Create Grade Plans

Grade Plans are the periods during a school year when grading takes place. Create a Grade Plan for each period when you want faculty members to record grade report grades specific to a term.

Once created, Grade Plans must be added to a Grade Plan Group via School Year Setup.

To get started:

  1. From the persona menu, select Academics.

  2. Select Grades, then Grading setup.

  3. Select Grade plans.

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

  1. Select + Add Grade plan.

  2. Enter a Description for the Grade Plan.

    Tip: The Description is how the Grade Plan will be identified by faculty when recording grades, so make it as specific as possible (for example, Q1 Grade Report).

  3. Set the Status to Active.

  4. Select Save & Close or select Save & Add Another to add more Grade Plans without closing the window.

A standard grade plan will include an exam, effort, midterm, term, or final grade. A standard grade plan must be used in order to calculate a GPA or academic performance. Gradebook grades can be pulled onto a standard grade plan when a faculty member records grades, and faculty can use the Calculate button to calculate term or final grades.

An assessment grade plan is typically used to evaluate students based on skills, such as "comes to class prepared" or "counts by fours." Before adding an assessment grade plan, make sure that the Assessment Grading Periods are set up.

Grade Plans, in short, are the periods during a school year when grading is recorded. Create a Grade Plan for each period when you want faculty to record grades specific to a term. Examples of grading periods could be Q1 Grade Report, Q1 Progress Report, Tri 2 Grade Report, and so forth.

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.