Instructions for WEBGRADING


To Access WEBGRADING

1. GO TO the Faculty Link: www.bu.edu/link/shortcut/faculty

2. CLICK on Grading (2nd option under "Instructor's Tools")


To Enter Grades

3. On Select Class screen, CLICK on specific course

4. CHOOSE Enter (Grades) option

5. CLICK on boxes on right to enter individual grades.

6. When done entering grades, CLICK ON SAVE GRADES

    (If you are ready to submit grades, select "review" and skip to #8)


To Submit Grades - when ALL grades for course have been entered

7. REPEAT steps 1-3

8. CHOOSE SUBMIT option, review grades and if correct:

9. CLICK on SUBMIT (Grades) button

Note: Once grades are "submitted" changes can be made only via a Grade Change Form.


Other things you may need to do / Questions you may ask:

Give someone else access to assign grades:

On "Select Class" screen, choose "Class Management" option
CLICK on specific course
Enter the person's BU ID# OR Last Name, First Name
Select Time Frame for that person's access

IMPORTANT: This person can NOT submit grades. You will need to submit these grades after they are all entered and applied.

Add student to Grade List:

On "Select Class" screen, CLICK on specific course
Choose Add Student option
Enter the student's Last Name and BU ID#

You must enter the student's Last Name correctly - as it appears on the system - otherwise it will kick it out. You need to enter BOTH the Last Name AND the student's ID#.

What Grade should I give if...?

On "Select Class" screen, CLICK on specific course
Choose Enter Grades
Choose Grading Guidelines option

Follow Grading Guidelines as they pertain to students who never attended, stopped attending, missed an exam, etc.

Note: You can NOT assign a W grade. The system won't allow it. If a student dropped your course by the allowed deadline, he/she will have a W grade already that you cannot change (no box).

Advanced Options - Uploading/Downloading

Downloading Class Lists (from the Link to a designated location)

On "Select Class" screen, CLICK on specific course
Select download option
Save file to a location of choice
Click save

Uploading Class Lists (from a designated location to the Link)

On "Select Class" screen, CLICK on specific course
Select the upload button
Select the file you would like to upload

Note: It can be a tab or comma delimited text file. It must be a text file.

Select columns (student's BU ID#, Grade)
Click upload

Note: You can not upload students who are not on the class list - you will need to add these

students manually (see Add student to Grade List above)

Note: After upload, grades still must be submitted.