Author: Ellen

Self-Service: Submitting Final Grades

May 7, 2024

Grading Policies

  • CIIS’ grade scale can be found on this webpage: https://www.ciis.edu/grade-scale. Additional questions about which grade to assign are best answered by your program.
  • It’s not necessary to submit all grades at once, but all must be submitted by the deadline. 
  • For courses which allowed student to choose either a letter grade or a pass/no pass grade when they registered, the system will permit you to enter only a letter grade. If the student had chosen pass/no pass, the system automatically converts the letter grade to either P or NP. For graduate students, a grade of B or higher converts to P; a grade of B- or lower, to NP; for undergraduate students, a grade of C or higher converts to P; a grade of C- or lower, to NP.
  • If you’ve entered a wrong grade, contact registrar@ciis.edu right away. We’ll expunge it so you then enter the new one.
  • If the student registered in audit status, enter a grade based on the work they did. Any grade, even an F, will be converted to AU. Students won’t be able to see the grade you’d assigned.
  • The students who’ve formally withdrawn from your course will have a W grade already populated. If they stopped attending, assign a grade based on the work they completed. Note, CIIS’ Class Attendance Policystipulates that any student absent for more than 20% of a course, including both excused and unexcused absences, cannot pass it. 
  • If a student is requesting more time, you may grant an extension by having them submit to you the  Incomplete Grade Request form. Please first check with your program, as not all permit incompletes to be assigned.
  • For comprehensive examination grading, submit the Comprehensive Examination Grade Submission Form and the Comprehensive Examination Assessment Form (the latter submitted to you by your student), and the exam to your program chair. The chair will archive the exam and forward the forms to the Office of the Registrar, which will record the grade and archive the assessment form.
  • Grades for Proposal Completion and Dissertation Seminar/Research/Continuance are to be submitted online, like any other course. If the student’s work in the semester met your expectations, submit a grade of IP [In Progress]; if not, submit a grade of NS [Not Satisfactory].

How to Download a PDF

May 7, 2024

Chrome

With the PDF open as a preview in Chrome, click the downward arrow icon in the toolbar (screenshot below). 

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Firefox

With the PDF open as a preview in Firefox, click the downward arrow icon in the toolbar (screenshot below). Follow the prompts to save the file in the location of your choosing.

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Colleague Grade Rosters

May 6, 2024

Be sure to add a variable in addition to term or you will get a grade roster for every section in the term.

Department codes are under reference image

Steps to use GROS to obtain section grade rosters.

Add dept. code only for the “Department Incl” line (department name will populate after selecting enter).

CodeDepartment
D.ANTAnthropology & Social Change
D.AOMAcupuncture & Oriental Med
D.APCAsian Phil & Cultures
D.CLNClinical Psychology
D.CMHCommunity Mental Health
D.CPMCP Courses
D.ESREcology, Spirituality & Relig
D.EWPEast West Psychology
D.EXAExpressive Arts Therapy
D.GENGeneral Programs
D.HSXHuman Sexuality
D.IAInterdisciplinary Arts
D.ICPIntegral Counseling Psychology
D.IHLIntegrative Health Studies
D.ISInterdisciplinary Studies
D.ITPIntegral & Transpersonal Psych
D.MPSPsychological Studies
D.NMNon-Matriculated
D.PARPAR Courses
D.PCCPhil, Cosmology, & Conscious
D.PDTDrama Therapy
D.PSYPsychology
D.SOMSomatic Psychology
D.TCMTraditional Chinese Med
D.TITransformative Inquiry
D.WSEWomen’s Spirituality

Create an Assignment That is Due Before the Term Begins

May 6, 2024

Any due date used in a Canvas Assignment must fall within the dates for the term. Otherwise, students won’t be able to submit the Assignment.

However, if needed, you can create an Assignment in Canvas that is due before the official start of the term. To do this, simply leave the Due, Available from, and Until fields blank.

For a list of important term dates, please see the CIIS academic calendar.

If needed, you can create an Assignment in Canvas that is due before the official start of the term. Simply leave the Due, Available from, and Until fields blank.

  1. While you are in edit mode for the Assignment, scroll to the bottom, to the section called Assign. 
  2. Leave all of the date fields (Due, Available from, and Until) blank.
  3. Select the Save & Publish button at the bottom right.

Office 365 Basics

May 6, 2024

  1. Log in to office.com.
  2. Add a profile image to your Microsoft 365 account (formerly called “Office 365”).
  3. Select the Install Office button.
  4. Pin Canvas to your Microsoft App Launcher.

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