GPA’s
Weighted 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
Attempted
(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 Classes
st
1
Method:
Comments
can be
entered when
adding grade
history.
Comments on Classes
nd
2
Method:
Comments
can also be
added directly
on the
existing
student class
documents.
Comments on Classes
Transcript Notes
General
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 Credit
Any 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 Option
If you choose to use the State Transcript,
enter the School Website and Guidance
Contact on your System Profile.
State Transcript Option
In 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 2
Contact 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 3
Select 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/Comments?
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