Calculate Course Averages/Medians

Often you may want to place a mark/grade in one marking/grading column representing a course median. The marks/grades feature of the administration system provides a feature for you to calculate course/class medians and means. Calculate Averages/ Medians will only calculate averages and medians for numerical marks/grades in the marking/grading columns.

Example

You may want marking/grading column 3 to represent the course median for each course each student is taking and you may want the course median to be calculated from the marks/grades entered in marking/grading column 2.

The course median is the mark/grade that has the same number of students in the course with marks/grades higher and lower than itself. The median is the mark/grade situated in the middle of all marks.

Enter the marking/grading column from where the median will be calculated (e.g. 2) along with the marking/grading column where the median will be placed (e.g. 3). The computer will calculate the course median for each course in the school using the students' marks/grades entered into the second marking/grading column. The course medians will be placed into the third marking/grading column for each student in the school.

Note: The averages and medians must be calculated again if the related marks/grades are subsequently changed.

The marks/grades feature of the administration system provides a feature for you to calculate course and class averages. See graphic below.

  1. This feature of the administration system provides a feature for you to calculate course and class averages. Choose Marks/Grades, Conventional Marks/Grades, Calculate Course Average/ Medians. See graphic below.
  2. Choose calculation for either Courses or Classes.
  3. Click the All check box, or make a selection from the drop-down list.
  4. Select the semester that you want.
  5. Select the column that you want to use to make the calculation (from the drop-down list). Then select the column where you want the result placed.

  6. In the Calculation frame you can choose to calculate the Class or course median, Class or course mean/average or Student Ranking.

  7. Click Apply to make the calculation.