gpa’s weighted grades transcripts

GPA’sWeighted Grades

Transcripts

GPA’s

How are GPA’s calculated?

Credits x Grade Point

Value = Grade Points Earned

How are GPA’s calculated?

Total GPE/Total Credits Attempte

d (not credits earned)

=GPA

What about GPA for Middle School?

Enter Course Credits on the Middle School Master Courses

This is run the same way as High School

This will NOT count towards High School GPA

Student class documents marked as grades 6, 7, or 8 will not count towards High School GPA

Where can you see GPA?

GPA is created in Guidance…Class

Rank/GPA

Where can you see GPA?

The GPA Report shows the GPA

for each individual

school year as well as the

cumulative GPA at the end of

each year

Where can you see GPA?

GPA can be put onto

Report Cards

Where can you see GPA?

REMEMBER!!!GPA and Class Rank only

changes at the end of each term!

Where can you see GPA?

GPA is displayed on High School Transcripts

Transcripts

Creating Transcripts-Harmony 2

In Harmony 2, Transcripts are created by clicking the school year under a

student and then clicking the “Transcript” button

Creating Transcripts-Harmony 2

Creating Transcripts-Harmony 3

In Harmony 3, Transcripts are created by clicking the + sign next to the student

name and then choosing “Transcript”

Creating Transcripts-Harmony 3

Can the transcript template be customized?

Transcript Comment Enter a Template called “Transcript

Comment” in Office Use…

System Admin… Templates.

Anything on here will appear at the

bottom of ALL transcripts.

Transcript Comment

Comments on Classes1st Method:Comments

can be entered

when adding grade

history.

Comments on Classes2nd Method:Comments can also be

added directly on the existing

student class

documents.

Comments on Classes

Transcript NotesGeneral

transcript notes can be

made on student

demographics on the

“Guidance” tab

Transcript Notes

The Transcript Notes will then appear on the transcripts.

Dual Credit

Any student class document marked as “DUAL CREDIT” will show this flag on the transcripts

automatically.

Mass Marking Dual Credit

Dual Credit and Secondary Institutions can be marked in

mass in Harmony 2 in Guidance…Class List using the “Mark Dual

Credit” button

Mass Marking Dual Credit

Dual Credit and Secondary Institutions can be marked in

mass in Harmony 3 in Guidance…Class List using the “Assign Dual

Credit” button

Mass Marking Dual Credit

Harmony 3 contains extra fields that you can mass mark on the

student class documents for Dual Credit

Viewing Dual CreditAny student class documents will then be

visible in the “Dual Credit” view under Guidance

State Transcript Option

You can now pick on your System Profile whether or not

to use the State Transcript layout. If you choose “No”, you will have the normal layout that

you have now.

State Transcript OptionIf you choose to use the State

Transcript, enter the School Website and Guidance Contact on your System

Profile.

State Transcript OptionIn addition,

enter the Corporation Website and

Contact Person on the System Profile of your Central Office

database.

State Transcript Option

Adds the required School

Information

State Transcript Option

Adds the required Demographic Information

State Transcript Option

Adds the Course Number and a notation

if the course is weighted

Transcript

Profile

(Harmony 3 Only!)

Harmony 3 Option: Transcript Profile

In Harmony 3,

you can create a

“Transcript Profile” in the Office

Use… System Admin view. This allows you to choose what

you want on your transcripts!

Harmony 3 Option: Transcript Profile

Weighted Grades

Option 1:

One GPA that includes weighted

points

One GPA with Weighted Points

Step 1:Set up both a Standard and a Weighted

Grading Scale. The Weighted

Scale should have the increased

point values on it.

One GPA with Weighted Points

Step 2:Teachers pick the appropriate

scale on their grade book preferences.

One GPA with Weighted Points

Step 3:GPA’s are

automatically calculated

with the increased values for

these classes once

the grade books are finalized.

One GPA with Weighted Points

This is dependent on teachers picking the

right grading scale for their grade books!

Option 2:

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

Step 1:Remove any Weighted Grading

Scales that you have.

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

Step 2:Open up the

Master Courses and make sure

any courses that you wish to

weight are marked “Yes” for “Weighted

Class”

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

Step 3:Open up your System Profile

and choose “Yes” for

“Grade point wt” if

Harmony 3 or “Show

Weighted Points” for Harmony 2

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

Step 4:All teacher

grade books

should use the

Standard Grading

Scale

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

The Guidance… Classes…by

Students view will show

unweighted points. This will

generate a GPA based solely on

unweighted points.

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

Step 5: IF USING HARMONY 2Contact Harmony and let us know

you wish to use two GPA’s. We will need to know what point value

amount is added to each weighted class at the end of each term.

We can update your grade history to have the same weighted

point values.

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

Step 5: IF USING HARMONY 3Select what GPA’s and Ranks you

want on transcripts on the Transcript Profile

At the end of each term, you will be able to mass add the weight to your

student class documents.

Contact Harmony if you have prior year grade history that will need

the points added

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

All weighted student class documents will be visible in the

Weighted view.

Unweighted and Weighted GPA

Transcripts can show both the Unweighted and the Weighted

GPA.

Transcripts can also show the Unweighted and Weighted Class

Rank.

Other Questions/Comme

nts?

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