Term Grade

Sample Uses for Term Grade

Term Grades are intended for tracking student grades. You can use them to mark grade milestones for a single Course Connection that spans multiple Terms, or multiple grade milestones for a single Term.

You can track Term Grades using numerical, percentage, or letter values. Let's look at some possible uses for the Term Grade object.

• University—Specify the grade that a student receives for a Course they’re taking for a specific period of time. For example, create a Term Grade record for a midterm grade, another for a final grade, and, if needed, one for a corrected grade.
• K-12—Specify grades for a full-year Course. For example, if a student is enrolled in a Course that spans a full year, create one Term Grade record for Semester 1 grading period, and another for Semester 2 grading period. And create a Term Grade record for the final grade for the Course itself.
• Online institution—Track self-paced online courses with a series of eight-week Terms that have a Term Grade record associated with each.
  

  Tip When considering using Term Grade:

  • Don’t use Term Grades as a general gradebook for assignments, quizzes, and the like. Instead, use Term Grade records to track key grades for a given Term, like mid-term exams or final grades.

  • Create your own Type of Term Grade for any specific grading period within a Term.

  • Track the final grade a student receives for a specific Course Connection with the Grade field on a Course Connection instead of Term Grade.

Prerequisites

Because Term Grades are used to capture a grade a student receives for a specific Course or Term, it's a good idea to have a Course Connection and Term already defined so you can associate the Term Grade with them. The fields aren't required to create a Term Grade, but having them in place is a good practice.

Configure Term Grade

Learn about the steps required to maintain the data.

Create Term Grade Records

Create term grade records from contacts, course offerings, or course connections in Education Data Architecture.

Before you create a Term Grade record, create the record from which you want to track Term Grades. This will typically be a Contact, Course Offering, or Course Connection.

1. Enter Term Grade details. Don’t change the Contact or Course Connection names.

2. Click Save.