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Calculating Averages For Which Columns
Calculate Averages
Calculating Averages For Which Columns
Specification #6: INCLUDE WHICH SECTIONS helps determine the sections to
calculate the average; See “Specifications: Calculate Averages” on page 5-3. When you
finish entering weights, the Final Grade print window appears, further defines the
sections to calculate the average:
Specification
Description
1 to 4 If you choose option #1, averages will be calculated for the course
range set in specification #6: INCLUDE WHICH SECTIONS See
page “Specifications: Calculate Averages” on page 5-3.
The Individual Sections option allows you to enter the master course
and section numbers of those courses for which you want the program
to calculate an average. You can type them in manually or select them
from the F6: LOOKUP. This can be very useful in the following
situation: Assume that you have special courses for which you want to
use a different weighting system. Special courses could be quarter and
semester courses with exams that need to use a different weighting
system than full year courses with exams. You may define your weights
and then choose to calculate averages for only these individual
sections. You may then change your weights and do another group of
“special” courses. Once averages have been calculated for your
“special” courses, set your standard weights and choose to do all
sections. When averages are being calculated for all courses, any
averages previously calculated for individual sections will NOT be
changed if specification #2: REPLACE EXISTING GRADES is set to
No.
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