ProgressBook v12.0 System Manager Guide - Swoca

Grading Setup
Keep in mind the following recommendations before adding a grading scale:
• If your district calculates averages using two decimal places, then percent ranges and
point ranges must also use two decimal places. If GradeBook is set up to round to more
than two decimal places, then the grading scale must include at least the same number of
decimal places.
• Verify that percent and point ranges do not have gaps. It is possible for a student’s
average to fall within the gap, and when that happens, GradeBook cannot assign the
appropriate grade.
• Verify that percent ranges do not overlap. When a student’s grade falls within the overlap,
the system cannot assign the appropriate grade.
• Verify that percent ranges are not duplicated. When a student has duplicate grades, the
system cannot assign the appropriate grade.
• The starting number in a percentage or point range should be lower than the ending
number in the range.
• Verify that point ranges are accurate since these ranges are used in translating semester
and final averages to letter grades. Point ranges should use two decimal places.
Duplicate point ranges are acceptable but not advised since GradeBook may assign an
incorrect letter grade.
• Point values are used in calculating averages to letter grades. For example, a point value
for an A would be 4. Duplicate point values are acceptable but not advised since
GradeBook may assign an incorrect letter grade.
• Recalculate grade books whenever you make a change to a grading scale.
• Verify that mark types and grading scales correspond.
Add Grading Scales
1. On the Administrator Home Page under Grading Setup, click Grading Scales.
2. On the Grading Scales screen in the Web site banner, click the Add a Scale link.
3. In the Name field, type the name of the grading scale.
4. In the Description field, type the description of the grading scale.
5. In the Seq# column and the first row with an asterisk (*), type 1, which denotes the first
grading scale range entered.
6. In the Mark column, if desired, type the letter that corresponds to the first range, for
example, A.
7. In the Point Value column, if desired, type in the value that corresponds to the first range,
for example, 4.00.
Note: Make sure to include two decimal places in percent and point ranges to
prevent gaps. It is not necessary to include 0 if it is the second number after the
decimal point. It is necessary to include the 0 before the decimal point in numbers
less than 1. See “Grading Scales.”
8. In the Percentage Range columns in the Starting% column, type the beginning of the
range and in the Ending% column the end of the range.
ProgressBook Gradebook System Manager Guide 47