- Last day of Semester and Block II classes: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Finals begin: Thursday, December 12, 7:30am
- Finals end: Tuesday, December 17, 10:00pm
Final Grading for Fall: Opens Thursday, December 12, 9:00am
By Megan Wheeler, December 20, 2024
Course-related timeline:
Grade-related timeline:
- Thursday, Dec 12, 9:00am
- Final Grading Opens
- Incomplete Grading Option Opens
- Grade Change form Opens on IC Workflow
- Students can begin viewing Final Submitted Grades via DegreeWorks (GPA not calculated)
- Sunday, December 22, by 5:00pm
- All Grades Due
- System Closes for All Grade Processes: (Grade Changes and Incompletes submissions via IC Workflow will not be available.)
IC Workflow Approvers, Workflow-related timeline:
- Must Complete Processing: Sunday, December 22, by 10:00pm
- Final GPA and Academic Standing Complete: Monday, December 23, by 4:00pm (Final GPAs are now calculated.)
- System Reopens for Grade Change Processing: Monday, December 23, after 4:00pm
How to Prepare:
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 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:
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 8/26/2024
- Fall block II began 10/21/2024
When students receive federal aid and fail to successfully complete one course within a given semester (for example, earning all F’s), we are required to determine the last day the student attended class or engaged in an academic activity.
Incomplete Grades:
Incomplete grades cannot 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/course-credit-grade-information/
Incomplete grades can be submitted by faculty via IC Workflow until Sunday, December 22, by 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 Monday, December 23, 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.
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 Thursday, December 12, 9:00am.
Grade changes cannot be submitted from: Sunday, December 22, 5:00pm until Monday, December 23, after 4:00pm
Final GPA and Academic Standing complete: Monday, December 23, 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.
Dean's List:
Dean’s list will be processed approximately four weeks after final GPA calculation, allowing for additional grade change processing to occur.
More Information
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@ithaca.edu.
You can also visit our Faculty Resources page for a tutorial on entering final grades in HomerConnect.