Export Midterm or Final Grades from the Brightspace Gradebook to Banner

Helpful Information Before You Begin
  • Instructors may only submit grades during the grade submission window, as announced by the Registrar’s Office. (Identical to submitting via UIndy Self-Service) 
  • Only instructors on record in Banner for the respective section (CRN) may use the Export to Banner function.
  • Export to Banner is a feature facilitating grade submission to Banner. It is not obligatory.
  • The Brightspace course Grades Tool’s Grade Scheme must match the Banner Grade Mode for the CRN.
    • Banner does not accept numerical grades. Adjust your Grade Tool’s Grade Scheme before exporting Midterm or Final grades.
    • If you need help, refer to Adjust Brightspace Grade Scheme before exporting Midterm or Final grades. 
    • If you receive a grade is rolled to history notice, contact the Registrar’s Office to make your changes.
Grades Tool
  1. Within Brightspace, navigate to your course Grades button tool.
Depicts step 1
Set your Grade Scheme

You must set your Brightspace course Grades tool to a letter grade scheme.

  1. Click the Schemes tab. On the new page you can create or choose from existing Grade Scheme.
  2. Select the Enter Grades button.
Depicts steps 2-3
Select Sections & Export
  1. The View By option allows you to filter your grade roster by Users or Sections. 
  2. If you choose view by sections, you may select a particular section by selecting your preference from the drop-down menu.
  3. Click the Apply button. 
  4. Click the Export to Banner button.
Depicts steps 4-7
Grade Details
  1. From the dropdown menu at Grade Type select Midterm or Final Grade.
  2. Check the box by the student’s username. You may select multiple students. 
  3. The Current Final Grade will have automatically populated in this column. If you agree with the grade, skip to step 12.
  4. If you would like to override a Current Final Grade, manually enter grade in the Override Grade box. See blue box below about override grades.
  5. Click the Export button.
Depicts steps 8-12

Override Grades

  • Must be capitalized
  • -/+ symbols must be contiguous with the letter grade (ex: A-, B+, B- etc) i.e. no spaces.
  • Must match the Grade Mode in Banner for the course
Export Detail Summary
  1. You will promptly see the Export Details box depicted below. A spinning/processing wheel will indicate the requested task is being processed. Let the task complete. 
Depicts step 13

Important Notes: 

  • Do not refresh or close your browser, during this process. Wait for the status to display Success.
  • The process should complete within 1-2 minutes. 
  • If the process errors here, grades will not be queued to move over. You must resubmit.
  • Be safe. Check UIndy Self-Service to confirm grades were successfully exported.
Export Post Process Summary

Once the Export Details window has processed and closed, the following details will be displayed:

  1. Status = Success
  2. Result = Accepted by SIS
  3. History = Successfully processed grades for Student ID A#
Depicts steps 14-16
View Export History

Confirm grades have been correctly exported by: 

  1. Clicking the View All Exports breadcrumb near the top your screen.
  2. You will see a list of all export sessions. Select the one you’d like to see in detail.
  3. A Success or Error notice for the respective Export Session will appear here.
Depicts steps 1-3
Official List of Banner Grade Modes