Faculty must submit their final grades for each one of their classes within five business days after the end of the Part of Term for each class. You can enter grades directly into Banner, or import grades using a template or a custom spreadsheet.

If a student was marked as never attending when attendance verification was performed, faculty must notify the Office of the Registrar and Financial Aid as soon as possible. You should not enter a final grade for a student until you notify the Office of the Registrar and Financial Aid of their attendance.

Accessing FGE

Visit the Faculty Services Dashboard in Self-Service Banner.
Select Faculty Grade Entry.
Select Final Grades.

Enter Grades

All courses that you have taught will appear. Select a course from the list where the Grading Status is 'Not Started' or 'In Progress'. Then scroll down to view the class roster.
1. If you do not see the course, you can use the search to filter by CRN, Course Title, Course Number, Term Code, or Year.
The class roster will appear below the list of courses. To add a grade for a student, select the drop-down menu under Final Grades and select a letter grade.
For Final Grades of F or IN, you are required to enter the last date the student attended. Under the Last Attend Date column, select the calendar icon then select the date.
If the list of students is more than one page, select the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen to move to other screens and display the remainder of the students.
Select Save at the bottom of the screen.

A "Save Successful" message will appear at the top right corner of the screen.

Enter Incomplete Grades

Select 'IN' from the Final Grade drop-down.
You will be redirected to a second screen for that student only where you will need to select the letter grade the student would receive if they do not complete the missing coursework by the extension date, which is set to the end of the next term. It is not recommended you change the default extension date since this can interfere with end of term processing.
Select Roster to return to the full class list to continue grading.

Note: If a student repeats a course, all attempts appear on the transcript, but only the highest grade of all attempts, will be included in their GPA.
Under the Last Attend Date column, select the calendar icon then select date.
Select Save.

A "Save Successful" message will appear at the top right of the screen.

Export Grading Template

From the My Courses dashboard, select a course under the Grading Status.
The class roster will appear below the list of courses. Select the gear icon at the top right corner next to your name.
Select Export Template.
Select either Excel spreadsheet (.xls) or Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx).
Select Export.
An Excel template file will be downloaded to your system with the naming format Term_Subject-CNumber-Section_Template.xls(x). Open the file once downloaded.
The file already has Full Name, Student ID, Final Grade and Last Attended Date columns. Make changes to the Final Grade column.
You may add, edit, or delete grades, unless they were rolled.
1. Note: What is the Rolled column?
  1. Grades are rolled to academic history nightly.
  2. Grades that are saved, but not yet rolled, will be blank under the Rolled column.
  3. The instructor can update grades until the grades are rolled.
  4. Once the grades are rolled, the columns for Grading Status and Rolled will then show as Complete.
  5. Rolled grades have been permanently stored to the student's academic history and are available for the student to view on the Self-Service Banner.
  6. To change a rolled grade, you must contact registrar@rowan.edu.
For Final Grades of F or IN, you are required to enter the last date the student attended. Enter the date under the Last Attend Date column.
Save the template file.

Import Grades via Template

From the My Courses dashboard, select a course under the Grading Status.
The class roster will appear below the list of courses. Select the gear icon at the top right corner next to your name.
Select Import.
The Import window will open and initiate a 5-step process to complete an import.
To select a file to import.
1. Click inside the text box entitled Browse and select the file you previously exported and updated.
2. Select the Upload button.
3. Select Continue.
Preview the uploaded file.
1. Check the My Spreadsheet has headers checkbox.
2. Select Continue.
Map the columns.
1. Ensure all column mappings are correct (You can use Map drop-down menu for each column header to make changes).
2. Term Code, CRN, and Student ID are required fields and must be mapped correctly for the import to be successful.
3. Select Continue.
Validate the data in the worksheet.
1. The system will validate the import data and indicate how many records will be imported or not due to errors or unchanged status.
2. You can select Download the validation report to open the report in Excel and view any errors.
3. Select Continue.
Finish the import process.
1. The system will show how many records without error were imported and saved to the database.
2. You can select the validation report to open in Excel, correct any errors and import via the Wizard. You may also manually update using the application.
3. Select Finish to complete the import process.

Import Grades using a Custom Spreadsheet

Ensure to include mandatory fields: Term Code, CRN, Student ID, Final Grade and Last Attended Date (only needed for failing grades). Note: Column headers are not required, but helpful.
Populate the template with your course information.
Follow the instructions from Import Grades via Template section but select the Custom Spreadsheet that you created.

Self-Service Banner: Faculty Grade Entry (FGE)

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