When a student initiates an incomplete grade contract request, you will receive an email notification:
- Note: Instructors have 5 days to respond to an incomplete grade contract request before it expires.
- Click the link in the email message to open the Incomplete Grade Contract.
- The Student Information section of the form will contain student’s information, course information, the student’s reason for requesting an incomplete grade and their description of the outstanding work to be submitted.
- In the To Be Completed By The Instructor section, you can issue the following decisions on the Incomplete Grade Contract request:
- Approve – If you approve the contract as written by the student, select I approve the Incomplete Grade Contract, set the final grade if the outstanding work is not submitted, acknowledge the incomplete grade policy, set a due date or the outstanding work, sign and click Submit.
The student will receive an email notification of the approval and the grade for the course will be updated to I or I/Reversion Grade.
You will receive an email with the link to the approved incomplete grade contract.
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- Approve with Modifications: If you approve the contract but need to modify the outstanding work to be submitted, select I approve the Incomplete Grade Contract, but I DO NOT agree with the student’s description of outstanding work. Add your modifications for the student’s outstanding work, set the final grade if the outstanding work is not submitted, acknowledge the incomplete grade policy, set a due date or the outstanding work, sign and click Submit.
The student will receive an email notification of the approval with modifications. They can review the modified description of the outstanding work.
If the student agrees to the updated terms, you will get an email notification, the grade for the course will be updated to I and the student can proceed to complete the agreed upon outstanding work.
You will also receive an email with the link to the approved incomplete grade contract.
If the student disagrees to the updated terms, you will get an email notification, and the contract will be terminated.
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- Deny: If you do not approve the contract request, select Deny Incomplete Grade Contract, add a denial reason, sign and click Submit.
The student will receive an email notification about the denial and the contract will be terminated.