Grades Management Overview

Grading Managers can now manage essential grading settings in Grades management. If grading setup is rolling over from one year to the next, there is no need to access School year setup.

To access this grading hub in Academics, select Grades, then Grades management.

Related links

Under Related links, you can access various grading tools and tasks:

Settings

For quick access, the following items are linked under Settings.

Add a Diploma to a Group of Students

You can associate a diploma with multiple students at once.

  1. Select + Add diploma to a group.

  2. Select students to include using one of the following:

    • List: Select an existing Students list.

      Tip: To create or edit Student Lists, go to Grades in the main menu and select Manage lists. For more information about this process, see the help topic Manage Lists.

    • Grade level: Select a grade level at your school.

  3. Select Next.

  4. Use the search bar to select a Diploma to associate with the students.

  5. Select Next.

  6. Review your selections and once confirmed, select Finish.

    Tip: This process may take a few minutes. A notification indicating that the process has started is displayed in the lower right.

When the process is complete, the diploma you selected will be applied to the selected students. They can now apply credits toward completion of the diploma.

Note: If a student in the affected group was already working toward a diploma, they will now have two diplomas associated with their profile. Credits will be processed toward diplomas according to their process order.

For more information, see Diplomas.

Record Student Awards

  1. Select + Record award.

  2. Select the School year and Term.

  3. Select the Student(s) and name of the Award.

  4. Optional: Enter the Date conferred and Comment for transcripts.

  5. Select Save or Save and add another.

For more information about setting up award types, granting awards, and displaying awards on transcripts, see the help landing page Awards .

Review Needs Attention Items

Under Needs attention, Grading Managers can quickly identify grading items that may require them to take action:

  • Missing grades: Notes the number of teachers who have not entered required grades after a marking period closed. Select a link to access Enter grades by class.

  • Performance calculations: Indicates performance calculations include information for last year, but no information for the current or next school year. Select a link to access Calculations.

  • Grade average calculations: Indicates grade average calculations include information for last year, but no information for the current or next year. Select a link to access Calculations.

Manage Marking Period Dates

The Marking periods section displays details for the selected school level and term.

  • Select the gear icon to choose the Group type, School level, and Term to display. You can also choose to display Review dates and Grade formulas.

  • Select Edit marking periods to edit the marking period and (optional) review period start and end dates. Changes made here are reflected in School year setup.

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 Marking Periods. You should create a Grade Category for each Grade Translation table.

  • Marking Periods (formerly Grade Plans) are the periods during an academic year when grades are recorded. They are time-sensitive buckets that teachers drop grades into. Marking periods are added to Grade Groups.

  • Grade Columns (formerly Grade Plan Grades) are what you allow teachers to record during a Marking Period, whether they are comments or traditional grades. If Marking Periods are buckets, then Grade Columns are the contents of those buckets.

  • Grade Groups (formerly Grade Plan Groups) are used to link courses with Marking Periods. There are two types of Grade Groups: Traditional or Skills-Based.

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

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

  • Traditional Grading (formerly Standard Grading) uses letter grades or percentages to summarize a student's overall performance in a course and grades are used to calculate GPAs.

  • Skills-Based Grading (formerly Assessment Grading) evaluates how well a student has mastered specific skills or learning standards. Instead of an overall course grade, it shows progress on each skill to provide clear insight into a student's strengths and areas for growth.