Once subject areas are defined in Credit Checker, the next step is to establish your school’s graduation requirements. This process sets the minimum number of credits students must earn in each subject area to meet graduation standards, helping maintain consistency and accuracy when tracking progress toward graduation. Simply add courses from current and past years, along with the required number of credits, to start tracking your students’ progress with confidence.
To start editing graduation course requirements, log in to jmc Office at the building level and head to Grading > Credit Checker > Edit Graduation Credit Requirements.
Step One: Select a year from the “Transcript Year” drop-down list to find and add courses from that year’s catalog to the selected graduation subject area.
Step Two: Select a graduating class from the "Graduation Year" drop-down list to edit requirements for that specific group of students.
Step Three: Select a subject area from the "Subject Area" drop-down list to begin adding courses from the selected year’s catalog to that curricular area.
Helpful Tip: Need to add or update subject areas for graduation? Go to Grading > Credit Checker > Edit Subject Areas.
Step Four: Enter the minimum number of credits required for the subject area in the "Total Credits Required for this Subject Area" field to define the credits students must earn to meet graduation requirements.
Step Five: Enter the total number of credits required for graduation in the “Total Credits Required for Graduation” field to define the minimum credits a student must earn to graduate. This total includes both required and elective credits.
Step Six: Enter a course name in the “Find” field or select one or more courses from the list on the left to add them to the selected subject area.
Step Seven: Select “New Group” in the center of the page to create a new group within the subject area, or choose an existing group from the list to add courses to that grouping.
Helpful Tip: Group courses together to differentiate required courses within a "Subject Area." For example, if History is a "Subject Area," add World History courses to "Group 1" and US History courses to "Group 2" to require credit(s) from each group for graduation.
Step Eight: Click the "Add To >>" button to add the selected course(s) to the appropriate group in the required course list.
Helpful Tip: Need to make adjustments to your required course list? Click a course to select it, then choose “<< Remove” to take it out of the current subject area. Use the up and down arrow buttons to move selected courses between groups in the required courses list.
Step Nine: Repeat steps one through eight until all courses from each transcript year are added to every subject area.
Helpful Tip: Quickly assign a Credit Checker "Subject Area" and/or "Group" to courses as you create them on the "Grad Requirement" tab of the Edit Course Data page!