GPA’s
Weighted Grades
Transcripts
Sandi Brown
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 Middle School GPA?
Enter course credits on the middle school
master course documents
This will NOT count towards high school
credits on transcripts
Student class documents marked as grade 6, 7 or 8
will not count towards high school GPA
What about Middle School GPA?
In addition, there is now a choice to exclude the
course from HS GPA. This is only necessary for
schools with JH and HS together.
Where can you see GPA?
Class
Rank/GPA
reports are
run 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
Progress Average
is the GPA for just
the grading
period
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
Creating Transcripts
In Harmony 2, Transcripts are created by
clicking the school year under a student and
then clicking the “Transcript” button
Creating Transcripts
Mass Creating Transcripts
Transcripts can
also be created in
mass in Students
by Grade
Mass Creating Transcripts
The transcripts
created in
mass can then
be viewed in
Guidance…
View
Transcripts.
This view shows a history
of each transcript that has
been created.
Transcript Comment
Enter a Template called “Transcript Comment” in
Office Use…System Admin… Templates.
This will appear at the bottom of ALL transcripts.
Dual Credit
Any student class document marked as Dual
Credit will have the Dual Credit status flagged on
the transcript automatically.
Comments on Classes
Comments can be
entered when adding
grade history.
Comments can also be
added directly to the
student class
documents
Comments on Classes
Transcript Notes
General transcript
notes can be
made on student
demographics on
the “Guidance”
tab
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
Creating Transcripts
In Harmony 3, Transcripts are created by
clicking the + sign next to the student name
and then choosing “Transcript”
Creating Transcripts
Mass Creating Transcripts
Transcripts can be created in mass in
Guidance…Transcripts. Select the students and
touch “Print selected transcripts to PDF”.
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!
Transcript Profile
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.
Dual Credit
If Dual Credit is selected on the
Transcript Profile, it will show all codes
on the transcript without needing any
special comments added
Comments on Classes
Comments can be
entered when
adding grade
history or directly
entered on the
student class
documents.
Comments on Classes
Transcript Notes
General
transcript notes
can be made on
student
demographics
on the
“Guidance” tab
Indiana Common Transcript
The Indiana Department of Education, Commission
for Higher Education and state educational
institutions shall develop a common electronic
transcript, using common data fields and formats that
are required by state educational institutions.
Not later than July 1, 2015, all public secondary schools
shall use the common electronic transcript developed by the
department of education.
The governing body of an accredited nonpublic secondary
school may elect to use the common electronic transcript
developed by the department of education.
Harmony Parchment Upload
The Upload will contain the required fields
for each student selected and will be
automatically uploaded to Parchment.
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.
Option 2:
Unweighted and
Weighted GPA
Unweighted & Weighted GPA
Step 1:
Remove any Weighted Grading
Scales that you have.
Unweighted & 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 & 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 & Weighted GPA
Step 4:
All teacher
grade books
should use
the Standard
Grading
Scale
Unweighted & Weighted GPA
The Guidance…
Classes…by
Students view will
show unweighted
points.
This will generate a
GPA based solely
on unweighted
points.
Unweighted & 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 & Weighted GPA
Transcripts can show both the
Unweighted and the Weighted GPA.
Transcripts can also show the
Unweighted and Weighted Class
Rank.
This must be customized by support if
using Harmony 2
Unweighted & 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 & Weighted GPA
In Harmony 3, you can add the weighted
point value in the Weighted Student
Classes view
Unweighted & Weighted GPA
Transcripts in Harmony 3 will
automatically include the ranks
and GPAs selected on the
Transcript Profile
Other
Questions/Comments?
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