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==About this article==
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'''Post official course grades online''' using the Minnesota State eServices website at the end of an academic term. Enter your official grades manually or transfer them from your Brightspace grade book. Brightspace grades are not official and must be transferred to the official student record system by using the eServices website.
This article includes instructions for accessing the Minnesota State Faculty eServices page for the purpose of entering official class grades. It is intended for all '''instructors'''.
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==D2L Brightspace grades vs. official grades==
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Many instructors use the Grades Tool in {{D2L}} to provide their students with feedback and maintain their course grade book. At the end of the semester, some instructors release their final grades in the {{D2L}} grade book for students to see. '''The final grades displayed in the {{D2L}} grade book are not official class grades'''. Instructors still need to enter their official grades into the Minnesota State Integrated Statewide Record System (ISRS) at the end of the term. They do this outside {{D2L}} via the Minnesota State Faculty eServices website. [[Preparing Grades in Brightspace for Automatic Export to ISRS Grade & LDA Entry|If the final grades are formatted in {{D2L}} properly]], instructors can import them into the eServices website verus keying them in manually.
  
<span class="newwin">[http://www.winona.edu WSU Homepage]</span>
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==What's LDA==
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Last date of attendance (LDA) can be important when submitting a failing grade for a student who stopped participating in class activities at some point during the term. For in-person, hybrid, hyflex, and fully online-synchronous courses, it refers to the last day the student attended face-to-face or virtual class meetings. In fully online-asynchronous courses, instructors can use the last day they received assigned work from the student. The LDA is used when adjudicating student grade appeals and the reassignment of a failing grade to a withdrawal and can affect the corresponding financial consequences, if any, of that reassignment.
  
==D2L Brightspace grades vs. official grades==
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==How to access the Minnesota State Faculty Application site==
Many instructors use the Grades tool in {{D2L}} to provide their students with feedback and maintain their grade book. At the end of the semester, some instructors post their final grades in the {{D2L}} grade book for students to see. '''The final grades displayed in the {{D2L}} grade book are not official class grades'''. Instructors still need to enter their official grades into the Minnesota State Integrated Statewide Record System (ISRS) at the end of the term. They do this outside {{D2L}} via the Minnesota State Faculty eServices website. [[Preparing Grades in D2L for Automatic Export to ISRS Grade & LDA Entry|If the final grades are formatted in {{D2L}} properly]], instructors can import them into the Faculty eServices site.
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=== Option 1 ===
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#In your D2L Brightspace course, from the '''Enter Grades''' tab in the '''Grades''' Tool, click the '''Go to eServices''' button at the top of the page (Fig 1). This will take you to the Faculty Application on the Minnesota State eServices website (Fig 2).
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#Check that '''Winona State University''' is listed as your '''Home Institution'''.
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<gallery widths="600px" heights="300px">
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File:EServicesButton.png|Fig 1. Select Go to eServices
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File:Final grades faculty.jpg|Fig 2. Check that WSU is listed
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</gallery>
  
==How to access the Minnesota State Faculty eServices website==
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=== Option 2 ===
#From the [http://www.winona.edu WSU homepage], select the '''Faculty & Staff''' tab. Enter your StarID username (e.g., jd8762vd) and password.
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#From the [http://www.winona.edu WSU homepage], select the '''Info for...''' tab at the top of the page and select '''Faculty and Staff''' from the menu.
#Select the '''eSERVICES tab''' from the purple banner and select the '''Class Management''' menu item.
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#Select '''Employee eServices''' from the Resources list. You may need to sign in using your StarID username (e.g., jd8762vd) and password.
#When prompted, log in using your StarID username (e.g. jd8762vd) and password.
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#Select '''Faculty''' from the Employee Applications list.
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#Check that '''Winona State University''' is listed as your '''Home Institution'''.
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<gallery widths="600px" heights="300px">
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File:Final grades website.jpg|Fig 3. Select Info for (1) and Faculty & Staff (2)
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File:Website facstaff employee eservices.jpg|Fig 4. Select Employee eServices
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File:Final grades choose faculty.jpg|Fig 5. Choose Faculty to open the Faculty Application
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File:Final grades faculty.jpg|Fig 6. Check that WSU is listed
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</gallery>
  
 
==How to enter and post final grades==
 
==How to enter and post final grades==
#From the left sidebar select, '''Faculty''' and then '''Grade & LDA Entry''' from the menu.
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#On the Faculty Application eservice page, select '''Faculty''' in the upper left corner and then select '''Grade & LDA Entry''' from the menu.
 
#Confirm that the correct semester is selected. This will list all of your courses for that semester.
 
#Confirm that the correct semester is selected. This will list all of your courses for that semester.
 
#Select '''Enter Grades''' to view a list of your students. Enter their grades manually or import them from D2L.
 
#Select '''Enter Grades''' to view a list of your students. Enter their grades manually or import them from D2L.
#Select '''Post Final Grades''' to submit your grades. If you aren't finished, select '''Save Draft Grades''' to save your work. Select '''Import from D2L''' [[Preparing Grades in D2L for Automatic Export to ISRS Grade & LDA Entry|if you have your grades formatted properly in D2L]] and are ready to import them.
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#Select '''Post Final Grades''' to submit your grades. If you aren't finished, select '''Save Draft Grades''' to save your work. Select '''Import from D2L''' [[Preparing Grades in Brightspace for Automatic Export to ISRS Grade & LDA Entry|if you have your grades formatted properly in D2L]] and are ready to import them.
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#After reviewing your grade entry for accuracy, select the '''Select All''' checkbox to place a checkmark next to each student's row.
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#Enter your StarID '''Password''' and select '''Post Final Grades'''.
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#A '''Confirmation page''' will display. Students will be able to view their grade(s) immediately after the grades have been posted
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<gallery widths="600px" heights="300px">
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File:Final grades entry.jpg|Fig 7. Select Faculty...Grade & LDA Entry
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File:Final grades enter.jpg|Fig 8. Select Enter Grades
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File:Post grades.png|Fig 9. Select Draft, Post, or Upload from D2L.
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File:Final grades select all blur.jpg|Fig 10. Check Select All
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File:Submit grades last step.png|Fig 11. Enter your StarID password and select Post Final Grades
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</gallery>
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==More wiki articles==
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*[[Preparing Grades in Brightspace for Automatic Export to ISRS Grade & LDA Entry|Importing final grades from {{D2L}} into the Minnesota State Faculty eServices site]]
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==External links==
  
==Screenshots==
 
<gallery widths=500px, heights=300px>
 
File:enter grades 1.jpg|Select the Faculty & Staff tab
 
File:enter grades 2.jpg|Select eServices...Class Management
 
File:Grade lda entry.png|Select Faculty...Grade & LDA Entry
 
File:enter grade 4.jpg|Select Enter Grades
 
File:Post grades.png|Select Draft, Post, or Upload from D2L.
 
</gallery>
 
  
==More information==
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[[Category:Assessment]][[Category:Brightspace]][[Category:Brightspace]][[Category:Faculty]][[Category:Grades]][[Category:Teaching Online]][[Category:Telework]]
*[[Preparing Grades in D2L for Automatic Export to ISRS Grade & LDA Entry|Importing final grades from {{D2L}} into the Minnesota State Faculty eServices site]]
 
[[category:Assessment]][[category: D2L]][[Category:Faculty]][[Category:Primer]]
 

Latest revision as of 03:23, 30 November 2023

Post official course grades online using the Minnesota State eServices website at the end of an academic term. Enter your official grades manually or transfer them from your Brightspace grade book. Brightspace grades are not official and must be transferred to the official student record system by using the eServices website.

D2L Brightspace grades vs. official grades

Many instructors use the Grades Tool in Brightspace to provide their students with feedback and maintain their course grade book. At the end of the semester, some instructors release their final grades in the Brightspace grade book for students to see. The final grades displayed in the Brightspace grade book are not official class grades. Instructors still need to enter their official grades into the Minnesota State Integrated Statewide Record System (ISRS) at the end of the term. They do this outside Brightspace via the Minnesota State Faculty eServices website. If the final grades are formatted in Brightspace properly, instructors can import them into the eServices website verus keying them in manually.

What's LDA

Last date of attendance (LDA) can be important when submitting a failing grade for a student who stopped participating in class activities at some point during the term. For in-person, hybrid, hyflex, and fully online-synchronous courses, it refers to the last day the student attended face-to-face or virtual class meetings. In fully online-asynchronous courses, instructors can use the last day they received assigned work from the student. The LDA is used when adjudicating student grade appeals and the reassignment of a failing grade to a withdrawal and can affect the corresponding financial consequences, if any, of that reassignment.

How to access the Minnesota State Faculty Application site

Option 1

  1. In your D2L Brightspace course, from the Enter Grades tab in the Grades Tool, click the Go to eServices button at the top of the page (Fig 1). This will take you to the Faculty Application on the Minnesota State eServices website (Fig 2).
  2. Check that Winona State University is listed as your Home Institution.

Option 2

  1. From the WSU homepage, select the Info for... tab at the top of the page and select Faculty and Staff from the menu.
  2. Select Employee eServices from the Resources list. You may need to sign in using your StarID username (e.g., jd8762vd) and password.
  3. Select Faculty from the Employee Applications list.
  4. Check that Winona State University is listed as your Home Institution.

How to enter and post final grades

  1. On the Faculty Application eservice page, select Faculty in the upper left corner and then select Grade & LDA Entry from the menu.
  2. Confirm that the correct semester is selected. This will list all of your courses for that semester.
  3. Select Enter Grades to view a list of your students. Enter their grades manually or import them from D2L.
  4. Select Post Final Grades to submit your grades. If you aren't finished, select Save Draft Grades to save your work. Select Import from D2L if you have your grades formatted properly in D2L and are ready to import them.
  5. After reviewing your grade entry for accuracy, select the Select All checkbox to place a checkmark next to each student's row.
  6. Enter your StarID Password and select Post Final Grades.
  7. A Confirmation page will display. Students will be able to view their grade(s) immediately after the grades have been posted

More wiki articles

External links