The Grade Book and Grade Sheet work together to help faculty members record learner scores, review grade calculations, and generate term grades.
Use the Grade Book to manage activities and record learner scores. Grado uses the saved scores and the grading setup configured for the class to calculate the learner's grades.
Use the Grade Sheet to generate and review the resulting term and final grades.
The Grade Book is the working area for recording learner performance during a term or grading period.
Each term contains activities grouped under the grade components configured for the class. Depending on the school's grading setup, these may include components such as Written Works, Performance Tasks, and Examinations.
The number of term tabs shown depends on the class configuration. For example, a class configured with two grading periods may show only Term 1 and Term 2.
As scores are entered, the Grade Book calculates values such as:
PS — Percentage Score
WS — Weighted Score
IG — Initial Grade
TG — Transmuted Grade
Remarks — the result determined by the applicable transmutation table, such as Passed or Failed
The Grade Book can show current calculations while you are encoding scores so you can review the effect of the entered values before generating the term.
Note: Grade components, component weights, activity setup, and the transmutation table depend on your school's grading configuration and policies.
The Grade Sheet contains the term and final grades recorded for the class. These grades may be generated from Grade Book scores or entered directly through the standalone Grade Sheet, depending on the school’s grading workflow.
Generating a term:
uses the saved Grade Book scores for that term;
computes and saves the learner's term grade; and
recalculates the learner's available final-grade values.
The Grade Sheet represents the class’s recorded term and final grades, whether generated from the Grade Book or entered directly through the Grade Sheet.
When the Grade Book is used, saved activity scores are reviewed and then generated into the Grade Sheet.
In some workflows, schools may enter term or quarterly grades directly in the Grade Sheet without encoding the underlying activities in the Grade Book.
The usual grading workflow is:
Review the class, term, and activities in the Grade Book.
Enter learner scores.
Save the score changes.
Review the Grade Book calculations.
Open the Grade Sheet tab.
Generate the completed term.
Saving scores and generating grades are separate actions.
In the Grade Book:
Save Draft saves score changes entered in the main Grade Book table.
Save Scores saves score changes entered through Quick Entry.
Both actions save draft scores. They do not update an already generated Grade Sheet.
In the Grade Sheet:
Generate computes and saves the term grade for a term that has not yet been generated.
Regenerate recalculates a previously generated term after changes.
Important: Saving learner scores does not automatically update generated grades. If you change saved scores after a term has been generated, regenerate the affected term to update the Grade Sheet.
Saved Grade Book scores contribute to the activity and component calculations for the term.
While you are encoding scores, IG, TG, and Remarks can preview the current calculation, including score changes that have not yet been generated.
Outside encoding mode, the generated term result may remain unchanged until you generate or regenerate the term.
Because of this, the Grade Book can contain newer saved scores while the generated Grade Sheet still shows an earlier grade result.
Each available term has its own activities, scores, and generated grade.
After at least one term has been generated, the Grade Sheet can also display:
Final (Raw) — the learner's running average based on the available generated raw term grades.
Final (Transmuted) — the running average converted using the applicable transmutation table.
These values can appear before all required terms have been generated.
Note: Treat Final (Raw) and Final (Transmuted) as running values until all required terms and learner scores have been completed and reviewed.
As additional terms are generated or existing terms are regenerated, the final-grade values are recalculated.
The Grade Book described in this guide is the Core and LIS Grade Book workflow.
Some Grado deployments may use a different Grade Book implementation or a separate grade-entry workflow. Follow the instructions provided for the Grade Book or grading interface available in your school's Faculty Portal.
