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School-level feature — managed within your school portal at yourschool.deandesk.com.

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Video walkthrough

This walkthrough uses the real DeanDesk interface with the fictional Northstar Academy demo school and a calm, AI-generated English voice. Payments and outside services are not connected in the demo.
Screenshots use fictional Northstar demo data. Open Academics → Grading Standards. This page defines the scale used by gradebooks, grade exports, final-grade choices, transcripts, and official reports.

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Configure a scale

1

Start with a preset or your current scale

Click Browse preset library to inspect common U.S., Canadian, and UK scales. Choose a suitable starting point and review its bands before saving.
2

Set GPA and percentage bands

Set GPA scale (highest possible GPA). For each row, enter a Letter grade, Minimum percentage, and GPA points. The Applies to column shows the resulting percentage range. Use Add grade band or remove a row to adjust the scale.
3

Add non-numeric grades

Add outcomes such as P, I, or W under Non-numeric grades. These can be assigned directly and never count toward GPA.
4

Save standards

Resolve any validation message, then click Save standards. Review a course gradebook and generate a sample report to confirm the scale matches your policy.
Northstar demo: Grading Standards

Northstar demo — Grading Standards

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Understand the effect of a change

Grades already recorded keep their letters. GPA is recalculated with the current scale when reports are generated again. Changing the scale therefore affects future calculations and outputs; it does not relabel every historical final grade. Course-specific weights, assignment categories, and grading options live in Gradebook → Settings. Report presentation lives in Reports → Templates.