Final Grading for Fall 2023: Opens Tuesday, December 12, 9:00am

By Vikki Levine, December 12, 2023

Course-related timeline:

  • Finals begin: Monday, December 11, 7:30am
  • Reading Day: Wednesday, December 13, all day
  • Finals end: Friday, December 15, 10:00pm

Grade-related timeline:

  • Tuesday, December 12, 9:00am
    • Final Grading Opens
    • Incomplete Grading Option Opens
    • Grade Change form Opens
    • Students can begin viewing Final Submitted Grades via DegreeWorks
  • Thursday, December 21, by 5:00pm
    • All Grades Due
    • System Closes for All Grade Processes: (including Grade Changes and Incompletes submissions via IC Workflow)

IC Workflow Approvers, Workflow-related timeline:

  • Must Complete Processing: Thursday, December 21, by 10:00pm
  • Final GPA and Academic Standing Complete: Friday December 22, by 4:00pm
  • System Reopens for Grade Change Processing: Friday December 22, after 4:00pm

How to Prepare

Landing page of HomerConnect for grade entry

Ensure you can login to HomerConnect (and Duo) and access the final grade entry form: If you need assistance, please contact registrar@ithaca.edu. 

Review your roster: 

  • Are all of the students attending your class on the roster?
  • Do you have students that have never attended?
  • If you have questions regarding the status of the students on your roster, contact registrar@ithaca.edu. 
  • This will reduce the number of NGS (no grade submitted) grades. 

Things to Remember

Image of how to add Last Attend Date

Last Attendance Date (LAD): This only needs to be assigned for students that have a final grade of F. If you are assigning a grade of F to a student, you will need to enter the LAD to be able to save the grade roster. If you are assigning a grade of F to a student who has never attended your class, please enter the LAD as the first day of the term or block: 

  • Fall term began 8/23/23 
  • Fall block II began 10/18/23 


When students receive federal aid and fail to successfully complete one course within a given semester (for example, earning all Fs), we are required to determine the last day the student attended class or engaged in an academic activity.   

Incomplete Grades:

Image of Incomplete grade request in Workflow.

Incomplete Grades:

Incomplete grades can not be assigned in HomerConnect. If you wish to assign an incomplete grade please use the form in IC Workflow Incomplete Grade Request.

“Incompletes are given only when a student is doing satisfactory work but cannot complete the course for a reason not related to academic performance (i.e., medical, family emergency).

To request an incomplete, a student must meet with the faculty instructor of their course and present a legitimate reason to justify the request. The faculty member and student then determine the terms of the completion of the course including specific assignments with criteria for assessment and due date, which can be no later than the end of the following semester. If no complete grade is received by the due date, a grade of F is recorded on the transcript. Undergraduate students may not graduate from Ithaca College with an incomplete recorded on the academic transcript.”

https://catalog.ithaca.edu/undergrad/academic-information/credit-grade/

Incomplete grades can be submitted by faculty via IC Workflow until Thursday, December 21, at 5:00pm., and must be reviewed and approved by the Dean’s Office by 10:00pm. After the deadline, only NGS (no grade submitted) can be changed to an Incomplete grade using the Grade Change form in IC Workflow. Once the system reopens for grade change processing on Friday December 22, after 4:00pm, you cannot change a posted letter grade to an Incomplete grade. 

To extend the deadline of an Incomplete, please email Stu Fegely at sfegely@ithaca.edu and include the student ID number, term, subject, course number, section number, CRN, and the new grade-submission deadline.

Grade Changes:

Faculty Grading status page image

Once a grade has been rolled, the only way to modify the grade is through the IC Workflow Grade Change Request form.  The Grade Change form for fall grading will be available starting Tuesday, December 12, 9:00am

  • Grade changes cannot be submitted from: Thursday, December 21, at 5:00pm until Friday December 22, after 4:00pm

Final GPA and Academic Standing complete: Friday December 22, after 4:00pm.


Please note: If a student views a grade for which they have chosen the S/D/F grading option before the Office of the Registrar ‘rolls grades’ the student will see the assigned grade. Once grades are rolled the grade will convert to the S/D/F option.   

Reading Day:

Ithaca College's Reading Day, during Finals Week, allows non-scheduled time for students to prepare for their final exams.

During reading days, no required academic activities including classes, labs, or assignments will be scheduled. Reading days are intended to allow students an opportunity to reflect, prepare, and review prior to taking final exams. 

Faculty may consider offering study sessions or office hours for students to attend if they choose during reading days. Student attendance at any supplemental sessions or office hours would be voluntary. 

More information:

A tutorial video for posting final grades can be found at https://ithaca.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/38/Registrar/KB/ArticleDet?ID=751

If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@ithaca.edu.