Submit Final Course Grades
NOTES:
- You must be designated as an official instructor of record for the course by the Office of the University Registrar to be able to submit grades. If you are teaching a course with another instructor, you will only be able to submit your own final grades.
- Instructional assistants, teaching assistants, and graduate assistants are NOT allowed to submit final grades to the Office of the University Registrar’s system unless they have been designated an official instructor of record.
- If you don't see Submit Final Grades, go to the course, click Settings, go to Navigation, and enable Submit Final Grades.
Choose a how-to from the following:
Submitting Grades
- In your course site, click Submit Final Grades.
- Choose the roster you wish to submit grades for by placing a check mark in the box provided. Click Submit.
NOTE: If your site has multiple class rosters, you will be able to select which course you wish to submit, or you may submit all of them as long as you are an official instructor of record for the course(s).
Final Grade Submission Errors
Error message: "An appropriate Withdrawal grade is required for a student"
A student that has dropped the course after the University's drop deadline will receive an appropriate withdrawal grade of W or U. Determine the grade for the student and enter the letter grade in the Override column of Grades and resubmit your grades.
Error message: "An Appropriate Standard letter grade is required for a student"
You have entered an invalid letter grade for the student. Please visit the Office of the University Registrar Grades Page for valid letter grades.
NOTES:
- For a W: Instructors will need to enter the last date the student attended in the Last Date Attended field. The instructor will also need to enter the date of completion in the Incomplete Extension field. Contact the Office of the University Registrar if you have questions about dates.
- For a U: Instructors will need to enter the last date the student attended in the Last Date Attended field.
If you have questions about dates or need more information, please contact the Office of the University Registrar.
Error message: "This section is not grade-able"
The University Registrar has listed this section as one that cannot be graded. Some types of labs are designated as not grade-able. For more information, please contact the Office of the University Registrar.
Viewing Grade Submission Receipt
NOTE: If you do not see Submit Final Grades, go to the course, click Settings then Navigation and enable View Grade Submission Receipts.
If you wish to view grade submission receipts after you’ve submitted your grades, follow these steps:
- In the left Tool List of your site, select View Grade Submission Receipts.
- Select View Submission Receipt.
- Choose the course you wish to view and select View Receipt.
- Select Print Receipts to print, or select Return to Gradebook to return to Canvas.
Course Grade Overrides
The Final Grade Override allows you to enter a final grade for students that is different from the grade automatically calculated by Canvas in the Gradebook
- In Course Navigation, click Grades.
- Click the Settings icon.
- In Gradebook Settings, open the Advanced tab.
- Click the Allow final grade override checkbox.
- Click Update.
- The override column will show at the far right of the Gradebook. Locate the student whose grade you want to override and enter a letter grade into the override column.
- To delete a grade override, click the grade cell then click the Delete. The grade will auto-save.
Viewing Inactive Students
Grades can still be edited for inactive students. However, inactive students cannot access the course, so they cannot view grades or receive any submission comments or feedback.
- In Course Navigation, click Grades.
- Hover over the Student Name column header and click the Options icon.
- Select Inactive enrollments.
You will now see the inactive students in the Gradebook and be able to edit the grades.
