How to setup standards based grading in openSIS Student Information System

How to Add Standard Grade Setup in School Settings

Menu Bar >> Settings >> Grades


Click on Standard Grade Setup. 


The page will default to US Common Core Standards. There is a Search bar where you search the common core standards. 
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  3. When you click on the Load US Common Core Standards it will load the US Core Standards        




If your school does not follow the US Common Core, click on the School Specific Standard tab to enter your own.



There are Subject, Course and Grade Level filters on the top. Once the standards are populated, these filters make it easy to view by each criteria. You can also use the search functionality to search thru all the standards.

Click on '+ Add New Standard' and fill all the mandatory fields as shown below.



Now the user needs to create the grade scale and grades for the above-created school-specific standards. Click on the Standard Grades tab and click on + Add Grade Scale.




Give a Grade Scale name and click Submit to save.



Click on the Add New Grade on the right panel and start entering the Grades that will be issues against each standard by the teacher. A sample scale with grades shown below.



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