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Use this screen to add new classes or edit existing classes.

You can enter the following information for each class:

Student Select the student from the dropdown box. If a student is not in this dropdown box, add him or her using the Person screen. If a student is on your person list and does not show up, be sure that his or her Role is "student".
Subject Type in the subject name. This is a free-form text field.
Teacher Select the teacher from the dropdown box. If a teacher is not in this dropdown box, add him or her using the Person screen. To be a teacher a Person must have a Role of "teacher" or "administrator".
Grade Level This is a free-form text field. Note that it does not control where a class appears on a report card or a transcript: that's controlled by the Calendar.
Calendar Select the Calendar from the dropdown box. Use this to attach a class to a particular school year. If you have more than one calendar for the year, e.g. a fall and a spring calendar, be sure to pick the correct one.
Credits Number of credits that this class is worth. A normal class is usually assigned "1.0". A partial-year class or a class that calls for less effort may be "0.5" or "0.25". This is used when calculating grade point average (GPA): a 0.5 credit class only counts for half as much as a 1.0 credit class, etc. It is also important for expressing the amount of work done by the student on a transcript.
Scale Name The grading scale used for this class. Most "academic" classes are graded on an A/B/C/D/F scale. Gym, music, and art are often graded Pass/Fail. You can create your own grading scale if you like.
Units The number of units of work for this class. A "unit" is any convenient measure of work for the class. If you are working your way through a textbook, each chapter may be a unit. If you are using a workbook, each lesson might be a unit. If the student is supposed to do four book reports for the year, each book report could be a unit. Etc. See Schedule for more information.
Grades The number of gradable assignments for this class. These could be quizzes, tests, reports, projects, whatever. Anything that you are going to give your student a grade for. At the end of the year, the program assigns a final grade based on the average for all gradable assignments. If you specify "0" for the number of gradable assignments, than you must assign a finally grade manually. See Grades for more information.

Student	Select the student from the dropdown box. If a student is not in this dropdown box, add him or her using the Person screen. If a student is on your person list and does not show up, be sure that his or her Role is "student".
Subject	Type in the subject name. This is a free-form text field.
Teacher	Select the teacher from the dropdown box. If a teacher is not in this dropdown box, add him or her using the Person screen. To be a teacher a Person must have a Role of "teacher" or "administrator".
Grade Level	This is a free-form text field. Note that it does not control where a class appears on a report card or a transcript: that's controlled by the Calendar.
Calendar	Select the Calendar from the dropdown box. Use this to attach a class to a particular school year. If you have more than one calendar for the year, e.g. a fall and a spring calendar, be sure to pick the correct one.
Credits	Number of credits that this class is worth. A normal class is usually assigned "1.0". A partial-year class or a class that calls for less effort may be "0.5" or "0.25". This is used when calculating grade point average (GPA): a 0.5 credit class only counts for half as much as a 1.0 credit class, etc. It is also important for expressing the amount of work done by the student on a transcript.
Scale Name	The grading scale used for this class. Most "academic" classes are graded on an A/B/C/D/F scale. Gym, music, and art are often graded Pass/Fail. You can create your own grading scale if you like.
Units	The number of units of work for this class. A "unit" is any convenient measure of work for the class. If you are working your way through a textbook, each chapter may be a unit. If you are using a workbook, each lesson might be a unit. If the student is supposed to do four book reports for the year, each book report could be a unit. Etc. See Schedule for more information.
Grades	The number of gradable assignments for this class. These could be quizzes, tests, reports, projects, whatever. Anything that you are going to give your student a grade for. At the end of the year, the program assigns a final grade based on the average for all gradable assignments. If you specify "0" for the number of gradable assignments, than you must assign a finally grade manually. See Grades for more information.

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You want to try to get the exact number of units you want to schedule when you initially set up the class, because the program will use this to calculate a schedule. You can change the numbe rof units later, but that forces the program to re-calculate the schedule.

On the other hand, it isn't a big deal if you don't know exactly how many gradable assignments you'll have. Grades don't really affect each other, so you can always add more later.

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