Issuing an Incomplete for a Student's Final Grade Issuing an Incomplete for a Student's Final Grade
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Issuing an Incomplete for a Student's Final Grade

This guide demonstrates how to assign a grade of I/incomplete to a student in Canvas. 

  1. Review the following guides and ensure you've followed all the proper procedures.
    1. Incomplete Plan for Faculty
    2. Issuing an Incomplete for a Student's Final Grade
    3. Incomplete Request Form Guide
    4. Opening up a Course for a Student with an Incomplete
    5. Share with student: Incomplete Grade Process for Students
  2. Navigate to your course in SPC's Canvas instance.
  3. Click on Grades in your course navigation.
  4. Click on Submit Final Grades to SPC. 
    Note: If you do not see this button, please make sure you are using Google Chrome. Then, clear cookies, cache and history, close browser, and try again. If this doesn't work, try a hard refresh. The keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + R (or Command+ Shift + R on a Mac) will trigger a "hard refresh" of a webpage.

    inside gradebook, select Submit Final Grades to MySPC in the top right corner. It is a button.
    Here is a zoomed in version of the button: 
    submit final grades to MySPC button
  5. The Final Grades Menu will appear on the right side of the screen. Select the Submit Final Grades to MySPC button to enter the Final Grades Wizard (1). Select the Final Grades tutorials if you need assistance (2, 3).
    Submit Final Grades to MySP (button at top, then hyperlinks to two different helpful tutorials)
  6. Note: If you're submitting prior to Grades Week, a pop-up will appear alerting you to the fact that you are trying to submit grades prior to the start of Grades Week. It will say, "There are ___ days until the start of Grades Week." It will also let you know that if you submit grades earlier than two weeks from the end of the course, your dean will be alerted. You'll need to select OK (to continue) or Cancel (to stop the grades submission process) in order to move past this pop-up. 
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  7. Check for Missing Assignments: Now, the Final Grades wizard will scan your gradebook for missing assignments. You cannot submit final grades with blank cells. All published assignments must have a grade entered, a 0 entered, or be marked excused. Please refer to the Gradebook Integrity Check tool to catch all outstanding grades. 

    If there are no missing assignment grades found, you'll see a thumbs up icon and be moved to Step 2 automatically. 
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    8. If there are missing grades, you'll see them listed (grouped by assignment). Please select the Return to Gradebook button, make sure every cell has a grade or is excused, and then begin the Final Grades submission process again. 
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9. Grading Scheme: Select the appropriate grading scheme for the course. The current grading scheme will be displayed at the top (1). If you need to select a different grading scheme, select the appropriate scheme here (2). Then, select the Evaluate Student Grades button in the bottom right (3). 
The current grading scheme will be displayed at the top (1). If you need to select a different grading scheme, select the appropriate scheme here (2). Then, select the Evaluate Student Grades button in the bottom right (3). 

10. Evaluate Student Grades: An incomplete grade is essentially a grade override. Instead of overriding a grade of 79% to 80% to assign a student a B, you're overriding the student's current total grade to assign an imcomplete instead.

  1. Navigate to the Grade Override column and check the box next to the student whose grade you're overriding to assign an incomplete.
  2. Input a grade of 0 for the student.
  3. Verify the grade of I for incomplete.
  4. Add comments.
  5. Select the Save button to save the comments. 
  6. Then select the Select Students to be Submitted button to move onto the next step. 
    Navigate to the Grade Override column and check the box next to the student whose grade you're overriding to assign an incomplete. Input a grade of 0 for the student. Verify the grade of I for incomplete. Add comments. Select the Save button to save the comments. Then select the Select Students to be Submitted button to move onto the next step.

11. Select Students to be Submitted: Review grades for accuracy and confirm that your grades are correct. The Incomplete (and any other grade overrides) will show an I in the Submitted Grades column (1) and a checkmark in the Grade Override column (2).  Select the top checkbox to select all students (3), or select just the students you'd like to submit if you're doing a partial grades submission. Then, select Confirm and Submit (4).  
I in the Submitted Grades column (1) and a checkmark in the Grade Override column (2).
Select the top checkbox to select all students (3)
select Confirm and Submit
 

12. Confirm and Submit: Check the box next to I am ready to submit my final grades to SPC (1) and then select the Submit Final Grades button (2).  

1. Select I am ready to submit my final grades, then select Submit final grades
 

13. Grades Processing: After a short wait, grades will be submitted to MySPC. You'll see a grid showing three rows:

  1. Total number of student grades
  2. Number of grades submitted

  3. Number of grades remaining to be submitted 
    Note: If you submitted for some students, and not others, please repeat this process before the grade submission deadline to for all the unsubmitted students. 


    Below is a summary of grades transferred: Total number of grades, number of grades submitted, number of grades remaining to submit

 

 

Have Questions? Contact the Academic Technology Support Team

atst@spcollege.edu 

 Phone at 727-341-3500

(Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST).

After-hours or weekend assistance? Contact the Technical Support Center at 727-791-2795 or onlinehelp@spcollege.edu

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