Grade Logic#

FlightPath uses grade logic to determine how different grades affect a student’s degree plan.

For example, grade logic determines whether a student has failed a course and needs to retake it. It also determines whether a grade is considered sufficiently high to satisfy a minimum-grade requirement.

These settings can be configured from the Configure School Settings page in the Admin Console.

Grade Order#

This is the order, from highest to lowest, of all the grades in your system. This is how FlightPath understands than B is better than C and so on. In situations where courses are ordered by grade, this data is required.

Consider, too, that “enrolled” and “mid-term” grades are not final grades, and therefor should appear first, since we do not yet know what grade the student will earn.

Ex:

AMID,BMID,CMID,DMID,FMID,E,IP,A,B,C,D,F,W,I    

Retake Grades#

Retake Grades (CSV) is a comma-separated list of grades that indicate a student needs to retake a course.

If a student’s course has one of these grades, the course:

• Is displayed in red.
• Is not used to fill a requirement in the degree plan.

For example, if your institution considers F, W, and I to indicate that a course needs to be retaken, you could configure:

F, W, I

The specific grades used should match your institution’s grading system.

Enrolled Grades#

Enrolled Grades (CSV) is a comma-separated list of grades that indicate that a student is currently enrolled in a course but does not yet have a final grade.

If a course has one of these grades, the course:

• Is displayed in green.
• Is not included in GPA calculations.

For example:

EN, E, IP

Midterm or In-Progress Grades#

If your institution tracks grades posted during the term, but are not yet final grades, they typically would have “MID” or “IP” at the end.

These are still considered Enrolled grades, and should be added to the Enrolled Grades list.

For example:

EN, E, IP, AMID, BMID, CMID, DMID, FMID