Attach comment banks to transcript definition columns

After you create a comment bank and populate it with comments, you can attach it to a transcript definition column for teachers to select from on the Scores page in the gradebook.

Note: Your district can also use the Report Card Comments table for teachers to select comments in the gradebook. Unlike in a comment bank, comments in the Report Card Comments table cannot include variables, or be edited or added to by teachers.

To attach a comment bank to a transcript definition column:

1. Log on to the District view.
2. Click the Grades tab.
3. Click the Transcript Definitions side-tab, then click Columns.
4. Define a new or select an existing transcript column definition. Enter information in the following fields to attach a comment bank:
• At the Data Field Config Long name field, select a “D” type field (such as Field D001).
• At the Column type field, select Text Comment.
• At the Bank name field, click to select the comment bank you want teachers to select from in this column within the gradebook.

5. Click Save. This comment bank column appears on the Scores page for any course that uses this transcript definition. Teachers can select comments for students.

Note: Users with the appropriate security privileges can attach specific comment banks to specific courses within a school course catalog. Click the Schedule tab, Courses side-tab. Select a course, and select a comment bank at the Bank name field. When teachers assigned to this course access the column associated with a comment bank, this specific bank of comments appears for the teacher, so that they don't have to filter through comments specific to other courses.