Overview
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- The User has the minimum required level to access the Courses tab and an understanding that making changes within this section has system wide implications.
- The user has an understanding of the Australian Tertiary Education System / VET Sector
- The User has an understanding of the Units and Courses within your Institution for assessments and final grades
Key terms and concepts
| Field Name | Brief Overview |
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| Unit Id | Institution allocated unique unit codes to identify units of study |
| Unit Name | Institution allocated unique unit names to identify units of study |
| Unit Provider | The provider / Institution the unit will be offered by |
| Unit Keywords | Key words / or buzz words that relate to the unit. These can be use when trying to find a unit when you don't know the exact name |
| Start Date | Date the Unit of Study commences |
| End Date | Date the Unit of Study concludes |
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| Field name | Brief Overview |
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| Student Number | An institution allocated Unique student identifier. |
| First Name | Given name is the name as it appears on the students birth certificate and identification |
| Last Name | The Students family or Surname |
| Course Name | The name of the Course the students are studying |
| Unit ID | Institution allocated unique unit codes to identify units of study |
| Unit Name | Institution allocated unique unit names to identify units of study |
| Grade Description |
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| Grade % (If Used) | The grade out of 100 |
| GPA | A grade point average is a number representing the average value of the accumulated final grades earned in courses over time. More commonly called a GPA, a student's grade point average is calculated by adding up all accumulated final grades and dividing that figure by the number of grades awarded |
| Enrolment Status |
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| DEST / HEIMS Enrolment Status |
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Final grades are visible to students and other users once the grade has been published. Prior to this only grades are only visible at administrator level.
Workflow
How to Add Final Grades to Units per Scheduled unit
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- Click On the Units tab in the side menu.
- Click on the Search Scheduled units option in the side menu
- Enter any combination of Unit Code, Unit Name, Unit Provider, Start Date, End Date (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria)
- Click on the Search Scheduled Unit Button.
- This will return a list of units that meet the searched criteria
- To reduce the returned options start typing the name of the unit into this box
The returned results will reduce to match the criteria. - Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.
- The required Scheduled Unit has now been loaded.
- Scroll Down to the Edit Student Results section
- Each line is for an individual Student. For each line enter the Grade description, Grade percentage (If used) and Enrolment status appropriate for the final grade.
- Click on the Save Results & Set Enrolment Status from Grade Button.
- The Grades can with be Published now by pressing the Publish results button or can be delayed for releasing on a specific date by entering the release date in the release date box and click the Publish grades button.
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This will save the individual assessment results but not update the Unit final grade. Once all of the assessments have been entered click on the Edit Unit Results and enter the final grade to award a final grade.
Further reading
How to add assessments to Scheduled units