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Subjects form the top layer. They define the academic framework for your school. Courses (teacher courses or blueprint courses) operate within the context of subjects. All curriculum planning, including units, assessments, and resources, happens at the course level. A course inherits its standards, grading setup, levels, and department from the subject it is linked to. Every course must be linked to at least one subject.Classes are linked to courses. This is where day-to-day teaching takes place: attendance, assignments, submissions, and student portfolios.
Standards: Each subject is linked to a standard set, which defines the learning goals for that subject. When a course is linked to a subject, teachers in that course plan units and create assessments using those standards. Student performance against these standards is tracked in the gradebook and reflected in progress reports. All courses linked to the same subject share the same standard set. Grading: Grading is configured at the subject and grade level. All courses linked to the same subject and grade share the same grading setup. Levels and department: The levels and department you assign to a subject flow down automatically to every course linked to it.
Subjects are required when creating a course. Every course must have at least one subject linked to it. All planning, teaching and learning resources, and assessments are created at the course level and can be shared across one or more linked classes.Grading and reporting are organized by subject, each subject linked to the course has its own grading configuration.
Grading methodology: Whether they use score/letter-based grading, standards-based grading, or bothGrade scales: The scale used to calculate and report final grades for that subject and grade. To learn more about configuring final grade calculations, refer to .Score calculation: How scores are calculated across grading categories and grading periods. To learn more about the score-based grading setup, refer to Standard grade scales: Standard sets are mapped to subjects, and grade scales can be mapped to those standard sets to determine how standards-based grades are calculated. To learn more about standards-based grading setup, refer to
The subject-based setup gives schools a structured way to manage teaching, learning, and grading organized by subject. From standards and grading to levels and departments, every configuration flows from the subject level outward to the courses and classes that your teachers use every day.
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How the subject-based setup is structured
In a subject-based setup, the academic structure flows through 3 layers:
For example, consider a Grade 1 course linked to 4 subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. The same course is taught across 3 classes- 1A, 1B, and 1C. All units, learning experiences, and assessments for each subject are created at the course level and shared with the linked classes. Each subject has its own grading setup, so every student receives 4 individual grades, one per subject.
Tip: If your school uses the course-based setup instead, refer to to understand how it works.
Understand subjects in a subject-based setup
In a subject-based setup, subjects are the central organizing entity for your school. Here is what a subject controls:
Tip: To learn more about how to configure grading methodology at the subject level, refer to
Understand courses in a subject-based setup
Courses sit within the context of a subject and are the central space for curriculum planning. Teachers use courses to organize units, learning experiences, assessments, and resources for the classes they teach.
Here are the key things to know about courses in a subject-based setup:
Understand classes in a subject-based setup
Classes are the delivery layer in a subject-based setup. Each class is linked to exactly one teacher course, and students access curriculum content, submit assignments, and receive grades through that course and its linked subjects.
Teachers deliver course content through their classes and manage attendance, announcements, submissions, evaluations, and portfolios at the class level for their respective groups of students.
Understand grading in a subject-based setup
Grading in a subject-based setup is configured at the subject plus grade level, not at the individual course level. All courses linked to the same subject and grade share the same grading setup, and students receive one consolidated grade per subject regardless of how many courses they have studied under it.
The grading setup for each subject and grade combination includes:
The grading configuration is shared across all courses linked to the same subject and grade; any edits to these settings automatically apply to all of them. This also means student grades are preserved if a class is re-linked to a different teacher course, as long as the new course belongs to the same subject and grade.
This subject-level grading also determines how progress reports are structured. Progress reports in a subject-based setup are organized around subjects, and each student receives subject-level grades and comments in their report.
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