Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Ranges & Conversions
❏ Review Highest/Lowest grade allowed.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Parameters
❏ Confirm that the Current Semester, Current Cycle, and Track End Dates fields are correct.
IMPORTANT:
Pay particular attention to Track End Dates if you have had any unplanned campus closure dates.
❏ Be sure to verify that track end dates are correct for each track.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Computation
❏ Verify that the following are set correctly:
Grading Concept |
Indicate how students are awarded credit for a course-section. The selection should be based on your district grading policy. Final - Award credits based on the final grade. Sem/Final - Award credits based on a combination of semester and final grades. If used, the Credit Seq field on Maintenance > District Schedule is also considered when you run the Grade Computation and Credit Assignment utility and the Assign Pass Fail Indicators utility. Semester - Award credits based on the semester grade. The field is also used by the Assign Pass Fail Indicators utility. |
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How will Avg be Computed |
Computer - Semester averages are automatically calculated. This option must be selected if you are using the Grade Computation and Credit Assignment or Grade Computation Elementary utility. |
Include Exam in Semester Average |
Select to include the semester exam grade when computing the semester average. The field is used by the Grade Computation and Credit Assignment utility.
NOTE: Most elementary campuses do not use exam grades. However, for elementary campuses that want to include the exam grade in the semester average and display the Exam column in TeacherPortal, the Include Exam in Semester Average field must be selected. |
❏ If Include Exam in Semester Average is selected, indicate how much weight the exam has in the semester average:
Exam Weight Equal |
Select if the semester exam should be weighted equally with the cycle grades when semester averages are computed. If selected, the exam grade is given the same weight as the cycle averages when calculating the semester average. For example, if there are three cycles in the semester, the student's cycle averages are 80, 85, and 90, and the student earned 100 on the semester exam, the semester average calculation is as follows: (80 + 85 + 90 + 100) / 4 If Exam Weight Equal is not selected, the Total Weight and Exam Weight fields are used together to indicate the percentage the semester exam should count toward the total semester grade. |
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Exam Weight Total Weight |
These fields are used only if all of the following are true:
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Allow Recomputation |
If selected, all grades and credits are recalculated according to the settings of the Compute Sem Avg, Compute Final Grades, and Award Credits fields when running the Grade Computation and Credit Assignment or Grade Computation - Elementary utility.
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Blank out Semester/Final on Grade Change |
Select to clear the Sem and Final grades on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Grd Update upon saving when a cycle or exam grade is changed. When manually updating Sem and Final grade fields, you must first save the cycle or exam grade change to prevent them from being cleared by the initial save. |
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Remove Credit on Grade Change |
Select to clear the Credit field on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Grd Update upon saving when a cycle or exam grade is changed. When manually updating Credit field, you must first save the cycle or exam grade change to prevent the field from being cleared by the initial save. |
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Don’t Allow Credit If Failed Last Sem |
Select if students who failed the last semester of a course will not receive credit. |
❏ Click Save.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > Campus Control Options > Posting
❏ Verify that all fields are set correctly. Pay particular attention to the following:
Allow Semester Grade |
Select if semester grades can be posted from TeacherPortal or external grade book files. |
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NOTE: The following are only necessary for campuses that do not use TeacherPortal:
Allow Absence |
Select if absences can be posted from external grade book files. |
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Allow Tardy |
Select if tardies can be posted from external grade book files. |
Allow Credit |
Select if credits can be posted from external grade book files. |
NOTE: The semester grade will come from TeacherPortal (as long as previous cycles are not blank) and semester exam grades will be calculated according to the settings in ASCENDER.
The final grade, if applicable, will be calculated when the Grade Computation and Credit Assignment or Grade Computation - Elementary utility is run.
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