Below are instructions on how to enter a Last Date of Attendance using the Faculty Grade Entry page access via Atlas and Canvas.
Please Note: Student identifying information has been erased from screenshots.
Atlas Faculty Grade Entry
- Log in to Atlas
- Click on the Faculty tab
- Click on the Faculty Services link inside the Faculty channel/box :
- Click on Final/Midterm Grades
You will be directed to the Faculty Grade Entry page:
Grading Status Icons:
- No Grades have been entered for students in the course. You may enter the Last Date of Attendance.
- Some Grades have been entered for students in the course. You may enter the Last Date of Attendance.
- All Grades have been entered for students in the course. You may enter the Last Date of Attendance.
You can click on the up/down arrows beside the CRN heading to sort by CRN.
You can select to display more/less CRNs by selecting the number you want displayed. You will see the option on the right side of the screen below the list of CRNs.
- The page should default to Final Grades; if it does not, click on the Final Grades tab. You will see all the courses you have taught in the past as well as the courses you are currently teaching.
- Locate the course you wish to enter final grades for and click on it.
- Once you click on a course, students will be displayed below the list of CRNs.
- Depending on the number of courses being displayed, you may need to scroll down to see the roster for the course selected.
- Once you have selected a student, click on the field with the down arrow under “Final Grade” and update the grade.
- Final grades of I, W, F require a last date of attendance to be entered.
- Final Grade of ‘Not Gradable’ indicate the student is withdrawn from the course, grade cannot be updated.
- Once you click on save, you should see the following message on the top-right corner of the screen.
Canvas
In Canvas, a Withdrawn student is marked as “Inactive” and is hidden in the Gradebook. To locate the student and enter a Last Date of Attendance:
- Hover over the Student Name column header and click on the .
- From the drop-down menu, select Inactive Enrollments:
- Locate and click on the name of the inactive student:
- A window will open on the right-hand side of the page; click on the Name of the student again:
- This will take you to the student’s Access Report page. Select Access Report from the menu at the top right-hand corner:
- View the Student Access Report menu. The date in Last Viewed correlating with the most recent Times Participated is your official Last Date of Attendance for the student.
- Return to the Gradebook page. Hover over the Actions menu and select Sync to Export Final Grades to Banner.
- The Sync Grades window will open:
- Locate the inactive student and check the box next to their name:
- Select W from the Grade dropdown menu:
- Under the Last Date of Attendance, enter the date retrieved in Step 6. For no-shows, enter the first day of class as the Last Date of Attendance.
- Review the check mark, grade and date. Scroll down and click on Submit Grades to Banner.