Entering Midterm Grades in an Ultra Course with the Academic Records Integration LTI

After you receive the email letting you know it is time to enter your Midterm Verification, you can proceed to Blackboard. Don't enter verification information before this time because it will not be saved.

Complete Midterm Grades in your Blackboard Ultra course sections using the Academic Records Integration LTI tool.

The purpose of Midterm Enrollment Verification is to:

1. Determine the funding that the College will be eligible to receive from the State of Illinois for the number of students in attendance at midterm
2. Notify students who are not attending/participating and need to take some form of action or notify them that they have been officially withdrawn
3. Establish continued eligibility for financial aid funding for the semester.

To access the Academic Records Integration LTI tool, enter your Blackboard Ultra course section:

1. On the Content tab of your course, click Books & Tools.
   
   
   
2. Select the Academic Records Integration LTI tool from the list of available tools.
   
   
   
3. Navigate to the Midterm Grade tab of the tool.

1. Enter the Miderm Grade statuses for each student. The following letter grades may be entered; A, B, C, D, F, S, U
   • If you prefer not to issue an A, B, C, D, or F at the Quarter or Midterm, you can also issue S or U. S represents work in the A/B/C range, and U represents work in the D/F range. Please communicate with your students what these letters mean if you issue them
   • Enter the grade for each currently registered student
   • Do not enter grades for dropped students, leave those fields blank and enter a last date of attendance or check Never Attended
   • Click Submit to submit the grades

When you are done submitting grades, a green status bar will display verifying that the grade information has been submitted.