Scheduling Update: Best practice reminders for entering grades

As the grade entry period for fall terms draws near, please review all of your fall 2012 courses to ensure the correct instructor is assigned to each course requiring grades.

Here are a few grade entry tips to keep in mind and share with instructors:

• Mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, will not work with PeopleSoft self-service pages for grades.
• The browser (and version of browser) used by the grade enterer can also have an impact on grades entry. Mac users typically have the best success with Safari (note: Safari on an iPad will not work for grades entry). PC users typically have the best success with Firefox.
• Due to the recent PeopleSoft Tools 8.5.2 upgrade, anyone that works with grades, including enterers and approvers, should clear their browser cache prior to the grades entry period in order to ensure they have the most recent version of the grades pages.

Grades can be entered online through the University Self-Service grades pages. Instructors should verify that they have access to all of their assigned grade rosters before the last day of instruction by using the "My Classes" report in UM Reports.

Class rosters and grade entry for courses owned by the School of Public Health are available only through the School of Public Health grading system.

If you know of someone encountering issues with grades entry, please have them call the SR Training Team at (612) 625-2803 or contact them via email.