Grade Book - Post Grades (Secondary Term)
Post Grades is an essential task in preparing progress report cards for students and families. CCS Secondary courses are scored using term grading tasks. There are three established grading tasks for all secondary courses, Quarter, Exam and Final. The Quarter grading tasks are recorded at the end of each term. An additional Final grading task is required in the last quarter term of a course. The Exam grading task is available on all courses but can be optional based on the course curriculum.
Each term has a defined grading window during which time the marks are officially recorded. For more information on grading window, click here.
It is not appropriate to enter grades for students that are not scheduled in the course at your school during the grading period.
For example, if a student did not enroll at your school until quarter 2, and you have a report card with quarter 1 grades from the previous school, those grades are NOT to be entered in quarter 1 because they were not earned at your school. The teacher SHOULD average them in when calculating the final grade for the course at the semester or end of year depending on the length of the course.
Post Grade Book In-Progress Grades - Entire Class
Navigate to Instruction Grade Book module.
Select the Course Name
The course name and section will appear under each Term for which it is scheduled. Select the course name under the appropriate term.
Select the Term and Task
Post Grades for both Quarter and Final in terms were both tasks are available.
The Final Grading Task will only appear in the last term the course is scheduled. For a course scheduled first semester, Q1 & Q2, the Final task will only be available in Q2. For a second semester course, Q3 & Q4 the Final task will only be available in Q4. Full year, four-term courses, the Final task will be in Q4
SEMESTER COURSES
Courses that are traditionally 1/2 year (i.e. 950005 - HEALTH) ending with a 5, OR year-long courses broken into semester components like 911000.1 BIOLOGY (X) / 911000.2 BIOLOGY (Y)
Q1 - only the Quarter task needs to be completed.
Q2 - complete the Quarter task AND the Final Grade. OPTIONAL: If you give a semester exam, you can enter the Exam task as well.
Q3 - only the Quarter task needs to be completed.
Q4 - complete the Quarter task AND the Final Grade. OPTIONAL: If you give a semester exam, you can enter the Exam task as well.
YEAR-LONG COURSES
Courses that are were NOT broken into semester components (most middle school courses and Career Tech) ending in a 0, like 984000 - ANIMATION or 610000 - SCIENCE 6
Q1 - only the Quarter task needs to be completed.
Q2 - only the Quarter task needs to be completed.
Q3 - only the Quarter task needs to be completed.
Q4 - complete the Quarter task AND the Final Grade. OPTIONAL: If you give a semester exam, you can enter the Exam task as well.
Locate the In-Progress Post Grades Column
Unable to see In-Progress Grades?
Grade Totals may be collapsed.
Still not there?
Click here to verify Grade Calc Options.
Quarter Task make sure the appropriate In-Progress Grading Scale is setup
Final Task make sure Composite Grading Children Tasks are setup
When the Grading Window is open, the font of the word POST will be red. If the Grading Window is closed the font of the word POST will be gray. For more information on Grading window, click here.
Click Post
A slide out menu will appear to confirm final grade posting:
Click OK to post, or Cancel if you need to go back and check anything.
Click OK. You will be directed back to the Grade Book main page.
Click Save Button which should now be orange.
Repeat the process above for each course AND all required grading tasks (Quarter, Final) as appropriate.
Quality Points Adjustments
Teachers and Administrators of students in grades 6-12
Board Policy 5421 (formerly 5171.1) states the final grade for students in grades 6-12 are to be based on quality points.
Infinite Campus has a report for middle and high school teachers and administrators to use to determine if the final grades posted in Infinite Campus are in compliance with Board policy.
=> Quality Points Calculations
If you or your staff have any questions, please submit a Campus Support Ticket so we can address their issues in a timely manner.
Post Grades
The Post Grades module is used to modify an individual student’s posted grade without re-posting the entire class. This is most commonly used when is necessary to modify the posted grade per quality points. This must be completed when the grading window is open.
Navigate to Instruction Post Grades module.
Select the Course
Set the Term and Task
Modify the Grade
Don’t forget to Save
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