Administrator's Plus Report Cards Manual - Rediker Software, Inc.

Entering the Weight For Each Column
Calculate Averages
Specifications: Calculate Averages
When you have finished entering specifications, you will see the following window:
NOTE:
NOTE:
The column into which you are calculating the average will have “THIS COLUMN BEING
CALCULATED” next to it.
Beginning with the first column that will be used in calculating the average, begin typing
the weight you wish to assign that column. For example, to assign a weight of 20% to
the First Marking Period, type “20”. When you press ENTER, the weight will appear as
a percentage, in this case, “020.00”. You can enter any weight up to “999”. Up to two
decimal places may be used. Continue entering percentages until all weights have been
set to calculate the column specified.
The program remembers the weights entered for each marking period each time you
calculate the averages for a particular column. Consequently, the next time you calculate
averages for the Semester 1 column, you will see the weights you entered the last time
you calculated an average for that column. If you calculate averages for the Final
column, you will see the weights you entered the last time you performed that operation.
The percentages that you enter are COMPARATIVE. In other words, they are used in
relation to each other as a ratio. If you want to calculate a midyear average in which the
1st marking period, 2nd marking period and Midyear Exam grades count equally, simply
enter the same number as the percentage for each column. For example, entering “10” as
the percentage for each and every column would produce the same results as entering
“33.33” as the percentage for each and every column.
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