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Instructions for Entering Grades on NOVAConnect (Fall 2004) The process for entering grades on NOVAConnect is a 3 STEP PROCESS!!! Choose Class Roster Enter Grades for Students Print out signed copy of grades for Division Office NOTE!!! GRADES MAY NOT BE ENTERED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 A.M. SYSTEM UPDATES ARE COMPLETED DURING THAT TIME FRAME AND ANY GRADES ENTERED DURING THAT TIME WILL BE DELETED! The following step by step instructions assume that you have set your preferences for the current semester. (If you need instructions on setting your preference, then refer to the instructions for printing Class Rosters in NOVA Connect) Choose Class Roster Log into NOVA Connect using your EMPLID and password. Click on For Instructors Click on Process Grade Roster. Scroll down and click on Search. You should now see a listing of the courses that you are teaching in this current semester. Click anywhere in the row for the class for which you want to enter the grades. In the window that opens, be sure that you find each of the following areas before you continue with the grade entry process. Approval Status Drop Down List box Grade Entry Boxes for each student Grade Status display for each student. The Approval Status at this point should show Not Reviewed at this point. The Grade entry boxes will be blank except for W for any student who has already withdrawn. The Grade Status Display should shown Pending for each student who has not already withdrawn. Entering Grades for students Grades may be entered by typing in a letter grade for a student in capital letters OR by using the drop down list box next to the student grade box. If you have a student who needs an Incomplete grade, then enter an I in the grade box for that student. (Fill out the appropriate Incomplete paperwork!) If you have a student who needs to be withdrawn, then enter a W in the grade box for that student. (Fill out the appropriate Withdraw paperwork! A mitigating circumstance is required at this point in the semester.) Enter a grade for a student in the appropriate grade box. (You will NOT see the Grade Status for the student change at this point.) Press the TAB key on your keyboard twice to move to the next student. Repeat this step until you have entered grades for all students on your roster. Review all of the grades for the students to make sure that the grades are correct. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click on the Save Button at the bottom of the page. This will save all of the grades for your students. The grades that you just entered for your students will show up in the Official Grade column. All "saved" grades will post automatically at 8 am, noon, 5 pm and 11:30 pm daily, at which time the status will change from Pending to Posted, and students can then check their grades via the web. NOTE: If you want to enter grades for some students and return at a later time to enter the remaining grades, click the Save button at the bottom of the page, but be sure you do not change the Approval Status to Approved until all grades have been entered. In any case, changing this box to Approved is optional. After changing the Approval Status to Approved, changes of any type can only be made by using the Grade Change Form. Printing your Grades Click on File. Click on Print. Select number of copies to be 2. (One for you and one for the division office.) Click on Print. Pick up your grades at the printer. Logout of NOVAConnect by clicking on Logout on the left-hand side of your window. Close your Browser window in order to totally log out of NOVAConnect. Sign and date each page of one copy of the grades. For each student that you assigned an Incomplete grade, you must fill out an Incomplete form in your division office. For each student that you withdraw a Withdraw form must be filled out and turned into Admissions and Records. Return the signed and dated copy of the grades AND any Incomplete grade forms to your division office.
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