Grading Settings

Last updated: April 13, 2021 by CLG, BAS

Purpose: To manage the different settings for Grading

Prerequisite/dependencies: Planning > School Year Setup ; Students' grades data

Go to Planning > Grading Setup

Academic Score sheet Settings

This manages how grades and students are displayed in Ongoing Classes.

Select Academic Score sheet.

Selecting a Rounding Mode

1) Click on the drop-down located below Rounding Mode and select the preferred rounding mode.

Round Up - round the number to the nearest higher whole number. Example: 3.4 will be 4.0
Round Down - round the number to the nearest lower number. Example: 3.7 will be 3.0
Round Off - if it is greater than 5, round it to the nearest higher whole number. Else, round it to the nearest lower whole number. Example: 3.7 will be 4.0

2) Once selected, it will be saved automatically.

Editing the Decimal Places

1) Double click on the box below Decimal Places.

2) Input your preferred decimal places, and it will be saved automatically.

Enabling/Disabling Prorated Grades

This excludes an entire component's percentage from the Final Grade computation.

Click the toggle to enable/disable the setting, and it will be saved automatically.

HOW THE SETTING WORKS:

TOTAL GRADE (18 + 19 + 23.75) is 60.75

Total 60.75 will be divided by the total percentage of the components with grades only.

60.75 / 65 (classwork + project + exam total percentage) = 93.46

Enabling/Disabling Sorting of Students by Sex

This sorts the students list in Ongoing Classes by Sex. For the sorting to take effect, the Sex Field in the Student Profile must be updated.

If disabled, the default sorting is alphabetical across all students.

Click the toggle to enable/disable the setting, and it will be saved automatically.

Enabling/Disabling Auto-Excused Late Enrollees

This setting automates tagging the assessment tools of a student's missed activities as 'Excused'

Click the toggle to enable/disable the setting, and it will be saved automatically.

Enabling/Disabling Sorting Class lists by Enrollment Category

This sorts the students list in Ongoing Classes by their Enrollment Category with Late enrollees being displayed last on the list if enabled.

Report Card Settings

This manages how grades are displayed in the Report Card and what card format to use per level.

Select Report Card.

Editing the Decimal Places

1) Double click on the box below Decimal Places.

2) Input your preferred decimal places, and it will be saved automatically.

Selecting a Rounding Mode

1) Click on the drop-down located below Rounding Mode and select the preferred rounding mode.

Round Up - round the number to the nearest higher whole number. Example: 3.4 will be 4.0
Round Down - round the number to the nearest lower number. Example: 3.7 will be 3.0
Half Even - round the number toward the nearest even number. Examples: 3.5 will 4.0 ; 4.5 will be 4.0

2) Once selected, it will be saved automatically.

Trimming of Trailing Zeroes

Click the toggle to enable/disable the setting, and it will be saved automatically.

Master Grading Sheet Settings

This manages how grades are displayed in the Master Grading Sheet.

Select Master Grading Sheet.

Selecting a Rounding Mode

1) Click on the drop-down located below Rounding Mode and select the preferred rounding mode.

Round Up - round the number to the nearest higher whole number. Example: 3.4 will be 4.0
Round Down - round the number to the nearest lower number. Example: 3.7 will be 3.0
Round Off - if it is greater than 5, round it to the nearest higher whole number. Else, round it to the nearest lower whole number. Example: 3.7 will be 4.0

2) Once selected, it will be saved automatically.

Editing the Decimal Places

1) Double click on the box below Decimal Places.

2) Input your preferred decimal places, and it will be saved automatically.

Setting the Ranking Weights

Rank - student's rank within the section

BRank - student's rank across the grade level

1) Double click on the box below for either Academic or Non-Academic grade weight.

2) Input your preferred decimal places, and it will be saved automatically. Editing one box's input will automatically change the other value to equal to 100%.

HOW THE SETTING WORKS:

Academic grade = 97

Non-Academic grade = 86

Based on the setting 85/15: