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Upon completion of this article, you will be able to update, edit and allocate final grades and assessment grades to students
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AssumptionsYou have the minimum required permission level to access the Courses and/or Units tabs; You have an understanding that making changes within this section has system-wide implications; You have an understanding of the Australian Tertiary Education System / VET Sector; You have an understanding of the Units and Courses within your Institution, related to assessments and final grades; You have an understanding of time periods/time period creation; and "Recalculate Unit Results from Assessments" is only used when that grade type was set "Allowed to Recalculate" on the grade table (System>Search Grade type and edit Grade item). If that grade is assigned to the unit enrolment, then that button will recalculate the unit result for any unit enrolments where the grade is set to ‘allowed to recalculate’.
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Key Terms and Concepts
EDIT STUDENT RESULTSField name | Brief Overview |
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Student Number | An institution allocated student identifier that uniquely identifies a student. | First Name | Given name is the name as it appears on the student's birth certificate or identification document | Last Name | The student's family or surname | Course Name | The name of the course the student is studying | Unit ID | Institution allocated unique unit codes to identify the unit of study | Unit Name | Institution allocated unique unit name to identify the unit of study | Unit Provider | The provider / institution where the unit is offered for study | Unit Keywords | Key words / or buzz words that relate to the unit. These can be used when searching for a unit where you don't know its exact name | Start Date | Date the unit of study commences | End Date | Date the unit of study concludes | Grade Description (institution defined) | | 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 a course over time. A student's grade point average is calculated by adding all accumulated final grades and dividing that figure by the number of grades awarded | Enrolment Status (institution defined) | Applied Audit Completed Confirmed Deferred Enrolled Exempt Failed Incomplete Internal Offered Provisional Transfer Credit Transferred Withdrawn
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Implications
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Final grades are visible to students and other users once the grade has been published. Prior to this, grades are only visible to people who have administrator level permission.
When a grade has been published and you need to change that grade, you must unpublish the grade first, then change the grade and save it, and then publish that grade.
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| title | 1. How to Add a Final Grade to Units (per Scheduled Unit) |
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How to a Final Grade to Units (per Scheduled Unit)
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INFO: This enables you to update and save the results for all students of this scheduled unit. |
NOTE: Before you begin following the instructions below, make sure to clear any loaded records in Paradigm, by choosing Student > Search menus on the side.
, , Choose Units > Scheduled Unit Details > Student Results menus on the side Enter any combination of Unit Id, Unit Name, Unit Provider, Start Date, End Date (Paradigm needs at least one of these in order to search.) Click the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button.
This will return a list of units that meet the searched criteria (If the Unit Id is not the one being searched). To filter the returned options start typing the name of the unit or a part of the scheduled unit Id into the 🔍Filter box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria. Click the ACTIONS button on the right side of the scheduled unit record that you want to add the final grades to. After clicking the ACTIONS button, select the Edit Unit Results option. The Edit Unit Results option will open the EDIT STUDENT RESULTS Form section where you can see all the students currently enrolled on the scheduled unit.Each row is for an individual Student, and for each line enter the Grade Description, Grade % (If Used), Enrolment Status, and the Dest Enrolment Status (as required) appropriate for the final grade. Click the SAVE RESULTS & SET ENROLMENT STATUS FROM GRADE button. This will save the result you have entered , and will mark the unit enrolment status to as what you have chosen. | Info |
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INFO Now that the grades have been saved, the Grades can be Published immediately (released to the students) by clicking the PUBLISH RESULTS button. If you want to delay the publishing of grades for release on a specific date, enter the release date in the Grade Release Date box or click the calendar button to choose the release date, and then click the PUBLISH RESULTS button. |
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| title | 2. How to Add Grades to Assessments via the Units Page |
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How to Grades to Assessments via the Units Page
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INFO: This enables you to update and save the results for all students of this scheduled unit. |
NOTE: Before you begin following the instructions below, make sure to clear any loaded records in Paradigm, by choosing Student > Search menus on the side.
, , Choose Units > Scheduled Unit Details > Student Results menus on the side Enter any combination of Unit Id, Unit Name, Unit Provider, Start Date, End Date (Paradigm needs at least one of these in order to search.) Click the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button.
This will return a list of units that meet the searched criteria (If the Unit Id is not the one being searched). To filter the returned options start typing the name of the unit or a part of the scheduled unit Id into the 🔍Filter box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria. Click the ACTIONS button on the right side of the scheduled unit record that you want to add the final grades to. After clicking the ACTIONS button, select the Edit Class Assessment Results option. The Edit Class Assessment Results option will open the SCHEDULED ASSESSMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH UNIT Form section where you can see all the assessments related to the scheduled unit. Click the ☑CHECK button next to the assessment to be updated. This will show a list containing the result for this assessment for each student. In the EDIT ASSESSMENTS RESULTS Form section, enter the Raw Mark, Awarded Mark, Awarded Grade and Status for each student. Click the SAVE RESULT button.  NOTE: To enter additional assessment results go back to step and repeat for all assessments. NOTE: To add details for an extension or penalty for a single student, click the 📝EDIT button for that student. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, add the details as required, enter the Extension Date and click the SAVE RESULT button as appropriate.    NOTE: To award a Final Grade for the unit, click the pencil icon (against each assessment). Click the  Image Removed Image Addedto calculate final grades from the previously entered assessments. To release grades for view click the  Image Removed Image Added
button. If you want to delay the publishing of grades for release on a specific date, enter the release date in the Grade Release Date box or click the calendar button to choose the release date, and then click the PUBLISH RESULTS button.  back to top |
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| title | 3. How to Add Final Grades to Assessments via the Student Record |
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How to Final Grades to Assessments via the Student Record
This enables you to update and save the results for each assessment for this single scheduled unit for this single student. Click on the Student tab in the side menu Click on the Search option in the side menu Enter one of the following options in to into the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname Click on the Search Student Button This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria To filter the returned options in the search box above the returned results, start typing the students student's First / given name. This will reduce the number of results Click on the blue hyperlink on the left side of the required record The student's record/Summary page has now been loaded Click on the Course Enrolment option from the side menu Click on the Units option from the side menu For the chosen unit record, click on the Actions button at on the right side of the row Click on the Assessment option in the Action menu Scroll to the Edit Assessments Results section. Enter the Raw mark, Awarded Mark, Awarded Grade and Status for each assessment. (These can be done one at a time as results become available or all at once) Click the Save Result button. To add details for an extension or penalty for a single student, click the pencil icon for that student. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, add the details as appropriate and click the Unit Extension or Save Result button as appropriate.
This will save the individual assessment results but will not update the final grade. Once all of the assessments have been entered for this student, scroll up to the top of the page, click on the Edit Unit Results button and enter the final grade to award a final grade, as shown in the list of steps shown in section 1 above.follow the above Workflow : How to a Final Grade to Units (per Scheduled Unit instructions to enter the Final Gradeback to top |
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| title | 4. How to Update a Published Grade |
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How to a Published Grade
Click on the Student tab in the side menu Click on the Search option in the side menu Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname Click on the Search Student Button This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria To filter the returned options in the search box above the returned results, start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results Click on the blue hyperlink on the left side of the required record The student's record/Summary page has now been loaded Click on the Course Enrolment option from the side menu Click on the Units option from the side menu For the chosen unit record, click on the Actions button at the right side of the row. The Action menu will open Click on the Edit unit Enrolment option in the Actions menu Scroll to the bottom of the Unit details section Click on the Edit Grade button (Please note: this button is only available to Full admin users) A warning message will appear: Warning you are about to Edit a published grade. Click the ok button to continue. Edit the Enrolment Status (if required), Final grade percentage, the Grade Description and / or the Published grade. Click the Save Unit Enrolment button
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