Aplus+ Platform setup what needs configuring on a new installation Introduction Global grade systems Grade system define how assessments are a marked. Global grade system can be applied to any qualification delivered by a school. It it also possible to create local grade system for a particular campus. The grade system will establish rules for passing and failing a competency based qualification, and what grades to assign to an achievement based qualification. To add a new grade system select Admin->Assessment->Grade Systems–>Global Grade Systems from the main menu tabs. Then click New… Tick Courses for Applies to and give the system a title ("competency system", "Achievement system"). We use boundaries on the right to associate marks to grades. We can then indicate which grades will allow for a pass. use "I" to indicate Incomplete grade. Tick Allow WD  and set WD Grade: to "WD", and apply: to 'Always, regardless of when'. Click Create.  A competency based grade system will have one boundaries of 0 = F and 1 = C, Fail and complete.         Attendance statuses Student specials Custom campus roles Custom system roles