Using the Infinite Campus Grade Book in a Quarter Based System
The purpose of this article is to point out how the grade book set-up works in the Quarter based system we are using for scheduling and grading purposes.
Setting Up Grade Calc Options: You will need to do this on all of your sections.
- Log into Infinite Campus.
- Click on the Grade Book tab.
- Click the Settings chevron.
- Click on Grade Calc Options. (if it’s the first time in the Grade Book this year, click Continue on the next page, if it’s not the first time, the Continue page will not appear)
- Click on the Show All Button (notice how the grading tasks are set up for different quarters).
- Click on the Fill Calculation Type Dropdown box, Choose In Progress Grade
- Click on the Grading Scale Box, when it appears, and choose the appropriate Grading Scale (mostly Default will be chosen, but IB will choose IB scale and AP will choose AP scale).
- If you weight categories, please choose that option in Q2 and Q4 on the High School Final Task or the Middle School Semester Task only and click Save. The Grade Calc Options Window will close.
Creating or Copying Categories:
Creating New Categories:
- Log into Infinite Campus
- Click on the Grade Book Tab
- Click on the Settings chevron
- Click on Categories
- Click on Add
- Type the Name of the Category and assign it to the appropriate sections.
- Give it a weight, if you chose to weight categories when setting up Grad Calc Options.
- Assign it to a task. You should choose High School Final Grade or Middle School Semester Grade. (If you see any other tasks, please ignore them)
- Click Save
- Repeat from Step 5 for each Category you wish to create.
Copying Categories:
- Log into Infinite Campus
- Click on the Grade Book Tab
- Click on the Settings Chevron
- Click on Category Copier
- Choose the Year from which you wish to copy.
- Choose the Course from which you wish to copy. Choose the Categories you wish to copy or select all.
- Click Next.
- Choose the courses into which you wish to copy. You may want to choose all your courses.
- Choose a task. You should choose High School Final Grade or Middle School Semester Grade. (If you see any other tasks, please ignore them)
- Click Copy.