Grade Plan Group

Grade plan groups are used to link courses with grade plans. A grade plan group can contain several grade plans. Grade plan groups must either be defined as standard (typically used for letter/effort grades and comments) or assessment (typically used for skill-based grading and comments).

To get started:

  1. From the persona menu, select Academics.

  2. Choose Grades then Grading setup.

  3. Select Grade plan groups.

Tip: For a tutorial on setting up grading at your school, see The Guide to Grading Setup.

  1. Select + Add grade plan group.

  2. Enter a Grade plan group name. Try to be as specific as possible (for example, High School Letter Grade, 5th Grade Math, etc.).

  3. Select a Group type, School level, and Style (Standard or Assessment).

  4. When you are finished, select Save or Save and add another

To find an existing Grade plan group, use the Find in this list search bar.

To filter the list of existing Grade plan groups, select Filter, then choose from the School level, Group type, and Style menus.

To customize the information that appears for each Grade plan group, select Columns and make your selections.

To edit or delete an existing grade plan group, select the context menu and then Edit or Delete.

Here are some important definitions to know during grading setup:

  • Grade Translations are grades (such as A, B, C, D, or F) and the criteria associated with them for use in GPA calculations.

  • Grade Categories determine how Grade Translations appear on report cards. They are linked to courses through Grade Plans. You should create a Grade Category for each Grade Translation table.

  • Grade Plans are the periods during an academic year when grades are recorded. They are time-sensitive buckets that teachers drop grades into. Grade plans are added to Grade Plan Groups.

  • Grade Plan Grades are what you allow teachers to record during a Grade Plan, whether they are comments or standard grades. If Grade Plans are buckets, then Grade Plan Grades are the contents of those buckets.

  • Grade Plan Groups are used to link courses with Grade Plans. There are two types of Grade Plan Groups: Standard or Assessment.

  • Grade Calculations use students' grades to generate Grade Point Averages, academic performance awards, and class rankings.

  • Transcript Categories determine how courses are grouped together on a transcript.