About test credit

Campus Cafe allows you to record on a student’s record academic credit the student earned through a test such as Advanced Placement.

This module is designed for test credit posted to a student's transfer credit. To record scores for admissions tests or other tests that do not appear on the transcript, consider using scores.

Prerequisites

• Create semester(s) to which test credit for all students is posted. Campus Cafe recommends you set a low semester code (parameter value) such as 190101 so test credit always appears first on a student’s transcript. This may be the same semester to which you post transfer credit.

• Set grades associated with test credit on quality points. The grades associated with test credit depend on your academic policy but the most common is T.

• The testing agency or institution administrating the test must exist in schools.

• The student which is receiving test credit must have an active degree.

Required permissions

Post test credit

1. Go to the student’s profile.

2. Go to Person Selected > Enrollment History.

3. Click Lookup.

4. In the window that appears, locate the school that represents the organization that administered the test. For example, for Advanced Placement you might select College Board.

5. Select your Test Semester.

6. In Original Course, enter the test code (for example APBIO). Test codes are not setup in Campus Cafe. Although you can enter anything, we recommend that you develop a standard set of codes for commonly used tests to facilitate reporting and so future test posting.

7. In Target Course, select your institution’s equivalent course. Courses set as catalog inactive on the catalog semester will not appear in this drop down.

8. If transferring in a test that already exists as a transfer, increase the section number by one, otherwise, leave blank. For example, if you accepted both APBIO and APSCI as BIO105, then the first time you select BIO105, leave Section empty. The next time you select BIO105, in Section enter 2.

9. Click Add.

10. Complete the information as required by your institution’s policies. At a minimum, you must complete the following:

    • Credits or Clock Hours: The number of credits granted at your institution for the credit.

    • Degree Level: The academic career to apply the credit to.

    • Final Grade: Select the grade to appear on the student’s record at your institution. This is populated by default if configured on quality points.

11. Click Save.

12. The selected school persists on subsequent transfer credit postings, unless changed.

In the future, if an institution and original course code is entered, the original course title and credits will appear on the enrollment detail screen based on the most recent original course code and institution combination.