Toddle provides you with an intuitive interface to configure the academic setup for your curriculum, such as setting grading periods, grading methods, grade boundaries and more.

Setting up grading periods is the first step towards configuring the grading system for your curriculum. Grading periods are usually aligned to the school’s reporting cycles such as terms or semesters. Read this article to learn how you can set up grading periods on Toddle.

It’s important to configure grading periods as they act as the foundation for the grading system. As an admin, you can define one or more grading periods for each academic year. Teachers create assessments that are linked to specific grading periods, and consequently, students’ performance is reported for each grading period taking into account all assessments associated with that grading period.

To navigate to the option for configuring grading periods, go to the admin portal, scroll to the ‘Programme level configurations’ section and click on ‘Academic setup’ for your curriculum.

To configure grading periods, select the ‘Grading periods’ option in the left pane. Here you can use the options on the extreme right to add (+ icon), edit (pencil icon), or delete (trash icon) grading periods. Grading periods can also be configured under the ‘Academic years and grading periods’ section within the 'School setup' card. To learn more, click here.

Once you click on the ‘+’ icon, you’ll have the option to add a new grading period. Here you can add a title and an abbreviation for the grading period. Then, set the start and end dates using the calendar icon and finalize the grading period by clicking the check mark to save it.

Keep in mind that you have the flexibility to adjust the start and end dates of grading periods at any point. However, once one or more tasks have been associated with a grading period, that grading period cannot be deleted.

Let’s explore the importance of grading periods from the lens of an educator. When creating a class task, whether it's an assessment or a learning experience, educators are required to associate the task with a specific grading period. They will be able to select a grading period from the ones set up by you in the academic setup.

For tasks with assigned maximum scores and a designated grading period, the platform aggregates the scores to calculate the overall performance for that specific grading period. These scores can be viewed within the Gradebook of a class. For instance, by selecting the Term 2 grading period in the Gradebook term filter, as shown below, teachers can view scores of all tasks tagged to Term 2 along with the corresponding total score for that period.

It's important to note that the configuration of how total scores are calculated for each grading period is customizable by school administrators. Further details on configuring the calculation method can be found in our comprehensive Grading Setup article, which you can access here.

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