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.

Create Term Grade Records

Create term grade records from contacts, course offerings, or course connections in K-12 Architecture Kit.

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.