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These steps are optional, based on business rules set by your institution and may not be in every Student Grades module: * 3: Adding students to the class list. * 5: Assigning a special grade. * 6: Conflict. |
You can access all courses you are instructing this term that are open for grading (depending on your organization's business rules). All faculty members teaching the course can access the course list. You can enter a grade by importing a class list from Excel, typing a percentage, or selecting a letter grade. For a special letter grade, you can add comments and a graded date. You also have the option of adding a student to the class list. When you have finished, you can submit the grades for approval or save your changes and exit the application.
Additional features included viewing class statistics, opening the class list in PDF format, and exporting the class list to your computer in Excel format.
It is important to note that you cannot submit an incomplete (partially graded) class list. You may add grades to the students as they are available but you cannot submit a class list that is only partially complete. FAST will validate your class list to ensure that no students have been missed and that all grades included are valid (institutionally accepted) grades.
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To enter a grade:
On the Student Grades menu, click Grade Entry.
From the Course List, select a course. As an instructor, if your institution has enabled the Student Reporting Quick Launch tab, you can also access your courses that are currently available for grading from the short-cut menu!
* You have the ability to add a student to the class list for grading using the Excel Import process. This feature is controlled by Configuration Setting #550 which must be set to "Y".
When the page loads, you will see your Class List as a modified Data Entry Grid:
To enter grades, do one of the following:
In the Percent text box, type the percentage (do not include the % sign). If the Letter Grade populates based on an institutional calculation, you can manually change the grade.
In the Letter Grade drop-down list, select a grade.
* If your institution allows it, you can assign a student a special letter grade of DEF (deferred) or INP (in progress); you can then do the following:
In the text box, type Comments.
Click the calendar and select a Graded Date.
* You can select the Conflict check box if there is a conflict between the student and the approver; for example, they are related.
Click Save to update your class list. Always save your data before leaving the page. This worksheet will now save if you need to complete grading and/or submit another day.
You can exit without submitting the grades for approval and return at a later date to complete the process.
Additional options included:
- View graded
class statistics in chart format. You can toggle between a Pie Chart
and Bar Chart format. This will offer you a breakdown for your class
grades.
- Export the graded
class list into a PDF.
- Export the graded class list to Excel.
- Review or hide the
Page Notes; if you are an Administrator, you can also modify or delete
these Page Notes using the Administration Tab on the Grade Entry page.
The Administration tab is generally located in the + More tab:
You are now ready to submit your grades for approval.
