Overview

The Student Academic Summary page will show you all the units enrolled by a student, each with a unit grade, description, published grade, credit points earned, credit points, and grade points information. A summary below all the unit academic records will also be shown with the calculated Grade Point Average (GPA). This knowledge article will give you a sample grade calculation and how to load the student academic summary.

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1 Assumptions
2 Key Terms and Concepts
3 Related Pages

Workflow

1 how to Load the Student Academic Summary

Assumptions

The student has been enrolled in a course of study; and
The student has been enrolled in units of study.

Key Terms and Concepts

A. Calculating Grade Point Average (GPA)

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 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, see Edit Grade Items.

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

B. UNITS ENROLLED BY STUDENT section

Field name	Brief Description	Sample Data

Field name	Brief Description	Sample Data
Scheduled unit no	The unique internal system code allocated to each scheduled unit	10216
Unit No	The institution allocated a unique Unit number for each unit of study	BEM1001
Title	The institution allocated a unique Unit name for each unit of study	Entertainment since 1945
Start Date	The Commencing date for the unit of Study	09 Feb 2019
Status	The current enrolment status code for the unit of Study	Completed Enrolled Exempt Withdrawn Failed
Institution	The code identifying the institution where the unit of study was delivered. Especially significant if multiple providers are configured within a single instance of Paradigm	SF
Grade	The percentage achieved for the unit of study	80
Grade Description	The grade achieved for the unit of study	HD DN CR P F WN WD WF RPL
Published Grade	The grade published to the student for the unit of study. This may differ from the Grade description if the unit is moderated, or graded on the curve or if the grade is withheld due to non-payment of fees or academic misconduct
Credit Points Earned	The number of credit points achieved upon completion of the unit of study, toward the total credit points required for the course	6.0 4.5
Unit Credit points	The number of points that the student can earn upon successful completion of the unit of study	6.0 4.5
Grade Points	The number of points that this unit contributes to the Students Grade point average	4.0

C. CREDIT POINT SUMMARY section

Field Name	Brief Description	Sample Data

Field Name	Brief Description	Sample Data
Credit Point Counts
Credit Points Granted	The number of Credit points granted as either advanced standing or RPL This is drawn from the student’s edit course enrolment screen Credit Points Granted field, see Course Enrolment-Credit Point Calculations fields	6
Credit Points Enrolled	The total number of the student’s unit enrolments' credit points currently enrolled This is the sum of the Credit Points field for each Unit Enrolment, representing the total credit points for all unit enrolments that have Enrolled status.	12.0
Credit Points Earned	The number of credit points that actively count toward the required credit points for the Course. It represents the total number of credit points of all unit enrolments that have Completed status.	24.0
Total Credit Points	The total number of points that the student has earned towards the course of study. Calculation: Credit Points Granted + Credit Points Earned	30
Combined Credit Points	The combined total number of credit points including the currently enrolled units. Calculation: Credit Points Granted + Credit Points Enrolled + Credit Points Earned	42
Credit Points Failed	Will reflect the total number of credit points for all Failed unit enrolments	12
Credit Points Attempted	The number of Credit points attempted. This number includes any units that the student has failed Calculation: Credit Points Earned + Credit Points Enrolled + Credit Points Failed	48
Credit Point Calculations
Credit Points Required	The number of points required to complete the course of study This is drawn from the Base Course record Credit Points Required field, see Add Base Course Fields	144.0
Credit Points Outstanding	The number of points still required to complete the course of study, without including the still currently enrolled units. Calculation: Credit Points Required - Total Credit Points	114
Credit Points Outstanding (inclusive)	The number of points still required to complete the course of study, including the still currently enrolled units. Calculation: Credit Points Required - Combined Credit Points	102
Credit Point Aggregates
GPA	The Grade Point Average, refer to the above details, _{read more}_.	2.67
Weighted GPA	Weighted GPAs take into account the difficulty of the coursework whereas unweighted GPAs do not, _{read more}	2.67
Weighted Average Mark	The average of the actual/numerical marks the student achieved in all units of the course of study, see WAM calculation in Paradigm.	95.75

D. GRADUATION MESSAGE section

Default message (conditional label) that is dependent on the total credit points achieved by the student in the course of study.

It will display a message as in the screenshot below,

if in the Student Course Enrolment credit points calculation has not reached the required credit points for the course of study

Else, it will display as below,

given that the required credit points for the course of study have been met.

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Workflow

how to Load the Student Academic Summary

NOTE:

If the student summary is already loaded, proceed to the “STEP 2 Load the student’s academic summary.” part of this instruction.

STEP 1 Load the student’s record.

1, 2, 3, 4 Go to Student > Search > Enter either the student number or name. > Click Search.

INFO:

You can add more filters in searching for a student here. Check the STUDENT SEARCH Form screenshot below for the fields that you can use as a filter when searching for a student record.

5 Once you’ve found the student, click the blue hyperlink Student Number under the Student No column. This will automatically load the Student Summary page.

STEP 2 Load the student’s academic summary.

6 With the Student Summary page loaded, go to the COURSE ENROLMENTS Form section of the page, click the ACTIONS button on the right of the course record of the student that you want to load the academic summary, and then select Academic Summary.

7 A page with the following sections will then be displayed:

UNITS ENROLLED BY STUDENT

Refer to the Key Terms and Concepts section above for the description of each table column header.

CREDIT POINT SUMMARY

Refer to the description above and their calculations.

GRADUATION MESSAGE

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