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Posted on April 29th, 2023 in by Elizabeth W. Thill

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Managing Course Evaluations

Assigning Incompletes (“I”)

Failing (“D, F”) Grades

  • For a student to apply a given class to a major or minor, they need to receive at least a “C” in that class.
  • For several situations, a grade of “D” counts as a failing grade.
  • IU assigns several different types of “F”s. I have no idea why (and I’ve asked), or what the consequences of different “F”s are, but the Registrar is very adamant that we use them.
    • “FNN”: for students who never attended a class
    • “FN”: for students who attended for awhile, and then stopped. This grade requires a date of last attendance (this can be approximate).
    • “F”: for students who worked for their grade (i.e. they continued to attend and submit work, but that work earned an “F”)

Grade Changes

One of the really nice things about IUPUI grading policy is that it is easy to change a student’s grade. So if students get in contact with you after a grade is submitted, and you want to throw them a life-line, at least the Registrar won’t be part of the hassle.

  • E-grade changes can be found under One.iu.edu / “Submit E-grade Change (Instructor)”
  • You can also do it directly through SIS under the “e-grade change” column
    • If this isn’t available, make sure you are in the correct semester: check the “Change Term or Campus” button
  • The catch: E-grade changes must be submitted by the IOR or the SLA Associate Dean for Students, but not anyone in between (i.e. the PD).

Encouraging High and/or Low Achieving Students

The best way to reach out to students currently is the Student Engagement Roster. Found in Canvas, this is a quick and easy way to send feedback to students without the bother of an entire email chain. It has nice filter features (by grade, assignment, etc.) that can let you easily each a targeted group. It has preset messages loaded and you can also build your own. Finally, all messages are sent to both the student and their adviser. My personal favorite feature, however, is that it allows you to quickly and easily encourage top students, as well as reaching out to low achievers. These are some sample messages/emails that can be sent at the end of the semester to students to encourage them in their Classical Studies.

  • High Achievers:

Dear [STUDENT]

I hope your semester is wrapping up well. I wanted to let you know that I was impressed with your work this semester in your [CLASS NAME] class. If you are continuing at IUPUI I hope you will consider taking more Classics classes in the future. If you are off to grander things, I hope you will continue to learn about the Classical world and see the Classical connections around you!

Thank you for a great semester,

[YOUR NAME]

  • low Achievers:

Dear [STUDENT]

I hope your semester is wrapping up well. I am reaching out to you because you did not earn a passing grade in our [CLASS NAME] course. I wanted to make sure that you knew about IUPUI’s grade replacement policy. There are any number of reasons why a student does not do well in a course, and grade replacement allows a student essentially to retake a course for the opportunity to earn a higher grade. More information about grade replacement can be found here: https://studentcentral.iupui.edu/grades-progress/grade-replacement.html . If this is something you would be interested in, please discuss it with your adviser. Future offerings of [CLASS NAME] can be found on our program website.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and all the best,

[YOUR NAME]