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CampusOS
Academic Operations
Document set: Grading Documentation
Prepared for: UMF
Version: 1.0  |  Date: August 31, 2026

Grading Documentation

Grading on CampusOS

Three reference documents covering how course grading is configured, why it's built around continuous assessment, and how the numbers work.

Standard Operating Procedure

Setting Up Grading in Moodle

How to establish a program-wide grading standard and configure it correctly in every course — categories, aggregation, and letter boundaries.

Reference Brief

US vs. Asian Grading Philosophy

Why courses grade continuously across the whole term instead of concentrating weight in a single final exam.

Reference Brief

How Grades Are Calculated in Points

The college-level passing scale, how category weights combine into a final grade, and a live calculator.

CampusOS Enhancement Recommendation

Companion engineering briefs on what CampusOS needs to configure or build in the LMS to support this grading model.

Enhancement Recommendation

What the LMS Needs to Support US College Grading

Five gradebook capabilities beyond categories and weights — Outcomes, Scales, grade point ceilings, Advanced grading, and Grade penalties — and why accreditation makes each one a requirement, not polish.

Enhancement Recommendation

How Discussions Actually Get Graded

Moodle's two separate mechanisms for grading a Forum, the standard CampusOS should pick, and what needs to be built to make the Discussions category consistent across a program.

Registrar

Enrollment and student-record operations.

Management Request

Suggested Student Status Taxonomy

The suggested student status taxonomy across the enrollment lifecycle — Admissions, Active, Graduate, and Non-Active — confirming what CampusOS SIS needs to support the registrar's office.