Submitting and Changing Grades Using Campus Connect

Submitting grades:

• Log on to Campus Connect
• Select “For Instructors” from menu on left
• Select “Grading”
• Select “Record Grades”

• Log on to Campus Connect
• Select “For Instructors” from menu on left
• Select “Grading”
• Select “Change of Grades”

Submitting and Changing Grades Using Blackboard

View the ITD documentation including information on the grade center, using the assignment feature, downloading the grade sheet, and more.

DePaul Grading Policies

• Grade change policy
• Grading deadlines policy
• Incomplete (IN) and deferred (R) grade expiration policy

Establishing Fair, Effective Grading Practices

One of the most important things we can do is to be explicit with our students about what grades mean in the class and how students earn them. Perhaps especially in the so-called soft disciplines (e.g. humanities, some social sciences and arts) students frequently believe that grades are arbitrary, determined by the idiosyncratic pleasures or intentionally mysterious expectations of individual faculty. In some sense, grades are arbitrary and it's up to us to explain how we arrive at our decisions and to apply our criteria consistently.

Further Resources

For specific and helpful resources on creating fair grading practices, we suggest the following:

Develop a grading plan (University of Washington) -includes description of three grading systems commonly used by faculty in higher education

Grading practices (Excerpt from Barbara Gross, Tools for Teaching)

• General strategies
• Minimizing complaints
• Making effective use of grading assignments
• Evaluating your grading policies