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Online Grade Changes:
Instructions for Completing the Process  

These instructions describe the steps that are required to change of grade online.

Any questions on the use of online grade changes can be directed to the Registrar’s Office; Tom Watts (7-9054), Amy Flint (7-4331), Melanie McNaughton (7-4331), and Nancy Laurence (7-4048) are available for information pertaining to the project and the design and function of the process.

Fundamentals of Online Grade Changes

Access and Security.

The ability to change grades via the online process is limited to only those faculty and staff who are assigned to the specific section (CRN) in Banner.

Someone who is not listed as an instructor or grader on the CRN will not have access to the course, for grade update purposes.

If you are not listed as an instructor on the section, please contact the grade contact in your department.

The faculty member entering the initial grade is identified by ID number as part of the original grade submission, and grade changes will be identified in the same way.

Timeframe for Online Grade Changes.

The ability to change a grade via the online grade change process is available for up to one academic year from the term when the original grade was issued.

For example, if the original grade for a course was issued in Spring 2008, then the faculty member(s) for that class can correct the grade, via the online process, through the end of the Spring 2009 term.

Any changes that are for a course older than one year will have to be made via a Change of Grade form, submitted to the Registrars Office.

Online Grade Change Process

The online grade change process is most similar to the Keyed Data Entry option for entering final grades.

For any additional information on the process, please contact the Registrar’s Office: Tom Watts (7-9054), Amy Flint ((7-4331), or Melanie McNaughton (7-4331).

Login

To correct a grade via the online process, first login to your online services account.

This is the same login as for the end-of-term grade entry.

Accessing the Change Rolled Grades Option

Once you are logged in, click on the Faculty & Advisors section of the account.

From the Faculty and Advisors page, select the Final Grades menu.

The Final Grades - Change Posted Grades is the option where instructors can make grade corrections.

Identifying the Term and Course.

  1. Select the Correct Term in the pull-down menu, and click Submit.
    The term selection option is the first screen you see after selecting the Change Rolled Grades option.

    Terms are listed in a pull-down menu.

    Select the term when the course was offered and click Submit.

    A pull-down menu will appear with all the courses you have access to.

  2. Select the Correct Course from the pull-down menu, and click Submit.
    The class list will appear with all students for the term and their current grades.

  3. Select the Correct Student.
    Students are listed alphabetically in sets of 25 students per page.

    You can choose any set of students. If the student is near the bottom of the class list, select the group of students that includes the student you are looking for.

  4. Correct the Grade.
    Select the correct the grade from the pull-down Grade menu and click Submit. Only the applicable grades will display in the menu, based on the grade mode for the course, i.e.:
  5. A–F grading: A, A–, B+, B, B–, C+, C, C–, D+, D, D–, F

    P/N grading:
    P and N

  6. Review and Confirm the Grade Correction.
    Once you submit the grade correction, a confirmation page will display.

    If the grade change is correct, click Submit again, and the change will be processed.

    If the change is not correct, select the correct grade and click Submit again. The confirmation page will re-display with the updated grade.

Online Grade Change Restrictions

An online change of grade cannot be completed for students who have graduated.

Those situations are also resolved via communications between the faculty member and/or department and the Registrar’s Office, and are completed with a Change of Grade form if the grade change is submitted within three months of the final degree conferral. An academic record where no other degree objective is being pursued is permanently locked/frozen three months after the final degree conferral, and all subsequent grade change requests will be denied.

Support and Additional Information

For any additional information, or questions regarding the process, please contact the Registrar’s Office.

Updated 7/10/08

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