You can import grades from your Canvas gradebook directly into your SPIRE grade rosters whenever you want during the grade-entry period. You can find everything you need to import grades on the SPIRE Grade Roster page when it becomes available.

Essential information

• Grade Conversion info for Canvas: SPIRE imports only letter grades from Canvas. You must have a letter grade visible in the total column of your Canvas Gradebook. This is the default for Canvas. If you had made adjustments to the display of the Total column, you must revert those changes while importing grades to SPIRE. For more information on the Canvas gradebook, see How do I use the Gradebook?" 
• Status messages: Be sure to review the Import Status Messages to check for exceptions every time you import grades. An exception means that a grade did not import properly. The status message tells you why the import failed. When you review the list of students, you can hide grades that imported successfully so that you can focus on any that you may need to troubleshoot.
• Be careful about Incompletes! You need to enter incompletes ('INC') manually into the SPIRE grade roster when appropriate. SPIRE is not able to calculate incomplete grades and will successfully import a grade reflecting the student's course grade to date.
• Saving grades and reimporting:  Grade imports do nothing more than enter grades into your SPIRE grade roster. You must Save the grades after you import them. If you reimport grades, they will not overwrite existing grades until you Save.

How to import grades into SPIRE

Read general information about how to Record Grades in SPIRE, if needed.

1. From your Faculty Center, click the Grade Roster icon for the appropriate class.
2. Click Import Grades from Canvas button on the Grade Roster page.
3. Review the pop-up message and click OK. Allow a few minutes for processing, particularly for large classes.
4. Review the summary message that tells that processing is complete. Click OK.
5. Save your grades. Do not change your roster's Approval Status until you have saved the grades.
6. Click Status Messages link to open the Grade Import Status page to check for information about errors..
7. Select Hide Success messages to see which students' grades require adjustment, if any. 
8. Click Return to return to the Grade Roster. Make any adjustments necessary, including changing your roster's Approval Status. Click Save.