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Setting up a narrative comment or standard comment grading table

Enter comments for conduct or participation grades. Narrative comment grades are entered in free form text and appear on the report card as entered. Standard comment grades are selected from a list of pre-defined options and appear on the report card as entered.

To set up a narrative or standard comment grading table: [You can do this if your role is School Administrator.SA]

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Follow the steps in Defining the format and meaning of grades [>>].

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For Type, select "Narrative Comment" or "Standard Comment".

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For narrative comments, enter the maximum number of characters allowed on students' report cards and progress reports.

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Or, for standard comments, enter the maximum number of comments allowed on students' report cards and progress reports.

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If your school requires that teachers must add narrative or standard comments to report cards and progress reports, select "Comments are mandatory". If this option is selected, but a teacher does not enter or select comments, the Missing Grades report displays the comment grades as "Missing".

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Click OK.

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