Final Grades
Click for deadlines for submitting final grades
Final grades are due three working days following the last day of the class for short term courses.
Final grades are due each term by 5 p.m., the Wednesday following the last day of finals week for full term
courses.
Online grading through URSA is available 5 days prior to the last day of the class.
Submitting Final Grades
Faculty must have URSA access to enter
grades online. If you do not have access
to URSA, please go to
https://help.unco.edu for further
assistance.
1. Log on to URSA at
https://ursa.unco.edu using your
network user name and password.
(Fig. 1)
2. Click on the Employee tab. (Fig. 1)
3. Under the Grades section, click the
Final Grades link (Fig. 2)
4. Select the appropriate Term from
the dropdown.
(Fig. 2)
5. Select the class for which you
need to enter final grades
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If you have problems logging in to or using
URSA, please contact the Technical Support
Center at: 970-351-4357
or visit https://help.unco.edu
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year.
6. Use the Drop-Down Menu in the
Grade column to select a grade for
each student. Complete the Last
Attend Date only when assigning
grades of F. (Fig. 3)
7. Click on the Submit button at the
bottom left of the page to record
grades. (Fig. 4) See Important
Notes below for additional
information.
8. You will see the following message
when grades are successfully
submitted "The changes you made
were saved successfully".
(Fig. 3)
If an Incomplete grade was assigned to
anyone in the course, you must select the
submit button a second time before final
grades will be submitted successfully.
(Fig. 4)
When the grade of ‘‘I’’ is assigned, you will see the following messages, which are information only. You will also see a
list of the students who were assigned a grade of ‘‘I’’. The Incomplete final grade column will display the grade of ‘‘F’’
or blank as the final grade to be assigned once the deadline has passed. Again this is information only not the grade
that is recorded.
9. Assigned grades will be reflected in the Summary Class List. You can resume selecting grades for the course or
select another course by clicking on CRN Selection at the bottom of the page and selecting another class in the
drop down menu.
10. Be sure to log out of Ursa when you are done.
Important Notes
The maximum number of names listed per class roster page is 25.
Classes with more than 25 enrolled must have grades submitted on each page before accessing the next. Once
you have successfully submitted grades, click on the enrollment numbers listed at the top of the roster. For
example: 1-25, 26-50, 51-75 to get to the next page.
Please remember to never share your passwords for any reason. Providing your URSA password gives others
access to many other things you have access to such as your pay information, email, etc. Sharing passwords
is a violation of the University Regulations. If you need access you do not currently have,
please call the Technical Support Center at 970-351-HELP.
Guidelines for submitting grades for students receiving an “F”, “W”, “U”, or “UW
An “F”, “W”, or “U” grade requires the submission of a last date of a student’s “academic-related activity”. “UW” grades
are only submitted when the student never attended the class. As outlined by the U.S. Department of Education (34 CFR
668.22), the submission of the “Last Date of Attendance” is necessary to ensure that any student receiving a failing grade
actually attended the class and, therefore, is eligible for any federal financial aid they may have received.
As defined by the U.S. Department of Education, an “academically-related activity” includes, but is not limited to—
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Physically attending the class
Submitting an academic assignment
Taking an exam, an interactive tutorial, or computer-assisted instruction
Attending a study group that is assigned by the institution
Participating in an online discussion about academic matters
Initiating contact with a faculty member to ask a question about the academic subject studied in the
course
If a student officially withdraws from a class, a grade of “W” is automatically assigned.
The Office of Financial Aid will use Ursa-generated Last Attended Date information to comply with federal financial aid
reporting regulations related to financial aid recipients who are not making satisfactory academic progress. This will
preclude OFA staff sending e-mails to faculty within each semester asking for last dates of attendance for affected
students.
If you have any questions regarding the federal financial aid reporting requirements for satisfactory academic progress,
please contact Marty Somero, Director of Financial Aid, at marvin.somero@unco.edu.