Create a Result Set

This example shows how to create a result set to store on students' enrollment records.

  1. Access the Manage Results Sets page: From Student Central, click Search and search for Manage Result Sets.

  2. On the Manage Result Sets page, create a result set.

Here are the key decisions for this scenario.

Decisions to Consider

In This Example

What type of result set is this?

Letter Grade

Enable earned units?

Yes, to indicate that this result set earns credit for a student.

Summary of the Tasks

Create a result set:

  1. Enter general information.

  2. Enter result value options.

  3. Enter result values.

Enter General Information

  1. From Student Central, click Search and search for Manage Result Sets.

  2. Click the New icon.

  3. On the Create Result Set page, complete the fields, as shown in this table. Use the default values except where indicated.

    Field

    Value

    Name

    Letter Grade

    Description

    Students are evaluated with the traditional method of A, B, C, D, F grading.

    Enable earned units

    Select

    Start Date

    01/01/18

Enter Result Value Options

On the Result Value Options tab, the Enable outcomes values check box is selected automatically. Except for transcript display, you can't edit the values because outcome is required for requisite compliance. Enter values for the other result value options. Indicate transcript display for the outcomes values option.

  1. Select the Enable numeric values check box and complete the fields, as shown in this table. Use the default values except where indicated.

    Field

    Value

    Column Label

    Score

    Display values on transcript

    Select

  2. Select the Enable text values check box and complete the fields, as shown in this table. Use the default values except where indicated.

    Field

    Value

    Column Label

    Grade

    Display values on transcript

    Select

  3. Select the Enable grade point values check box and complete the fields, as shown in this table. Use the default values except where indicated.

    Field

    Value

    Maximum Grade Points

    4

    To Decimal

    2

    Display values on transcript

    Select

  4. For the outcomes option, select the Display values on transcript check box.

  5. Select the Enable description values check box and complete the fields, as shown in this table. Use the default values except where indicated.

    Field

    Value

    Column Label

    Description

    Display values on transcript

    Select

  6. Click Save.

Enter Result Values

On the Result Values tab, some column headers display based on the setup on the Result Value Options tab. In this example, these column headers display: Score From, Score To, Grade, and Description. In the first row, enter values to define a letter grade of A.

  1. Click the Result Values tab.

  2. Click the New icon.

  3. Complete the fields as shown in this table. Use the default values except where indicated.

    After you enter the first Score From value, a Score To value of 100 appears. This value is based on the Maximum Numeric Value of 100 on the Result Value Options tab.

    Field

    Value

    Score From

    90

    Grade

    A

    Outcome

    Pass

    Grade Points

    4

    Description

    Excellent

    Calculate Grade Points

    Select

    Earn Credit

    Yes

  4. Click Save.

  5. Continue to create other letter grades such as B and C as required.