It’s coming up to the end of the semester again. Here are some actions you should take by the week after grades are due:
- Enter your final grades through MyCanisius. Check out the Entering Final Grades at the End of Semester wiki page for tutorials.
- If you want students to see their final calculated grade, check out either the video tutorial on releasing final grades or the Calculate and Release Final Grades wiki page.
- Export your gradebook to archive the grades for your personal record. See the video tutorial to exporting a student roster, email list, or grades from D2L.
- Archive your entire D2L course in the Brightspace format at the end of each term for your personal record. Here is a video tutorial to export your D2L course.
- If you are teaching courses in the next semester, copy course content so you do not have to rush through it and have time to work on it in between semesters. Check out the Copying/Importing Course Content wiki page.
- If you have not already, inform the bookstore of any books or Cengage Unlimited products you intend to use. If you are not planning on using books or Cengage Unlimited products, let the bookstore know that as well. The bookstore’s contact information is available here.
- Copy your Panopto videos from the previous semester to the upcoming semester.
- If you plan on using student assignments from your class for later review or appraisal, download them now.
Additionally, make sure to download any relevant Turnitin reports before Turnitin is phased out after this semester Turnitin will be replaced by Copyleaks.
For more information on end-of-semester academic housekeeping, visit the COLI checklist wiki page and watch the end-of-semester checklist overview video.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
