Interim Grading

Interim Grade Submission

Interim Grade Submission Deadline: Friday, October 16, at 3:00 p.m.

Interim grades can be submitted via Canvas or Workday. 

  • Instructors can use Workday to assign interim grades at any time and they will become visible to students immediately. 
  • Interim grades assigned via Canvas will become visible to students in Workday in the hours following the deadline. Once the deadline passes, you will not be able to submit interim grades in Canvas. 
  • Please use only one system to submit interim grades. Using multiple systems will result in multiple interim grades being assigned.

For help submitting interim grades via Canvas, please visit the CELT website. To submit in Workday, go to the Teaching Dashboard and select the ‘Assign Interim Grades’ task under the Grading section. You can also use the link below. For additional help submitting interim grades in Workday, review the following KBA and demo.

Iowa State University's policy on interim grading requires instructors to submit an interim grade for students with a C- grade or lower. Review the interim grading policy in the Catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Interim grades are not required for half-term courses.

No, there is no need to submit interim grades for a course if no students in the course have a C- or lower.

The interim grade you can assign is determined by both the grading bases assigned to your course and the grading basis a student has used to register for your course. For example, students in a course taught on a Satisfactory/Fail basis can only be assigned interim grades of S or F. Students in a graded course would have the full letter grade scale to choose from. If the grade options are not what you expect to assign for your course, please contact your department.

When submitting interim grades through Workday, you will not receive an email. If you want to confirm your submission, return to the 'Assign Interim Grades' task and review your previous submission. If submitting via Canvas, you will continue to receive email notifications.

In general, the most recently submitted grade will be used. However, it is recommended you just pick one system and submit via that method to ensure students only receive one interim grade.

Late interim grades will need to be submitted via Workday after the deadline. Once interim grades are submitted, the instructor will need to notify their students to check interim grades in Workday. Use a secure portal to communicate, or if emailing, use Blind Carbon Copy for the student email and do not put any PII in the email. Use a generic message such as, "Review interim grades in Workday." Ensure FERPA compliance by ensuring students cannot see other students who are receiving the message.