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Grade posting is an important part of accurate record maintenance and is critical for ensuring student record integrity, as well as for compliance requirements and reporting.
Grade posting resources and deadlines are below.
Grading Instructions
Administrative Resource Center (ARC) contains the following grading instructions within the SIS Records Maintenance section:
- Adjusting Grade Basis
- Enter and Post Grades Through the Grade Roster
- To view the full roster select the view all link or use arrows to scroll to view additional pages.
- Posted grades cannot be updated in SIS, a Grade Assignment/Change form must be submitted after noon the following day.
- Grade Roster Excel Export
- Grades - View a Student's Grades
- Missing Grade Report
- Submitting a Grade Assignment or Grade Change Form
- Posted grades cannot be updated in SIS, a Grade Assignment/Change form must be submitted after noon the following day.
- Grade changes are not immediate and may take 5-10 business days.
- You will not receive a separate notification that grades have been posted. Their appearance in the Official Grade column serves as your confirmation that posting was successful.
Access to Post Grades
Post access is required to post or change grades. Reach out to yourdepartment scheduling contact with questions about grading access. If there was an adjustment to your grading access, please allow 24 hours for this to be updated.
Incomplete Grades
Incomplete Grades will lapse if a grade change form is not submitted by the deadline listed below, regardless of the date posted in the Student Information System (SIS). If an additional extension is approved, a grade change form must be submitted to change the I grade to an IX (Incomplete Extension). Detailed instructions are located on the Enter and Post Grades through the Grade Roster instructions.
Once a lapse grade has posted, it cannot be returned to an I or changed to an IX. A grade change form must be submitted when a final grade is determined.
Lapse Deadline
The lapse deadline is always noon on the 6th Saturday of the subsequent term regardless of the date displayed or posted in the Student Information System (SIS). Mark your calendar with these upcoming deadlines:
- Autumn 2023 - noon, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024
- Spring 2024 - noon, Saturday, June 15, 2024
- Summer 2024 - noon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024
Submit a Grade Assignment or Change Form
Grade Rosters
Instructors are not able to enter grades prior to grade roster availability regardless of email reminders, a student's transfer request or if a student completed an independent study course early.
Spring 2024 Availability
| Full Term | Session1 | Session 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, April 1, 2024 | Friday, February 9, 2024 | Monday, April 8, 2024 |
Summer 2024 Availability - Full Term, 6 and 8 Week Sessions
| Full Term 12 Weeks | 6-week Session 1 | 6 week Session 2 | 8-week Session 1 | 8-week Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, July 5, 2024 | Friday, May 31, 2024 | Friday, July 12, 2024 | Friday, June 14, 2024 | Friday, July 12, 2024 |
Summer 2024 Availability - 4 Week Sessions
| 4-week Session 1 | 4-week Session 2 | 4 week Session 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, May 24, 2024 | Friday, June 21, 2024 | Friday, July 19, 2024 |
Autumn 2024 Availability
| Full Term | Session1 | Session 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Monday, September 23, 2024 | Wednesday, November 20, 2024 |
Grade Posting Deadlines
Spring 2024
| Student Type | Session 11 | Full Term and Session 21 |
|---|---|---|
| Graduating2 (5 p.m.) For final exams administered on the last day of exams, grades for graduating students are due by noon the following day. | Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
| Non-Graduating (11:59 p.m.) | Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 | Monday, May 6, 2024 |
Summer 2024 - Full Term, 6 Week Sessions
| Student Type | Full Term 12 Weeks | 6-week Session 11 | 6 week Session 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
Graduating2 (5 p.m.) For final exams administered on the last day of exams, grades for graduating students are due by noon the following day. | Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Saturday, June 22, 2024 | Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
| Non-Graduating Students (11:59 p.m.) | Monday, August 5, 2024 | Saturday, June 22, 2024 | Monday, August 5, 2024 |
Summer 2024 - 8 and 4 Week Sessions
| Student Type | 8-week Session 11 | 8-week Session 21 | 4-week Session 11 | 4-week Session 21 | 4 week Session 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graduating2 (5 p.m.) For final exams administered on the last day of exams, grades for graduating students are due by noon the following day. | Wednesday, July 3, 2024 | Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | Wednesday, July 3, 2024 | Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
| Non-Graduating Students (11:59 p.m.) | Wednesday, July 3, 2024 | Monday, August 5, 2024 | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | Wednesday, July 3, 2024 | Monday, August 5, 2024 |
Autumn 2024
| Student Type | Session 11 | Full Term and Session 21 |
|---|---|---|
| Graduating2 (5 p.m.) For final exams administered on the last day of exams, grades for graduating students are due by noon the following day. | Saturday, October 12, 2024 | Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
| Non-Graduating (11:59 p.m.) | Saturday, October 12, 2024 | Monday, December 16, 2024 |
1Regional campus exam schedules vary for session courses. Grade deadlines are the day after the exam is taken for both graduating and non-graduating students.
2Students in a bachelor's program my be identified as a graduating student when eligible for an associate degree. An associate's plan will appear on theAcademics tab inBuckeye Link.
