In high schools there generally are two semesters per year, each with two quarters and perhaps progress or deficiency notices under the quarters. Semester grades can be either a running total of categories and assignments disregarding the two quarters or an average of the two quarters. The running total can be deceiving because if you don't use all of the same categories in both quarters the semester average may not be what you expect even though it is mathematically accurate. The reason to use the running total is to monitor the progress of students towards passing a class necessary for graduation. But in most cases teachers will want to us a simple average of the two quarters for the semester grade. Below is what a high school gradebook looks like, set up with quarters and semesters.
Semester Averaging is set up from the menu, which opens up the Semester Averaging form.
Here you can set the weight of each quarter and an optional final exam. By checking the �Use Weighted Quarters for Semester Average� box, this calculation for semesters is implemented.
The optional Final Exam grade is entered from the Semester tab by clicking on the Exam button or the Add Exam Column.
Clicking this opens the Create Final Exam form.
