Submitting Final Grades

Final grades at Marquette are submitted via the CheckMarq portal.  It is vital that all instructors enter final grades successfully into the CheckMarq system by the deadline (usually by noon the Monday after finals; confirm each semester’s deadline with the Registrar’s Office or on CheckMarq).  Failure to successfully submit grades via CheckMarq will result in each student receiving an incomplete in the class, which may adversely affect his or her scholarship, financial aid or program standing - this is particularly detrimental for seniors.  The instructor must clear the incompletes by submitting a “Grade Change Form” in person to the college office.  Any instructor who has not submitted and “approved” grade roster by the deadline will be contacted directly by his or her department chair.

Instructors may assign letter grades (A, AB, B, BC, C, CD, D, F) and final grades of:

S or U (S = C or higher, U = CD or lower)

I (Incomplete)

X (Missed Exam)           

IX (Incomplete and Missed Exam)

CR (Completed Requirement for 0 credit courses)

Colleges must process grades of:

AU (Audit)

W (Withdrawal)

WA (only via “Instructor’s Absence Report)

UW (Unexcused Withdrawal)

Follow the directions for entering grades specified in A Guide to Success in CheckMarq – Entering Grades.

Remember to:  

• Select “Final Grade” for the grading period;

• Change or enter grades in the “Not Reviewed” status;

• Save frequently until all grades are successfully entered – the system times out after 20 minutes of inactivity – unsaved information will be lost);

• Review students’ grades before changing the approval status from “Not Reviewed” to Approved” – every student must have a grade or you will not be able to approve the grade roster; and

• Follow the “Save,” “Approved,” Save” sequence when all grades are entered and when all grades are entered appropriately and you are ready to change the approval status from “Not Reviewed” to “Approved.”

Important:

     When grade rosters are available to instructors, the Registrar’s Office finalizes “Approved” grades several times a day.  Once your “Approved” roster is finalized by the Registrar’s Office, instructors no longer have access to the roster.  Grade changes need to be completed by submitting a paper “Grade Change Form” in person to the college office.

If you have problems with CheckMarq or submitting grades via the grade roster, contact the Help Desk at 288-7799 or helpdesk@marquette.edu.

If any student on your grade roster is not attending and you have not received a copy of a college processed “Withdrawal Form” or “Instructor’s Absence Form,” you may request that the college process a “UW” (unexcused withdrawal) by:

• printing a copy of the grade roster,
• noting the discrepancy, and
• bringing it to the college office for processing.