Terms & Periods

A term (or period) is a time-based divider inside a program — think "Semester 1", "Week 3", or "Month 2". Terms help you organize a long course into manageable chunks and get a separate grade, or GPA, for each chunk.

They are most useful in cohort-style programs, where everyone moves through the material together on a schedule.

What terms do for you

• Organize content into clear stretches of time instead of one long list.
• Group grades by period, so each term has its own GPA.
• Show learners where they are in a longer journey.

Creating terms

You split a date range into periods. Choose how the range is divided:

For example, take a six-month program and split it into six monthly terms, or into twenty-four weekly terms — whatever fits how you teach.

How a term completes and gets graded

• A term completes when all of the content inside it is complete.
• The grades from that term's assessments roll up into a term GPA.
• If you have set weights on the assessments, the term GPA uses those weights. If not, it is a simple average.

What the learner sees

• Their content is grouped under each term name (for example, Semester 1, Semester 2).
• As they finish a term's content, that term shows as complete.
• A learner's marksheet for a cohort program shows a GPA for each term, not just one overall grade.

Good to know

• Terms are mainly a feature of cohort programs, where the schedule is the same for everyone.
• A term's GPA is built from the same grading rules as the rest of the program — see Grading schemes and Weighted grading.