This article aims to outline some of the steps you may need to complete in order to set up an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ).
Bear in mind that not all of these steps may be required if you have previously set this up, these are just some of the steps you may need to consider. Steps 2, 3, and 4 may not be required if there are already EAPs and grade methods appropriate for this new qualification.
Contents
1 / Create a New Qualification
3 / Upload and Set Up New EAP Baselines
1 / Create a New Qualification
There are two ways you can create new qualifications. The first way is to upload a grades file that contains grades in this new Extended Project Qualification - this way may be better if you have grades to upload in this new qualification.
These can be uploaded into in DATA > KS5 > Select a cohort > GRADES > Uploads. When uploading this file with these new grades, on the Confirm Upload Qualification Names page, you'll need to set these up as 'New'.
For more information on this you can read our below guide:
- Uploading Assessment Grades (Admin)
- Uploading Standalone Grades e.g. Exams, Targets, Mocks etc. (Admin)
The other way to create the qualification is to do this manually on the GRADES > Matching page, by clicking the blue 'Create New Qualification' button. This is ideal if you are setting this up for exams and you don't yet have any grades available for this.
2 / Create a New Grade Method
If you have not previously set up the 'Extended Project (Diploma)' grade method in Analytics, you will need to create a new grade method for this. You can skip this step if this has already been set up when setting up your EPQ in a previous cohort.
You can do this in CONFIG. > Grade Methods > KS5 Methods.
For more information on creating these methods you can read through our below guide:
3 / Upload and Set Up New EAP Baselines (Optional)
If you don't need EAP-related figures such as Above/On/Below Track and flightpaths for your EPQ, then you can skip this step. This will mean that when you're creating an EAP for this qualification, you will be able to select any EAP Baseline - as this only affects the aforementioned EAP-related figures. Similarly, if you already have an EAP set up in KS4 / EAP > EAP / Baselines > EAP, for this qualification to use, this step can be skipped.
If you want the EAP-related figures for this EPQ, you will need to upload EAP Baselines for this qualification.
For KS5, these would be uploaded into DATA > KS5 > Select your cohort > KS4 / EAP > EAP / Baselines > Uploads. Upon uploading this, when you reach the Confirm Upload Qualification Names page, you'll need to ensure you set this new baseline up as 'New' to ensure it is set up separately.
For more information on uploading these new baselines you can read through our below guide:
Once this has been uploaded, you'll need to set up this new EAP Baseline. This is done in KS4 / EAP > EAP / Baselines > Baseline Management.
For more information on doing this, you can read our below guide:
4 / Create a New EAP
You would be able to skip this step if you cohort use one EAP per grade method, and there is already an EAP for the Extended Project (Diploma) grade method, or similarly if there is already an appropriate EAP that could be selected for this new qualification.
You can create this in KS4 / EAP > EAP / Baselines > EAP. As mentioned above, if you don't need EAP-related figures for this qualification, when creating this EAP you can select anything for the Baseline Type and EAP Baseline. However, if you did upload EAP Baselines for your EPQ, you can select this here. For the Assessment Method you will need to select your 'Extended Project' grade method (or whatever you've named the Extended Project grade method in CONFIG.), then Create.
For more information on creating EAPs you can read our below guide:
5 / Set Up the Matching page
Now that you have an appropriate grade method and EAP for your new qualification, and this has already been created in this cohort, you'd be able to set this qualification up on the GRADES > Matching page. The relevant QN code should be entered and the EAP selected, where the row should turn green if set up correctly.
For more information on doing this you can read our below guide:
6 / Publish
Once all of this has been set up you'll need to republish your STUDENTS, KS4 / EAP, and GRADES sections.
Bear in mind however, that unless there are any grades uploaded or added manually in this new qualification, you won't be able to view this qualification in the Reports.
Thanks for reading!