Submitting Midterm and Final Grades Using

(Houghton College's Course Management System)

Note: you do not have to use any of the other functions of Synapse to be able to submit final grades.

1) Open your web browser and go to synapse.houghton.edu

2) Click on the link for the Current Semester (in the middle of the window; Fall 2004 is an example). 

3) When the User Login window appears, type your network user id (first name dot last name) and network password into the corresponding text boxes.

4) Click on a relevant class that is listed on the right side of the window in the section entitled: “You are a teacher in:”.

5) When the class page appears, click on Admin tab at the top of the window to go to the Admin module.

6) Click on the Grades tab in the Admin module section.

7) Click on either the Midterm or Final Grades link on the left side of the window to record midterm or final grades. 

You will see a listing of the students in the class, their calculated average if you having been using Synapse to input individual grades throughout the semester, and a textbox for the final grade.

8) Type in the appropriate letter grade in the Midterm or Final Grade text box next to each student. (Below is an example of submittal of final grades.)

Grades should be entered as upper case letter grades. The following grades are recognized:

A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F, as well as P and U. The letter I (for Incomplete) may also be used in the case of final grades. Do not put spaces between a letter and either a plus or minus. 

You do not have to input grades for all of the students in a class to be able to submit grades electronically.

9) When you have inputted all of the grades you wish, press the Submit button.  You will be asked whether you really wish to submit the grades.  If not, then click on "NO" and you will be returned to the grade roster for modification.  If yes, then click on "YES" and the grades will be submitted.

Please note: once a midterm or final grade has been submitted, it cannot be changed in Synapse.  You must contact the Academic Records Office at x3500 to tell them a grade needs to be changed.  (This is the same procedure as when you submit grades on paper rosters.)

(Also Note: you may see a Submit button after you have submitted grades. this may appear because you have chosen to submit grades for only some of your students.  If the statement "Grades have already been updated" appears, then the grades you inputted have been sent to the database.)

10) If you wish to submit grades for other courses, you may do so by clicking on the down arrow at the top left of the screen, selecting the relevant course, then repeating steps 6-9.

11) When you are finished submitting grades for all of your classes, click Done at the top right of the Admin module window. 

12) Then click Signout to logout of Synapse.

Updated October 3, 2005

Comments to Glen Avery