Checking Your Academic Progress (Aspen Mobile)

Use Aspen Mobile to monitor your academic progress by class, category, assignment and standards.

Note: Aspen Mobile adjusts based on the screen size of your mobile device or browser window. What you see might be slightly different than what is shown here.

To access academics:

  1. Log on to Aspen Mobile using your phone or tablet.
  2. Tap Menu icon > Academics. A list of your classes appears.
  3. Academics List screen
  4. Notes:

    • This list displays classes for the current year and term. If you want to view classes for the previous year or grade term, click the Year drop-down and select Previous Year, or click the Term drop-down and select the appropriate term.
    • Sometimes students take classes at more than one school during a term. In those cases, classes for the student's primary and secondary schools appear on the list.
    • This icon Scores Not Collected for a Class icon means that scores are not collected for the course.

    Notes: There are several ways to modify this list:

    • Tap Filter icon to determine the columns that appear.
    • Type a description in Search on Description to search for a class by name. This is helpful if you have a long list of classes and do not want to scroll.
    • Tap any column header to sort it in ascending alphabetical order. Tap it again to sort it in descending order.

To check grades:

  1. Tap a class name. A summary of class performance appears.
  2. Class Details screen

    There are four sections on this screen:

    Section Description

    Teacher Notes

    This section appears if the teacher has provided any comments about this class.

    Average Summary

    This section shows the following:

    • Category: A breakdown of the Gradebook by assignment type category.
    • Weight: A percentage showing how much the category is worth toward the overall grade.

      NoteN/A in the Weight row means the teacher does not use weights to calculate averages for this class.

    • Average: Your average grade for assignments in this category.
    • Term Columns: Broken out by quarter, trimester or semester, depending on your district’s calendar. Each term has an associated grade.

    Term columns screen

    • Gradebook average: The calculated grade average for each term.
    • Posted grade: The grade posted for report cards. This does not show a grade until the teacher posts grades using Aspen.

    Note: A blank cell for a category means no grade has been entered yet.

    Note: If the Indicates adjusted value icon " " appears, it means that your teacher has adjusted this grade, and it does not match the calculated grade posted in their Gradebook.

    Running Totals

    This section shows the average of all assignments included in the date range for the current term or semester. This can give a more accurate snapshot of your or your student’s performance than the current term average, which does not take previous terms into account.

    Standard Summary

    This section provides data about standards the teacher has aligned to assignments, as well as your or your student’s progress in meeting each standard.

    Attendance Summary

    This section provides your or your student’s term and yearly total of the attendance codes tracked for your district, such as “absent”, “tardy” and “dismissed”.

  1. Tap a category name in Average Summary to see all of its associated assignments and details. For example, to check a grade for a quiz taken yesterday, tap Quiz. The category summary appears.
  2. " "

    This screen shows the following information:

    Section

    Description

    (Category) Overall Average

    This section shows the current running average for the category.

    (Category)Term

    Tap the drop-down to select the term you want to view category assignment data for.

    (Category) Grade Summary

    This area shows the assignment name, grade and due date for all assignments.

    The Grade column lists your assignment score, the total possible points for the assignment, and the actual grade the teacher entered for that assignment (in parentheses).

    "Excluded from averages" appears if a teacher blocked an assignment's score from students' averages.

    "Missing" appears if an online assignment was not submitted on time.

    Any special codes the teacher associated with an assignment also appear in the Score column, such as the following:

    Exempt: Aspen will not count this assignment when calculating the student's average.

    Calculate as zero: Aspen counts this assignment as a zero when calculating the student's average.
    Calculate as full point value: Aspen includes this assignment's total points when calculating the student's average.
    Calculate as missing: Assignment was not submitted.

    Upcoming (Category) Assignments

    This area shows assignments the teacher made that are not yet due.

    Note: Tap any blue column header to sort the data in that table in ascending alphabetical order. Tap it again to sort in descending order.

  1. Tap an assignment name to see its details, including a description, due date, score and attachments.
  2. Assignment details screen

    Notes:

    • You can download a file in Aspen Mobile by tapping its name or the icon.
    • You cannot open a Google Docs™ document that your student has submitted for an assignment. It is shared by the student and teacher only.
    • If an assignment is an online quiz, a file with the Online quiz icon icon appears in the Attachments field. Students can tap the icon to take the quiz in the Student portal.