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Setting course credit assignment priority

In an Academic Plan version, more than one group or subgroup can hold the same selected course. When a student earns credits for such a course, PowerSchool SMS determines the group or subgroup to which it applies the course’s credits by referring to course’s course credit assignment priority.

PowerSchool SMS applies the course’s credits to the highest priority group or subgroup first; when that group’s Required credits total is met, PowerSchool SMS applies any surplus credits to the next priority group, and so on. For example, in a plan version with two groups, "Social Studies" and "Electives", and the course "World History" selected for both, you might set the course’s credit assignment priority to be "Social Studies‑>Electives". This would ensure that when a student earned 3.0 credits for the World History course, PowerSchool SMS would add 3.0 credits to the student’s Social Studies group total, unless that total was already met. Where a student has earned credits for several courses in a group, and the total number of credits exceeds the group’s Required credits, PowerSchool SMS applies the credits from the highest priority courses first until the total is met.

When you first select a course for a group, PowerSchool SMS automatically sets that course’s credit assignment priority to that group [Figure 133]. You can change this priority as necessary, typically when you select the same course for another group. You can change the credit assignment priority for one course or for several at once. Note: When you make such a change, PowerSchool SMS applies the change to all the plan version’s groups and subgroups in which the course is selected.

To change a course’s credit assignment priority:

Figure 134: Course credit assignment priority

A Mass update credit priority: Enables you to change the credit assignment priority for all the courses selected.
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