Entering Grade Overrides for Individual Students

Entering grade adjustments in your gradebook enables you to modify student grades if you feel the grade a student will receive based on the calculated score does not reflect the student's achievement for the grading period. You can enter grade overrides and percent adjustments for Subjects, Academic Standards, and Grading Periods. For example, if the student performed well on assignments and quizzes but performed poorly on one test, you could enter a percent adjustment to boost the student's grade by the specified percentage. Similarly, if the student was ill for an extended period of time, you could use a grade override to assign a grade of incomplete if that Grade Mark is allowed to be used by teachers. Grade overrides and percent adjustments can only be used in open grading periods.

You can also mass create grade overrides and percent adjustments if you wish to update grades for multiple students at the same time.

Scroll past the video to access the step-by-step instructions.

Audio Transcript

Let's discover how to override the calculated term grade in the Gradebook. You're going to navigate to the Menu, Teacher Access, Gradebook, and then Gradesheet. If you come to the gradesheet for a particular class, you can use the Class List option near the top right and select the tile for the appropriate class. To override a single student's term grade, you can click on the cell for the grade you wish to update. You can enter a Grade Override from the drop-down list, and then enter a comment as to why and click Save. To add a Percent Adjustment for a student, you can click on the term grade, put in the number of the percentage that you'd like to increase or decrease the student's grade by, and again, add a comment and Save. It's important to note that you can only add percent adjustments and grade overrides in open grading periods. That's all there is to overriding the calculated term grade in the Gradebook.

Procedure

Let's discover how to override the calculated term grade in the Gradebook. You're going to navigate to the Menu, Teacher Access, Gradebook, and then Gradesheet. If you come to the gradesheet for a particular class, you can use the Class List option near the top right and select the tile for the appropriate class. To override a single student's term grade, you can click on the cell for the grade you wish to update. You can enter a Grade Override from the drop-down list, and then enter a comment as to why and click Save. To add a Percent Adjustment for a student, you can click on the term grade, put in the number of the percentage that you'd like to increase or decrease the student's grade by, and again, add a comment and Save. It's important to note that you can only add percent adjustments and grade overrides in open grading periods. That's all there is to overriding the calculated term grade in the Gradebook.





  1. Select Menu > Teacher Access > Gradebook.
  2. Select Gradesheet under Features.

    To select a different class, click Class List near the top right of the screen. Then, you can click the tile for the appropriate class.

  3. Verify you are in the correct school year by checking the information at the top left of the screen.
  4. Click the tile for the class where you want to override or adjust students' grades.
  5. Click the cell of the appropriate Grading Period, Subject, or Academic Standard column for the student whose grade you wish to override.

    If you wish to enter a grade override, continue to the next step.

    If you wish to enter a percent adjustment, skip to step 7.

  6. To enter a grade override, complete the following sub-steps.
    1. Under the Grade Override heading, enter the appropriate Grade Override or click the Down Arrow icon to choose from the drop-down list.
      Only grade marks with the Teacher Override option enabled are available for selection.
    2. Enter an Override Comment to be displayed in the Family Access and Student Access portals.

      This field is only enabled if you entered a grade override.



      The Override or Adjust Student’s Grade pop-up window shows a grade override of Incomplete and the comment Excessive Absences.


    3. Click Save near the bottom right of the window to save your work.

      No further steps are required.

  7. To enter a percent adjustment, complete the following sub-steps.

    The Percent Adjustment option only displays if this feature has been enabled administratively.

    1. Under the Percent Adjustment heading, enter the Percent Adjustment value.

      The Percent Adjustment is only available if the setting has been enabled administratively. The value can be a positive or negative number depending on administrative settings.

    2. Enter an Adjustment Comment to be displayed in Family Access and Student Access.

      This field is only enabled if you entered a percent adjustment. If you entered a percent adjustment, you must enter an adjustment comment.



      The Override or Adjust Student's Grade pop-up window displays a percent adjustment of 3.0 and an Adjustment Comment.


    3. Click Save near the bottom right of the window to save your work.

Results

For more detailed information, please refer to the "Entering Grade Overrides for Individual Students" article in the Help Center.