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Faculty members at Tarleton are required to inform students of their progress within a course during each semester. Typically this is accomplished by grading and returning feedback to students as soon as is reasonably possible following the completion of a course exam or assignment. This practice is consistent with behaviorist and cognitivist theories of learning. Given the consequences of a behavior or effort, we may or may not repeat that behavior in the future. Thus, providing feedback to a student on his or her efforts on an assignment will inform the student whether he or she took the correct approach and whether he or she needs to make future adjustments. Importantly, students are asked to evaluate their instructors at the end of each semester based on whether the faculty member informed the student of his or her progress throughout the course.

In addition to returning graded assignments to students in a timely manner, Tarleton requires official mid-term grades for all freshman and sophomore level courses (course numbers in the 1000s and 2000s). A reminder to post mid-term grades for 1000 and 2000 level courses will be sent to you via your Tarleton email account.

It is very important for you to comply with the privacy laws related to posting student grades:

"Faculty members are legally and ethically prohibited from publicly posting students' grades in such a fashion that students can be identified by anyone other than themselves or their designated representatives. Instructors may post grades by whatever method they devise, so long as the student's privacy is respected. Students' names, complete Social Security Account numbers or university identification (UID) numbers may not be used in posting grades."

Grades should be posted in DuckTrax, (Web Self Service) system.

If accessing DuckTrax through myGateway, you can log in using your NTNET login.
After logging in, select the FACULTY tab from the left hand column of options.
Click on the DuckTrax Menu link.

Once in DuckTrax, make sure you are on the Faculty Services tab.

Click the Faculty and Advisors folder to expand it.

Select either Midterm Grades or Final Grades.

Select the term and Submit to save.

Select your class, and click Submit. A roster of your students will appear.

You must choose the appropriate letter grade from the drop-down list for each student. Be sure to choose a grade for every student. Also, watch out for the 'scroll' function on your mouse - sometimes it causes you to select the wrong grade inadvertently. Submit often so that your grading session is not timed out by Banner! You do not want to have to enter your data twice. You only have to enter a letter grade. You DO NOT need to enter the attended date or the hours.

It is vitally important that you pay close attention to any email correspondence you receive near the end of the semester regarding final grade deadlines. You must submit your final grades to the Banner student system by the deadline so that the Registrar's office can roll the grades to the history and post them to students' transcripts in a timely manner. Failure to post your grades by the deadline may compromise your ability to teach for Tarleton in future semesters.

Remember, students are eager to receive feedback on their final course grades. It is important to do your part so that their grades are available to them by the end of the semester.

NOTE: If accessing DuckTrax directly, the required login is your University ID (UID) and initially your password is your six-digit birthday. It may require you to change the password to one of your own choosing. If you forget your password, please contact the Registrar's office to have it reset.)