Course Delivery - Grading
Grading Procedures
Final Grades
Final grades are due in the Registrar's Office the Monday morning following finals week.
There are 3 Options for submitting grades:
- Option 1: Keyed Entry
- Option 2: File Upload
- Option 3: Upload from Blackboard (Recommended if using Bb Gradebook)
o Go to Employee On-line Services from the Faculty & Staff page on the OSU home page. (You can also login to Blackboard and use the pass-through link "InfOSU" on your "My Oregon State" tab). From the "Faculty & Advisors" menu, choose the "Final Grades-Upload from Blackboard" item. Select the grading term and "Submit". From the drop down Course List pick the appropriate Blackboard course site that contains the grades you wish to record as Final Grades in Banner and "Submit". (The drop down Course list displays your Blackboard course sites that have a "Final Grade" column defined and at least one student grade entered.) The grade column in Blackboard must be of the Type "Final Grade" and the values recorded must be an appropriate Banner Grade value.
For detailed instructions on how to submit your grades, including more information on Option 1 and 2, go to the Registrar's Office website, http://oregonstate.edu/registrar/WebGrading.html.
If grades are not submitted by the due date, students will receive a grade of Y. To remove the Y grade, a change of grade can be made online via the Online Grade Change feature.
If you have questions about grades, please contact the Registrar's office at 541-737-4331 or Joan Oakes at 541-737-9813 or joan.oakes@oregonstate.edu.
Grade Changes and Incompletes
OSU policy states that instructors may grant the student up to one year to complete a course and receive a grade. The student must have completed significant course work to obtain an incomplete. Maintaining communication and evaluating late coursework can be time consuming and very inconvienient, therefore, the decision to grant an incomplete is up to the instructor.
It's up to each instructor to decide on the time period a student is granted to make up the work and receive a grade. We highly recommend that you document your agreement with the student by email and keep a record. Stipulate exactly what the student is to complete and by what date.The instructor must submit the grade the student will earn if the missing work is not completed. That alternate grade will become the default grade if the missing work is not completed. Please check with your department for their policy and clearly state your expectations regarding incompletes to your students. You may also visit OSU Academic Regulations for more information.
Below you will find a clear example of an Ecampus instructor's course policy with regard to granting an incomplete to his/her distance students. This policy follows OSU guidelines.
"Take this course only if you plan to finish it in a timely manner (during this term). I assign an "I" or incomplete only when there is a strong and compelling case for doing so (e.g., health reasons, military commitment). I will not consider assigning an incomplete unless the individual has completed over 50% of the course tasks (e.g., the Story paper, papers 1 and 2, and the midterm). Please note that students receiving incompletes are subject to assignment weight reduction (and consequently may not be eligible for A or A- grades) because some of their work will be submitted late."
For information on how to change an Incomplete grade online to another grade (if it's within one year of receiving the I), Online Grade Change feature.
To make changes log on to OSU Online Services.
If the student needs more than one year to make up the I grade, the student must petition within that first year to be granted more time. The student can request a petition form from either the Registrar's Office or Ecampus. The student then must gather appropriate signatures; faxed signatures are acceptable. If all required signatures can be obtained on campus, Ecampus can help gather the signatures. Once the form is complete, it will go through the petition process with the Academic Requirements Committee.
