Key Terms and Concepts

The Course page within the Course Enrolment tab on the side menu, contains many sections of related data specific to the course, Government reporting data, reviews, file attachments, advisors, and examiners.

Click a term or concept below to learn more about it:

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Status Codes

All directly student related records within Paradigm should be assigned a status code from a defined list of available statuses that reflects the best known state of that record. Using a single field to track the overall status of a record greatly simplifies reporting. It is strongly recommended that the status field is maintained as the student progresses through their studies as part of the overall student life-cycle.

Further details regarding the default system status codes and their recommended use please refer to this page: Search, Add and Edit a Status Item

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Credit Point Calculations 

These fields are calculated by Paradigm using the value of the credit point field on any unit enrolments associated with that course enrolment.

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Grade Points Calculations

The acronym GPA stands for grade point average, which in turn requires the allocation of grade points to each unit enrolment outcome. Specifically, this involves allocating a grade point value (e.g. 5) to a specific letter score (e.g. credit). Australian providers differ on the exact grade point scale to use, but the process is always the same.

For comparison, click here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_Australia.

Paradigm implements GPA in a way that reflects industry practice. As per the above link institutions may define their own GPA scale by adding the relevant information to the grade schema defined in the interface under SYSTEM > Search Grade Type.

We expect providers to assign a GPA value to fail and fail equivalent grades.

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Weighted Average Mark Calculations

The acronym WAM stands for Weighted Average Mark. The Weighted Average Mark (WAM) is a more precise measurement of your student’s academic performance than the grade point average. This is because it base the calculation on your actual marks (eg: 78, 63, 50 and so on) and the year level of each base unit. Therefore, the WAM is the average mark you achieve across all completed units in a course, including any failed and repeated units. The WAM is out of 100.

WAM is weighted according to the:

• credit point value defined at each base unit;

• year level weighting defined at each base unit;

• weighting level defined at each base unit (Note: If no weighting level is defined then the system assumes a weighting of one); and

• The value you entered into the published result field on the unit enrolment must have a corresponding value in the grade point field on the Paradigm grade schema (System > Edit Grade item).

Find more information, link: https://silverband.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PKB/pages/984984/Search+Add+and+Edit+Grades+and+Grade+Types#Weighted-Average-Mark-(WAM)

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Student Course Sub-Menus Description

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Course Enrolment Details Required by the Education Sector 

This Required Fields table shows which details must be provided in order to create an operationally compliant record for Government reporting purposes.

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