So, you want to print the main "spreadsheet" screen from PowerGrade to see all of your students and all of their grades in a particular assessment area, or class, such as Math, Science, or Physical Education. In most pieces of software, this is really, really easy to do. You simply go to File > Print (see below).

Regular File Menu with Print

Of course, in PowerGrade, if you look under the File menu, there is NO "Print" command! So, what do you do?

PowerGrade wants (and expects) you to run a report. If you would like to do that, but do not know how, please review "Reports" within the Advanced section of the purple PowerGrade Manual that was distributed at the start of the 2007-2008 school year. More information on creating Reports in PowerGrade can also be found at AtomicLearning.com.

Depending on how many assignments you have (and whether they go off the screen on the right), you can also take a picture of the screen and then print that. (This is how I take pictures of the screens that appear in instructions and manuals.) "So, how do I take a picture of the screen?" you ask.

Hold down the "shift" key. Hold down the "apple" (also known as the "command" and also known as the "") key. Now, while holding those two keys down, hit the "4" key.

Keyboard View
Hold down the dark gray keys--Only hold down one shift key and one apple/command () key!

Once you have done that, the pointer/cursor on your screen will change in to a crosshair. You can move it to the upper left corner of the window, drag it, and when you let go, your picture gets taken. It will place an icon of this picture on your desktop that ends with the extension ".png".

Double click on this icon, and the image will open in Apple's built-in Preview software. Now, print.

***Once this has printed, please do not forget to trash this icon and empty the trash! You do not want to leave student data on your computer's desktop for anyone to open and look at!***