@JAAkana , I use that wording a lot and supplied it for these notes. Please file a JIRA issue to revisit this wording if you think that it is misleading in a more general context than these release notes. Particularly, in this section of the course author's guide: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/course_grades.html#adjust-grades