Note: Gradelink staff will help configure report card profiles for you during the Implementation process. If you would like to make changes to your profiles, we highly recommend consulting Gradelink staff first to avoid accidental formatting errors.
Every report card template in Gradelink has its own unique list of options that control the visibility of certain elements on the report card.
Regardless of which template you're using, you can access these options by clicking Report Card Options on the report card generation page:
Note: If you are unsure which template you are using, you can find out by hovering your cursor over the title at the top of the report card generation page:
The remainder of this article is divided into sections for each report card template and also includes sections for options that appear on multiple templates:
Letter-Landscape Options
| Name | Description/Notes |
|---|---|
| Show Grade Placement | Shows the Student's grade level for the upcoming academic year. Can either be specified using the Placement drop-down menu or left blank and filled in later manually. |
| Show Numbered Comments | Shows Numbered Comments, as well as the Numbered Comments Legend. |
| Show Percentage Grade | Shows a Percentage Grade in addition to the existing Letter Grade for each subject. Will not display if the grade scale assigned to a particular class doesn't support Percentages. |
| Show School Attendance | Shows School/Daily Attendance for students enrolled in a Daily Attendance class. Not all values on the attendance sheet will appear; this can be customized in the Settings tab. |
| Show Term Comments | Shows Term Comments for students enrolled in a Term Comments class. |
| Show Term GPA | Shows the GPA achieved by the Student in each term. Will also include a 'year average GPA' if the setting "Show Year Average Grade" is enabled. |
| Show Worship Attendance | Shows Worship Attendance for students enrolled in a Worship Attendance class. |
| Show Year Average Grade | Shows the average grade for terms included on the report card. Will only be calculated for concluded terms. |
Multi-Term Options
| Name | Description/Notes |
|---|---|
| Force Semester Grade | Forces a grade to appear for a Parent Term even if its Child Terms haven't been concluded / not all grades have been entered. |
| Show Class Attendance | Shows Class Attendance. |
| Show Class Credits | Shows the Credit/Unit count for each class. |
| Show Class Effort | Shows Effort/Class Category. |
| Show Grade Placement | Shows the Student's grade level for the upcoming academic year. Can either be specified using the Placement drop-down menu or left blank and filled in later manually. |
| Show Grade Scale Legend | Shows the grade scale legend for all grade scales associated with a Standard class. If a student is enrolled in several Standard classes, and they use different grade scales, then the report card with display one legend for each unique grade scale. |
| Show Numbered Comments | Shows Numbered Comments, as well as the Numbered Comments Legend. |
| Show Percentage Grade | Shows a Percentage Grade in addition to the existing Letter Grade for each subject. Will not display if the grade scale assigned to a particular class doesn't support Percentages. |
| Show School Attendance | Shows School/Daily Attendance for students enrolled in a Daily Attendance class. Not all values on the attendance sheet will appear; this can be customized in the Settings tab. |
| Show School Name/Address | Shows the school's name and address. Can be changed in the School Profile in the Settings tab. |
| Show Subject Teacher Name | Shows the name of the Teacher for each subject/class. Will not show the names of Secondary Teachers. |
| Show Teacher Name | Shows the name of the Teacher who taught the most classes for a particular student. Can be manually changed. |
| Show Term Comments | Shows Term Comments for students enrolled in a Term Comments class. |
| Show Term GPA | Shows the GPA achieved by the Student in each term. Will also include a 'year average GPA' if the setting "Show Year Average Grade" is enabled. |
| Show Worship Attendance | Shows Worship Attendance for students enrolled in a Worship Attendance class. |
| Show Year Average Grade | Shows the average grade for terms included on the report card. Will only be calculated for concluded terms. |
| Footnote Text | Adds a text field at the bottom of the report card. |
Multi-Term 2 Options
| Name | Description/Notes |
|---|---|
| Force Semester Grade | Forces a grade to appear for a Parent Term even if its Child Terms haven't been concluded / not all grades have been entered. |
| Show Class Attendance | Shows Class Attendance. |
| Show Class Credits | Shows the Credit/Unit count for each class. |
| Show Grade Placement | Shows the Student's grade level for the upcoming academic year. Can either be specified using the Placement drop-down menu or left blank and filled in later manually. |
| Show Grade Scale Legend | Shows the grade scale legend for all grade scales associated with a Standard class. If a student is enrolled in several Standard classes, and they use different grade scales, then the report card with display one legend for each unique grade scale. |
| Show Numbered Comments | Shows Numbered Comments, as well as the Numbered Comments Legend. |
| Show Percentage Grade | Shows a Percentage Grade in addition to the existing Letter Grade for each subject. Will not display if the grade scale assigned to a particular class doesn't support Percentages. |
| Show School Attendance | Shows School/Daily Attendance for students enrolled in a Daily Attendance class. Not all values on the attendance sheet will appear; this can be customized in the Settings tab. |
| Show School Name/Address | Shows the school's name and address. Can be changed in the School Profile in the Settings tab. |
| Show Subject Teacher Name | Shows the name of the Teacher for each subject/class. Will not show the names of Secondary Teachers. |
| Show Teacher Name | Shows the name of the Teacher who taught the most classes for a particular student. Can be manually changed. |
| Show Term Comments | Shows Term Comments for students enrolled in a Term Comments class. |
| Show Worship Attendance | Shows Worship Attendance for students enrolled in a Worship Attendance class. |
| Show Year Average Grade | Shows the average grade for terms included on the report card. Will only be calculated for concluded terms. |
| Footnote Text | Adds a text field at the bottom of the report card. |
Tri-Fold 3 Options
| Name | Description/Notes |
|---|---|
| Show Grade Placement | Shows the Student's grade level for the upcoming academic year. Can either be specified using the Placement drop-down menu or left blank and filled in later manually. |
| Show Numbered Comments | Shows Numbered Comments, as well as the Numbered Comments Legend. |
| Show Percentage Grade | Shows a Percentage Grade in addition to the existing Letter Grade for each subject. Will not display if the grade scale assigned to a particular class doesn't support Percentages. |
| Show School Attendance | Shows School/Daily Attendance for students enrolled in a Daily Attendance class. Not all values on the attendance sheet will appear; this can be customized in the Settings tab. |
| Show Term Comments | Shows Term Comments for students enrolled in a Term Comments class. |
| Show Term GPA | Shows the GPA achieved by the Student in each term. Will also include a 'year average GPA' if the setting "Show Year Average Grade" is enabled. |
| Show Year Average Grade | Shows the average grade for terms included on the report card. Will only be calculated for concluded terms. |
Page Break Options
Normally, Report Cards in Gradelink will automatically split content onto multiple pages as necessary. The Page Break options allow you to manually tell Gradelink when to insert a page break: simply select a Class or Class Type from the drop-down menu, and a page break will be inserted AFTER the selection.
Page Break Options are available for the following templates: Multi-Term, Multi-Term 2.
| Name | Description/Notes |
|---|---|
| Page Break 1 | Allows the user to manually insert a page break. Page Breaks appear AFTER the selected class/class type. For example, if you select "Term Comments", then the page break will occur AFTER the Term Comments section of the report card. |
| Page Break 2 | |
| Page Break 3 | |
| Page Break 4 | |
| Page Break 5 |
Report Order Options
Gradelink divides report card content into four 'blocks':
- Standard Classes
- Custom Classes
- Term Comments
- Attendance
This is the default order, but it can be adjusted based on the needs of your school using the Report Order Options.
Report Order Options are available for the following templates: Letter-Landscape, Multi-Term, Multi-Term 2, Tri-Fold 3.
| Name | Description/Notes |
|---|---|
| Standard Classes Report Order | Includes both grades and attendance taken for Standard classes. |
| Custom Classes Report Order | Includes grades for classes with custom class types. |
| Term Comments Report Order | Includes comments entered for Term Comment classes. Can be constricted to a specific character limit. |
| Attendance Report Order | Only includes School/Daily Attendance. |
PDF Settings
PDF Settings are available on the following templates: Letter-Landscape, Multi-Term, Multi-Term 2, Tri-Fold 3
| Name | Description/Notes |
|---|---|
| Page Size | Allows you to specify the type of paper you'd like the PDF to be based on. Options include Default (let Gradelink choose), Letter, Legal, and A4. |
| Orientation | Defines the Page Orientation when generating a PDF version of the report card. Options include Default, Landscape, and Portrait. |
| Left Margin | Defines the margin between report card content and the edge of the paper. |
| Right Margin | |
| Top Margin | |
| Scale | Reduces the amount of space on the page that the report card will take up. |