How to Submit Grades Directly from Canvas into Faculty Grade Entry (Banner)

Introduction

When the Office of the Registrar opens Midterm and Final grade reporting, faculty can enter course grades in Canvas and send those grades to Faculty Grade Entry (Banner). Faculty can submit midterm and final grades in Canvas or choose to submit those grades in the existing Faculty Grade Entry from the Faculty Self-Service portal. 

Steps

  • Log into Canvas
  • Go to the course for which you need to submit grades
  • Check that the ISU default grading scheme is enabled in Course Settings

  • If using a different grading scheme, these grades must be entered manually in Canvas
  • Select Upload Grades to Banner from the Course Navigation menu

 

  • Note: Students will not see this in Course Navigation
  • Select the Midterm or Final grade tab

If you are using the Canvas Gradebook, the current total grade from the Canvas Gradebook will be displayed in the Current Grade column and the Final or Midterm Grade column is pre-populated with the associated letter grade from the Canvas Gradebook. You may leave the pre-populated letter grade OR manually enter/update the final or midterm letter grade for each student. Teachers can adjust the grading scheme in their Canvas courses to accommodate unique grading schemes. 

Note: If the student receives an “F” or “Incomplete,” then the Last Attendance Date field must be entered. For an Incomplete grade, Extension Date field must be entered. 

 

  • Once grades have been entered in the Midterm or Final Grade column, select the Submit button. Allow a few minutes for this process to complete. Scroll up to the top of the page to verify successful submission. 

  • Note: Save allows you to finish entering grades at a later time. This action does not submit grades to Banner. Cancel will reset the grade column to the current Canvas grade. 

Grades successfully submitted to Banner will be indicated by a green bar displaying the number of grades submitted. 

If an error occurs when you click Submit, a student’s row will be highlighted in red and there will be a message describing the issue for the grade not being accepted.

Do Not Use

The icons on the far right of the Midterm or Final tab should not be used: 

  • Populate Grades- This is already done for you
  • Clear- This will clear the pre-populated grades from the Canvas course. Submitting grades after this action will erase the grades in Banner.

Additional Information

  • You must be listed on the official roster as the instructor of record for the course in order to submit grades for that course.
    • Instructors in a course site other than the instructor of record may not submit grades to Banner. 
    • TAs may not submit grades to Banner.
  • If you have any questions about the Submit Grades to Banner tool, please use the Canvas- Report an Issue form, send an email to isu-canvas-support@indstate.edu, or call 812-237-7000. 
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