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

Chapter 1
Customize RC
Customize Report Card Columns
Column Title
CREDIT
Description
Only SEMESTER and FINAL columns may be designated as credit
columns. The default report card column setup for a school with four
marking periods shows that the FINAL column is the only credit
column. When printing report cards and updating GPAs, the program
will look for a passing grade in this column and award full credit to those
courses. You may not have both SEMESTER and FINAL columns
simultaneously designated as credit columns.
The report card column table for schools with six marking periods
shown above has both the Semester One and the Semester Two
columns defined as credit columns. Although there is a final grade
column, it is not a credit column. When printing report cards and
updating GPAs, the program will look at both of these credit columns
and award credit to passing grades as follows:
Full Year Courses: Will be awarded half of their total entered credit for
each semester. (In a trimester school, full year courses would be
awarded one third of their total credit for a passing grade in each
semester.)
Semester and Quarter Courses: Will be awarded their full total credit
for a passing grade in either semester column.
NOTE:
When you move a grade column, the grade remains in the same
location. Consequently, it is very important that you do NOT change
your report card columns during the year if you print transcripts in order
to prevent grades from printing in the wrong columns on transcripts.
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