Grade Book - Grade Calc Options

Create Grade Calculations

1. In the Grade Book, click on Settings.
2. Select Grade Calc Options.  A Grade Calculation window will open.

1. For each Term, Select a Calculation Type:  "In Progress Grade".
2. Grading Scale:  (REQUIRED for In Progress to appear in grade book and student portal) 
   1. From the drop-down menu, select MS Marks or HS Marks
   2. Additional Options for In Progress grading
   3. Weight Categories:  This is optional setting, if you entered weights for your categories, check the box.
   4. Use Scores Percent Value:  MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT SELECT THIS OPTION.  Marking this checkbox calculates scores based on the percentage of points earned for each assignment rather than the raw point value across all assignments. For example, two assignments are scored as 8/10 and 100/100. The point value calculated for these two assignments would be 108/110, or 98%. The percent value calculated would be 80% and 100%, or 90% for the Category. If this option is chosen, all assignments aligned to the Standard must be worth more than zero points.
3. The options selected above will populate the Term In Progress for all grading tasks in the class section.
4. Repeat step 1 and 2 for each Term in the section.

Calculation of In Progress for Final Grading Task

1. Infinite Campus can be set up to automatically calculate a final grade using a composite of previous terms/quarters.  The final grading tasks must be marked composite. 

    

   A composite task or standard is a parent task that is grade based on the child tasks that make it up. For example, a semester task may be a composite of two quarter tasks. A full year course may be a composite of four quarters and an exam.  

2. Once Composite is check-marked the Child Task/Standard displays
3. Click Add and select each Child/Task (quarter/term) for each term you want to include in the final average. 

4. Enter a weight for every Child/Task. 

5. The Child Task / Standards along with the weight entered indicates how the final In Progress grade is calculated.

• • If and Exam Child Task/Standard is set up but no exam assignment is graded in the grade book, the Final Composite grade will automatically be weighted not including the exam weight percentage.  This is particularly helpful when a course has an optional Final Exam.  

      6. Click Save.

Board Policy 5421 states that the final grade for students in grades 6-12 are to be based on quality points.  

The Final Grade calculated by Infinite Campus' Grade Calculation Options must be compared to the Quality Points Calculation formula stated in Board Policy.  The Final grade posted for a student can be modified during the final Mark Entry Window for the course. 

Click Here For More Information on Quality Points Scenarios