RCTC utilizes a web-based system for faculty to report student grades. Each semester information regarding the process for entering grades, as well as the specific dates and times the grading window will be open, is distributed to faculty via campus e-mail. All grades must be submitted by the window close date/time. A summary of the process follows:
- From the UCR home page (www.roch.edu), click on Rochester Community and Technical College, then choose Faculty and Staff from the list on the following screen. Select Grades & Class Lists to go directly to the sign-in screen, log-in by entering your Stinger ID and PIN number (follow the log-in instructions on the screen). If you don't know your Stinger number, click on the look-up ID link. If you haven't previously entered the registration system and changed your PIN number, your PIN number will be your date of birth in YYMMDD format - otherwise your PIN number will be the 6-digit number you assigned yourself when you first accessed the system (or last changed it). (If you have never accessed the system before, you will need to change your PIN number next. The following screen will prompt you.)
- Select Employee from the tabs across the top. If the year/term listed (at the very top of the screen) is the term you wish to access, skip to the next step. If not, click on the one that is listed, then choose the term you want from the drop-down box in the middle of the screen and click Select. The screen should say "The selected year/term was successfully changed."
- Choose Grade Entry List from the menu options on the left. The courses that have your name listed as the instructor will display.
- Click on the Enter Grades link to display the Grade Data Entry window, where you can enter grades for the students in your courses. Simply enter a letter grade for each student and then either tab twice to the next student or click in the grade box for the next student. Do not enter anything in the grade shade column; leave it set to the default "not applicable."
- Click on the Process button when grade input for each student is complete. Below the grade entry roster are two buttons: Process and Reset. The Reset button will clear all entries in the Grade column.
- After clicking on the Process button, the Confirm Your Request and Verify PIN window displays. At this point, verify all grades entered are correct. When complete, enter your PIN number and click on the Process Request button. The grades will then be stored in the SCANNED_GRADES table. Clicking on the Cancel button returns you to the List of Classes window. NOTE: No grades are stored when you select the Cancel button.
- NOTE: Grades are stored in the SCANNED_GRADES table. Students cannot view their grades until they are stored in the ST_COU table. This happens when the Update Scanned Grades to ST_COU report is run in ISRS after the web grade entry window closes.
- Grade Results: After verifying the grades entered, entering your PIN number and clicking on the Process Request button, the Grade Results window displays. This window displays all students in the course for which you just entered grades and all grades that have been entered, including grades of "W" which have been previously entered.
The message "Your grade entry was saved successfully." displays above the list of students. PLEASE BE SURE YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE!
- IMPORTANT: When you have finished entering grades and are ready to exit, click on the Logout link.
- After grades have been processed, you should re-enter the system (using the Class List option) to verify that your grades have all recorded successfully.