Teacher's Guide to Basmati -- WSIPC

WSIPC Considerations

One of the features of Basmati is its tight integration with WSIPC (Washington School Information Processing Cooperative). By using Basmati, you can eliminate the need to bubble grade sheets (by pencil). You can also eliminate the need to use Web-Wise to submit grades. Basmati has been designed to save you valuable time during grading periods -- simply submit your grades to Basmati and you're done!

In order to take advantage of Basmati's WSIPC integration, it is very important that you enter the course code and section number correctly. Even if you've imported student data from WSIPC, you must make certain that this data appears as suggested in the Preparing Grade Machine for Basmati document.

The most fool-proof method for ensuring the correct information is to look at your attendance sheets. An example is provided below:

In the diagram above, you may find the coursecode for your class immediately following the "COR:". In this case, the coursecode is MIC202. To find your section number, locate the one or two digit code following the slash (/). In this case the coursecode is 6. Hence, in Grade Machine's Class | Class Information menu item, you will enter this information as shown in the diagram below (only this information is being shown, you should certainly fill out the rest of this box as well).

Other considerations when using WSIPC...
If you plan to export your grades to Basmati and use them to submit grades during grading periods, it is essential that the student numbers are accurate within Grade Machine. The spelling of a student's name does not need to be correct, but the ID must be accurate. ID's are entered in the ID column of the student window within Grade Machine as illustrated below (student with ID 5555). You may also submit comments to WSIPC through the Comments column in the Student Window of Grade Machine. To submit comments, simply separate the comment codes with commas. An example is shown below:

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Finally, be aware that WSIPC will not accept A+'s or D-'s as acceptable grades. If you allow Grade Machine to use such grades, Basmati will automatically convert them to A's and D's when they are sent to WSIPC.