Printing GPAs on Report Cards
GPAs is a requirement on most schools' report cards. You can customize your report cards by printing GPAs in a variety of places. Please note although I'm referencing report cards in this post, everything is the same for transcripts.
- The Details tab: When you add a GPA section to the Details tab, the GPAs print under students' grades. The marking columns selected in the Courses section determine the marking columns for the GPAs.
- The Summary/Notes tab: When you add the GPA column to the Academic Summary section on the Summary/Notes tab, you can select to print GPAs on the right and bottom of the report card. The GPA is not dependent on the marking columns selected in the Course section on the Details tab.
- The Header: The report card header is a good place to quickly spot students' overall progress. You can print only the cumulative GPA in the header.
Missing GPA Troubleshooting Tips:
- Check the GPA in Grades, if it's not under the marking column selected in your report card parameter, run calculations for that marking column.
- Check the report card parameters to see if you've selected the appropriate GPA type and calculation. For example, if you run only Unweighted GPAs and have selected Weighted GPAs on the report card, you can't expect the Unweighted GPA to display.
- If you are printing the cumulative GPA in the header, try adjusting the header's label width in the Format section.
- Delete the GPA section on the report card and re-add it
If the GPA is printing, but is incorrect, check the GPA in Grades. If the GPA isn't correct in Grades, troubleshoot it.
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