Academic Settings / Marking Settings / General Settings / Marking / Marks Submission Calculation / Calculate assessments average on term marking based on marking ‘s period end date
By enabling this option, the auto-calculated mark is being calculated based on all scheduled Assessments prior to marking’s period end date and not based only on current’s marking period Assessments. (i.e., A column that derives each mark from a set of Assessment Types, will be calculated by all Assessments of the given type for the whole academic year.
Term mark period will be not taken in consideration.
Example
1st Term -> 01/09/2021 – 31/12/2021
Setting -> Inactive
| Date | Test | Term | Grade | Weights |
| 01/10/2021 | 1st Test | 1st Term | 40 | 1 |
| 22/11/2021 | 2nd Test | 1st Term | 60 | 2 |
| 15/01/2021 | 3rd Test | 1st Term | 80 | 3 |
Average = 40*1+60*2+80*3 = 400 / 6 = 66.6
Setting -> Active
| Date | Test | Term | Grade | Weights |
| 01/10/2021 | 1st Test | 1st Term | 40 | 1 |
| 22/11/2021 | 2nd Test | 1st Term | 60 | 2 |
| 15/01/2021 | 3rd Test | 1st Term | 80 | 3 |
Average = 40*1+60*2 = 160 / 3 = 53.33
Because 15/1/2021 is after the end date of the first term