Variable Credit

To support alternative education programs, PowerSchool now offers variable credit. Using variable credit, teachers can now specify how much credit each student is attempting (potential credit) and how much credit each student is awarded (earned credit) regardless of the credit hours specified for the course or the grade the student earned for the class in a term.

To use this feature, variable credit must be enabled either for an individual section or for multiple sections. You have the option to permit teachers to enter variable awarded credit and variable attempted credit. By default, both variable awarded credit and variable attempted credit are disabled.

Setting variable credit for an individual section can be done using the Edit Section page, as well as the Set Up Variable Credit page. Setting variable credit for multiple sections can only be done using the Set Up Variable Credit page. When setting up variable credit, you can disable both attempted and awarded credit, enabled both attempted and awarded credit, or only enable awarded credit.

Once enabled, respective column appears in PowerTeacher Gradebook on the Scoresheet in Final Grade mode. Teachers may enter any desired numerical value. For more information, refer to Scoresheet in the PowerTeacher Gradebook online help.

Finally, variable credit scores entered in PowerTeacher Gradebook can then be permanently stored. For more information, refer to Permanently Store Grades.

Set Up Variable Credit

Using Set Up Variable Credit, you can activate or deactivate variable credit for multiple sections or an individual section. 

Mass Update Variable Credit

1. Navigate to the Set Up Variable Credit page. 

2. To change for all listed sections:

   1. Select Variable Awarded Credit or Variable Attempted Credit.

   2. Select Yes or No to allow or not allow teachers to enter variable credit in PowerTeacher Gradebook on the Scoresheet in Final Grade mode respectively.

   3. Click Set.

3. To change for individual sections:

   1. Select Yes or No in the Variable Awarded Credit or Variable Attempted Credit columns for that course section to allow or not allow teachers to enter variable credit in PowerTeacher Gradebook on the Scoresheet in Final Grade mode respectively.

4. Click Save.