Zangle - Change of Quarters (part II)

Various notes on diplaying Quarter 1, Quarter 2, and Semester 1 grades

When displaying the spreadsheet and the overall grades, a teacher has 3 options: Quarter 1, Quarter 2, and Semester 1.
The following is my understanding. Please correct me if you find any mistakes!

If you select Quarter 1, Zangle will display only the points (eg. 456/500) and calculated grade from the first quarter.

Quarter 2, Zangle will display only the points and calculated grade of assignments given in the second quarter.

Semester 1: Zangle runs everything together. NOTE! Zangle does not weight one quarter and the next. It just calculates the overall grade. Other programs that many teachers have used in the past gave the option of weighting the two quarters - I do not believe that you can do that with Zangle.

Looking at the only classes that I have access to (high school), it does not appear possible to change categories and/or category weights at the quarter. Whatever you do, needs to hold for the entire semester. Do NOT make changes, thinking that you are starting a new quarter and that you have a fresh start!

The 'Marks' (progress reports and quarter grades) are well labeled and show up appropriately. But teachers need to decide which grade to display when parents, teachers (and students, eventually) look at the Assignments display. This is addressed in the steps below.

Set Calculated Marking Term to Display

Under Gradebook Setup / Class Options, most teachers probably want to display Semester 1 in Assignment Publishing.
This determines which grade is shown in the Assignments portion of the display, both for other teachers and for parents. (see image directly below this line.)

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