Rounding Rules
Overview
Rounding Rules allow Final Results and Overall Subject Grades containing decimal numbers to be calculated and rounded according to your preferences across two criteria:
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Rounding Rule examples:
Always Round Up - 1 Decimal Place
Round 0.5 Up - 0 Decimal Places
Truncate - 2 Decimal Places
Rounding calculation examples:
Final Result / Overall Subject Grade | Rounding method | Rounded Result | |||
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0 decimal places | 1 decimal place | 2 decimal places | 3 decimal places | ||
89.5625 | Always Round Up | 90 | 89.6 | 89.57 | 89.563 |
89.5625 | Always Round Down | 89 | 89.5 | 89.56 | 89.562 |
89.5 89.5625 | Round 0.5 Up | 90 90 | 89.5 89.6 | 89.50 89.56 | 89.500 89.563 |
89.5 89.5625 | Round 0.5 Down | 89 90 | 89.5 89.6 | 89.50 89.56 | 89.500 89.562 |
89.5625 | Truncate | 89 | 89.5 | 89.56 | 89.562 |
Rounding decimals convention
If the digit following the rounding digit is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 the rounding digit stays the same.
If the digit following the rounding digit is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 the rounding digit will increase by 1.
Add Rounding Rules
Select 'Add Rounding Rule', enter the Rounding Rule details, and Save.
*Code | Enter an alphanumeric rounding rule code. Max 6 characters. |
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*Description | Enter an alphanumeric description. This displays in Staff Kiosk Markbook in the 'Calculate Rules' screen, where users can select the preferred Rounding Rule for the objective. Max 30 characters. |
*Rounding Method | Select the rounding method for the rule:
Examples: 86.5 → 87 86.565 → 86.57 Otherwise: If the digit following the rounding digit is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 the rounding digit stays the same. If the digit following the rounding digit is 6, 7, 8 or 9 the rounding digit will increase by 1.
Example: 86.5 → 86 86.565 → 86.56 Otherwise: If the digit following the rounding digit is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 the rounding digit stays the same. If the digit following the rounding digit is 6, 7, 8 or 9 the rounding digit will increase by 1.
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*Decimal Places | Select the number of decimal places that the result should be rounded to:
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Active | Tick to flag the rule as active. |
Default | This is a non-editable field, but a tick will display for the Rounding Rule that has been flagged as the default rule. See the section on 'Set Default'. |
Default Rounding Rule
A System Default rounding rule is automatically present in your system. It uses the 'Round 0.5 Up' rule, that is, decimals numbers ending in 1-4 are rounded down, while decimal numbers ending in 5-9 are rounded up.
The default rounding rule is automatically applied to every Final Results and Overall Subject Grades objective's calculation rule in your Markbook, unless and until it is changed to an alternate rounding rule.
You can modify the System Default rounding rule, or add an alternate rule and flag it as the default rule.
Set Default: Once the Rounding Rule that you wish to set as the default rule as been added, select the 'Set Default' button and choose the Rounding Rule from the picklist.
View / Edit / Delete Rounding Rules
View: View the Rounding Rule in non-edit mode.
Edit: Open the Rounding Rule in edit mode. The Code cannot be changed.
Delete: Rounding Rules can be deleted where they have not been used in a calculation.
Rounding Rules cannot be deleted if they have been used in calculations, but they can be made inactive if they are no loner needed.
Change an objective's Rounding Rule to a non-default Rounding Rule
In Markbook, navigate to a reporting period and a subject.
From the hamburger menu for a Final Results or Overall Subject Grades objective, open the 'Calculation Rules' screen.
Select the preferred Rounding Rule from the picklist under the 'Rounding Rule' column for the objective.
Save.
For Administrators
User Permissions
Assign the following Portal Security Permission points to staff who need to access the 'Assessment Setup' menu in Staff Kiosk:
TASS.web > System Admin > Users > Portal Security Permissions - Teacher Kiosk - Assessment section:
Assessment Setup
Rounding Rules
--Add Rounding Rules
--Delete Rounding Rules
--Edit Rounding Rules
Rounding Rules can also be maintained in TASS.web program Student Admin > Academic Reporting > Setup Information > Assessment Setup - Rounding Rules tab.