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

Statistical Reports
Update/Un-update GPA's & Credits
Specification
1) UPDATE
BASED ON
WHICH
COLUMN(S)
Description
The default setting for this specification is ALL CREDIT COLUMNS,
which you will use at the end of the year, when all grades are in.
When you click on this specification, a drop-down list will appear
containing all of your report card columns. To update during the
school year based on grades in a particular column, choose the
column on which you wish to upgrade from the drop-down list. Note
that if you choose any option other than ALL CREDIT COLUMNS,
you will need to set the percent to weight courses in Specifications
#4-8. These options are described in detail below.
• Updating based on all “All Credit Columns”: All columns that have
been designated in the Customize RC program as being worth
credit will be inspected when awarding credits and updating
GPAs (See “TYPE” on page 1-7.) If a course is an ALL YEAR
course and there are two credit columns, half of the total possible
credit will be awarded for a passing grade in the first semester
column and half the possible credit for a passing grade in the final
grade column.
If only one final grade column is designated as a credit column
and that column is blank, the following will happen when updating
quarter and semester courses:
The program will look for a grade in an earlier column designated
as a SEMESTER column. If it finds one, it will look for any
additional grades after it in columns other than EXAM columns. If
it does NOT find any additional grades, it will permanently copy
the earlier semester grade to the final grade column and use it in
awarding credits, quality points and weight. (This earlier
semester grade will now appear on report cards as BOTH the
semester grade and the final grade.) Note that the presence of a
W or I after this semester grade will prevent the semester grade
from being copied to the final grade column. This feature saves
you from having to enter the final grade for a semester one
course into both the semester and final grade columns!
• Updating Based On One Designated Report Card Column: ALL
YEAR schools will use this option to temporarily update seniors’
credits and GPAs based on their semester grades or on their 3rd
quarter average. ALL YEAR schools are schools that award
credits and update students' career grade point average based
only on the final grade column. In-other-words, they have only
one designated credit column.
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