Instruction for Entering
Midterm and Final Grades

Starting with summer 2008 term, instructors will enter midterm and final grades right within the grade book in their online course. Please complete each step listed below to setup your grade book correctly for midterm and final grades. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Hannum at rhannum@scciowa.edu or at (319) 208-5085.

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Instructors must create two gradable items in their online course. First item must be titled Midterm Grade. Second item must be titled Final Grade. Instructors must input a letter grade (A-F or I) in the grade book for every student at midterm and finals.
To create these items in the author mode, click on a unit. They can be placed in any unit you would like.
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Click on the "Unit Content Item" button and click on "Add Items" button.

Choose a place holder for content.

New Name: Midterm Grade or Final Grade. Select type (it can be any type you would like) and click "Add Item" button. The new content item will appear in the area you created it.

If you want to hide the midterm and final grade items, click on the item and then on the "Toolbox" button. Check the box "Hide Item". Click on the "Save Changes" button.

Click on the "Grade book" tab and then click on "Setup Grade book" button. Now click on "Add New Items" tab and make sure the item is selected and click on the "Save Changes" button.

Click on "Next" button and on assign points/weights page. Assign "0" points to the item and click on "Save Changes" button. The new contact item is a gradable item in your grade book.
To enter the letter grade, go to your grade book and select grade book view (go to the unit where you have located the item).
Click on the "Midterm Grade" or "Final Grade" item. Enter a grade (A-F or I) for each students. (You do not need to enter points).
If you do not want students to see the grade, uncheck "Share Grade with Student" and save changes.

Incomplete Grades or Grade Changes

If you enter an incomplete "I" grade, complete the Incomplete Grade form. The information on this form allows the ICCOC staff to extend the student's access to your course. It also informs the student's home college and our staff of the student's planned course completion date.*
Any grade change made after the deadline should be done by completing the Grade Change form. This form allows the ICCOC staff to send an official record of the grade change to the student's home college. This grade change will also be recorded by the ICCOC staff for our records.*

*Note: To submit these forms, click the "Submit by Email button. If you would like to keep a completed copy for your records, click the "Print Form" button.

Instruction for Entering Midterm and Final Grades

Instruction for Entering
Midterm and Final Grades