Exit Button 

*Best Practice – Don’t 

click the X at the top right to close 

the window. Use the exit button 

when working in Skyward 

Navigation – 

Skyward Home Page – Shows 

navigational links 

on the left side. 

Return to Home 

Page – Click the 

Educator Access 

Logo on any 

screen to return 

you to the Home page 

My Gradebook – Go to a listing of your 

gradebooks for the current year 

My Students – List of all your students 

with their demographic information 

My Classes – Print rosters, write 

messages to parents, view attendance, 

reports, etc. 

Post Daily Attendance – Take 

attendance and create seating charts 

Attendance – 

From the Gradebook homepage: 

1. Click Post Daily Attendance 

2. Click the By Name link 

3. Click either absent or tardy next to 

the student’s name (Students are 

already marked as present) 

4. Click Save to complete 

Opening Your Gradebook – 

From the Gradebook homepage: 

1. Click My Gradebook 

2. Click on the Gradebook link for the 

section/class you wish to view 

3. Once clicked, you will be on the 

Main Screen of the gradebook 

Display Options – 

From Inside a Gradebook: 

Display Options – 

This button, available from the Main 

Screen of your gradebook, allows you to 

customize your gradebook view. You can 

customize student, assignment, and 

grade period displays as well as modify 

the gradesheet sequence. Anytime you 

make a change. Make sure to save. 

Student Display – Change the way 

names are displayed and show dropped 

students and their grades. Tip: you can 

choose to display the full names of you 

students. 

Assignment Display – Modify the way 

assignments are displayed and customize 

the headers, etc. 

Grade Period Display – Select the 

grading period(s) to 

view. Tip: you can 

choose to not see all 

the assignments 

from prior grading periods. However, 

always leave your term display on for 

reference. 

Modify Gradesheet Sequence – 

Customize the student roster on the 

main screen of the gradebook. Moves 

students up or down. 

Adding Assignments – 

From the gradebook main screen: 

1. Hover your mouse cursor over the 

Assignments button 

2. Click the Add Assignment 

3. Select the category for which the 

assignment belongs too 

4. Enter the assignment title in 

Description. Add more information 

in the Detailed Description area 

5. Set the Assigned and Proposed Due 

Dates 

6. Verify the Max Score 

7. Weight the Multiplier – adjust to 

count the score more than once 

8. Show assignment score – your 

options are to view as a score, 

check, percent, or grade mark. Most 

will choose score 

9. Save 

TIP: The check boxes at the bottom 

of the add assignment screen allow 

you to push this assignment to other 

gradebooks if needed. That way, 

you won’t need to recreate them in 

those gradebooks.

Skyward Gradebook 

Quick Reference Guide 

Entering Scores – 


1. Under the assignment 

header, click on an 

asterisk and enter scores. 

2. Add comments if necessary 

3. Save 

Mass Assign Scores – 


1. Click on the Assignments tab. Tip: 

Don’t hover the mouse. Actually click 

the assignments link. 

2. Choose an assignment by double 

clicking on the one you want. 

3. Click the Mass Assign 

Score tab 

4. In the Mass Assign Options area, 

enter the score you want for all 

students 

5. Click Apply 

6. Change individual student scores as 

needed 

Quick Scoring – 

Quick Scoring is a fast way to score 

multiple assignments at once 


1. Click on the Quick Scoring tab 

Changing / Editing Grades – 


1. Under the assignment 

header, click on a score 

to go to an edit screen 

2. Edit 

3. Save 

Deleting an Assignment – 


1. Click the assignment header 

2. Click the Delete button on the right 

3. Click OK to proceed 

Grade Changes for Closed Period 

1. Click My Gradebook 

2. Select the appropriate gradebook. 

3. Select Options under the grading 

period which needs a grade change. 

4. Select the Grade Posting Status for 

Term X that needs a grade changed 

5. Click the Request 

Grade Changes 

button 

6. Enter a reason for the requested 

grade change 

7. Click Yes to proceed 

8. Select Options under the grading 

period 

which 

needs to be 

changed 

and select 

Enter Term X Grade Adjustment 

9. Enter the grades as needed. 

10. Go back to Options under the 

grading period and select Grade 

Postin Status for Term X. 

11. Click the Complete Grade Changes 

button 

12. Click Yes to finish 

2. All of your assignments 

will appear in an 

editable spreadsheet 

3. Edit the appropriate 

cells 

4. Any changes will appear in green

Skyward Gradebook Quick Reference Guide - Crosby ISD

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