Gradebook Scale Setup Page

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Use this page to add or view Gradebook scales. Gradebook scales can be used to convert calculated student Gradebook averages to progress report and report card marks. If a Gradebook scale should be used to convert the average to a mark, then the student must be assigned a Gradebook scale. You may assign a scale to a student to curve the numeric average before posting a grade to Mark Reporting. For example, if students in a specific curriculum have the average curved.

Note

If a student is not assigned a scale, the load from Gradebook option will convert the numeric average to the first mark found in the level table that has an Average Using Value equal to the numeric average. If the calculated average is not in the level table, the mark with the closest value is used.

Gradebook scales are required if your building uses a 4.0 grading scale for the Average Using Value field in the level table. You must define at least one Gradebook scale to convert the numeric average to the correct mark. Then all students must be assigned to a Gradebook scale.

Gradebook scales can be assigned to students in three different ways:

• On the Gradebook Scale Setup page, you can select the Default Scale checkbox for a scale to assign that scale to all students.
• On TAC's Gradebook Setup page, the teacher can select a scale to assign to all students in the course-section. Note that the MR Building Configuration may be defined so that teachers cannot set a default scale for a course-section. If a scale is assigned to a course-section, it overrides the building default.
• On TAC's Gradebook Entry page, the teacher can select a scale for individual students. If a scale is assigned to a student, it overrides any building or course-section default.

View Gradebook scales

1. Select Administration > Mark Reporting Setup > Gradebook Setup > Gradebook Scale Setup.
2. If needed, enter criteria on the search page for a Simple or Advanced Search, and then click Load.
3. On the Search Results panel, click the scale's link.

Add Gradebook scales

1. Select Administration > Mark Reporting Setup > Gradebook Setup > Gradebook Scale Setup.
2. Click Add.
3. Define the Gradebook scale.
4. To add marks, complete the fields in the blank row of the Gradebook Scale panel.
5. Click Save.

Change Gradebook scales

1. Select Administration > Mark Reporting Setup > Gradebook Setup > Gradebook Scale Setup.
2. If needed, enter criteria on the search page for a Simple or Advanced Search, and then click Load.
3. On the Search Results panel, click the scale's link.
4. Change values as needed.
   • To add marks, complete the fields in the blank row at the bottom of the Gradebook Scale panel.
   • To delete marks, select the 

     

      (Delete) box for each record to delete.
5. Click Save.

Delete Gradebook scales

You can only delete Gradebook scales that have not been assigned to students.

1. Select Administration > Mark Reporting Setup > Gradebook Setup > Gradebook Scale Setup.
2. Select the 

   

    (Delete) checkbox for each record to delete.
3. Click Save.
4. Click Yes.

Fields

General Panel

Gradebook Scale Panel