Grade scale settings

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When setting up grade scales you can configure the following settings.

Setting
Description
Notes

Name

The name of the scale. It is recommended this is descriptive. 

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Standard scale

If ticked the scale will be shared across the site for anyone to use.

This is ticked by default if adding the scale at site level and cannot be unticked in that case. 

Scale

Enter the scale here separating each scale point with a comma. The scale should range from the lowest point to the highest e.g. Poor,Good,Excellent. 

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Description

You can describe the scale here. This might include guidance for how it should be used or an expansion of which each scale point represents. 

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