Use this page to define the marks that are issued in a building. For each mark, the level table defines how the mark is printed, whether or not the mark is used in honor roll and GPA calculations, and how the mark should be processed in average calculations.
If the detail page displays for a building other than the one you want, use Search to select another building.
To generate numeric marks, click (Additional options) in the Mark Information panel and select Auto-Generate Marks. Enter the low and high numbers for the marks to generate and click OK. Click Yes at the prompt indicating that alpha marks will be moved to the end of the list.
To add marks, enter the mark in the blank row at the bottom of the list.
If the detail page displays for a building other than the one you want, use Search to select another building.
Select the (Delete) checkbox for each record to delete.
Click Save.
Change Level Information for Marks
You must define a mark before you can specify how it is used in the level table.
There is also a mass update tool available to set values for multiple marks. For the procedure to use that option, refer to Mass Update Level Table Procedures.
Add levels
Tip
The Level Table page includes Mass Update and Copy options to make it quicker to set up mark information.
After you save a level table, use the Mass Update to update multiple marks to the same value for a field and to set the point value for many marks based on a specified scale. For more information on mass updating levels, refer to Mass Update Level Table Procedures.
Set up the first level table as closely as possible to how other levels should be defined. Then use the Copy option to create the additional levels for the building.
If the detail page displays for a building other than the one you want, use Search to select another building.
In the Selection panel, select Level for Detail Type field and select the level to delete. Then click Load.
Click (Delete). After the level is deleted, the page refreshes with the Marks details displayed.
Fields
Selection Panel
Use the fields in this panel to select the mark or level table information to display. After you change selection options, click Load to display the selected records.
Field
Description
Detail Type
Select to display the valid marks or the level table details.
Marks - to display the list of valid marks and define the mark order. Level - to display the level table details for marks. The Level table details indicate how the mark is used in GPA, honor roll, and mark average calculations and how the mark is printed on progress reports, report cards, and transcripts.
Level
If the Detail Type field is set to Level, then select the level table to display.
Marks Fields
The following fields display if Marks is selected in the Selection panel.
Mark Information Panel
Use the tabs on the left to order marks. Drag and drop a mark to move it to a new position.
Field
Description
Mark
Mark that students can earn for a course. You may enter numeric or character values; for example, you may issue letter grades such as A, B, C, D, and F or numeric grades such as 100, 99, 98, and so forth. All marks that may be issued must be defined.
State Code Equivalency
If your district's state reporting requirements require you to translate local marks into state codes, enter the state value. Otherwise, leave this field blank.
Course Completed
Checked if the mark indicates a course is completed. This value is used for state reporting purposes; it is not used by mark reporting calculations to determine whether courses are completed. Refer to your state reporting documentation to determine whether you need to set this value.
Active
Checked if the mark is active for the current year.
Level Fields
The following fields display if Level is selected in the Selection panel.
General Panel
Field
Description
Level
Code for the level table. Small Integer
Description
Description for the level table. For example, Non-Weighted or Weighted. Character/255
Active
Checked if the level table is active for the current year.
PESC Code
Code developed by the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC) that corresponds to this level table. Select the code for this level table.
Mark Information Panel
Field
Description
Mark
Displays the mark code.
Point Value
Point value associated with the mark. For example, if your building uses a 4.00 grading scale, a mark of A may be worth 4.00 in a non-weighted level table and 4.50 in a weighted level table.
Checked if the mark indicates that the student is passing the class. If a student receives a passing mark, the Course Credit Calculation assigns earned credit for the class.
Include in Honor Roll
For each honor roll defined for the building, checked if the mark should be included in the honor roll calculation. This setting determines if the mark is included when calculating student GPAs for the honor roll. It does not exclude the mark from being used to determine qualification or disqualification based on marks received. For more information on how marks can be used to qualify or disqualify students, refer to Honor Roll Setup Page.
Report Card Eligibility and Report Card At Risk setups also display in this section.
Include in GPA
For each GPA type, checked if the credit for a course should be included in the GPA calculation for a course.
Average Using Type
Indicates how the mark should be processed when calculating a mark based on an average setup. The mark can be converted to a numeric value or processed as an exempt or set mark.
Exempt - to process the mark as an exempt mark. The calculation will either issue an error or ignore the mark and associated report card run based on how the average setup is defined. Fail - to use 0.0 value when calculating averages. Only use this option if you have a set of marks designed to calculate pass/fail averages. Do not use this option if the mark may be included in an average calculation with marks where Value is selected. For example, if you are defining an F mark that may be averaged with an A mark to calculate a student's final average, set Average Using Type to Value and the Average Using Value to 0 (zero) instead of selecting Fail. Passing Mark - to use 1.0 value when calculating averages. Set - to use the mark as the value for the calculated mark type. For example, if the student has a mark of I (incomplete) for marking period 3, the final grade for the course is calculated as I regardless of the marks earned for other marking periods. Value - to use the numeric value in the Average Using Value field when calculating averages.
Average Using Value
The Mark Averages Calculation and Load Gradebook Averages options use this field to:
Convert a student's mark to a numeric value to use in average calculations if the Average Using Type field is set to Value. For example, an A may have an averaging value of 3.7 or 95.
Return the mark based on the calculated average if the level table is being used to return marks. The calculations return the first mark in the level that is closest to the calculated average. The following graphic illustrates how numeric averages are compared to the Average Using Value to return the closest mark.
Caution
If your school uses Load from Gradebook or Load Gradebook Averages to calculate marks, then caution should be taken if the scale used in the Average Using Value fields is not a 100 point scale. Marks calculated based on Gradebook assignments use a 100 point scale.
If you calculate a mark type based on Gradebook Assignments, define a Gradebook Scale and assign it to students. Then the Load from Gradebook calculation will use the Gradebook Scale to return the mark based on the student's calculated average instead of using the Average Using Value value's from the Level table.
Do not use Load from Gradebook or Load Gradebook Averages to calculate a mark type based on an average setup even if a Gradebook scale has been assigned to students. In the average setup, do not select the Use in Gradebook checkbox. Otherwise, the average will be calculated based on the scale of the Average Using value, but the mark will be returned based on the Gradebook scale.
For mark types calculated based on average setups, do not use the raw Gradebook values to calculate averages. In the average setup, do not select the Average Uses Raw Gradebook Values checkbox. Raw gradebook values are on a 100 point scale and it is invalid to combine two different scales to calculate an average.
Print Values
Specifies the value to print on the report card, progress report, and transcript. By default, the mark is used, but you can change the value to print.
Add-On Values Value
Value to add to the final GPA if the student receives this mark. For example, you can select to add.25 to the GPA for an A in an AP course. The add-on value is added after the GPA is calculated.
For more information on how add-on values (also referred to as add-on points) are used to calculate GPAs, refer to Calculating Grade Point Averages.
Add-On Values Weight by Credit
Checked if the add-on value should be adjusted based on the amount of attempted credit. Otherwise, the full add-on value will be added to the GPA.
For more information on how add-on values (also referred to as add-on points) are used to calculate GPAs, refer to Calculating Grade Point Averages.
Color Levels
Specifies the color level for Unified Classroom integration. Select:
1 - Red - for Red 2 - Orange - for Orange 3 - Yellow - for Yellow 4 - Light Green - for Light Green 5 - Dark Green - for Dark Green
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