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Online Grading

The Office of the University Registrar (OUR) serves as the custodian of the FileMaker Online Grading (FOG) system.

Announcements and Reminders

• Grading has finished for the Fall 2007 semester.
• The database will be open with Read Only from 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. until January 4th 2008. It can only be reached from on campus.
• Filemaker version 7, 8, or 8.5 is required to access FOG. Older versions including 5, 5.5, and 6 will NOT be compatible with FOG. The newer version, Filemaker 9 has not been tested. Please make arrangements with your netadmin if you do not already have Filemaker version 7- versions 8 and 8.5 are optional.
• Training was held in G90 Uris December 3rd and Wednesday, December 5th. This training is required for new users and optional for those who have attended FOG training in the past. Those who were unable to attend training should subit a ticket to http://tech.sas.cornell.edu/ to discuss other training options.
• Grading start-up files will be downloaded by department users from the FOG website and access is restricted by kerberos to FOG users only.
• The University Registrar offers a batch import service for large courses with more than 50 grades to submit.

FOG Calendar

Registrar FOG Security Setup	November 9th - November 16th
Last Day of Classes	December 1st
FOG Training	December 3rd & 5th
First Day of Grading	December 4th
First Day of Exams	December 5th
First Post to SIS	December 11th
Last Day of Exams	December 14th
All Senior grades must be submitted	As per your College Registrar: AG: December 18 at noon AS: December 18 EN: December 18 at noon GM: December 14 IL: December 18 at noon HE: December 18 at 4:00 pm HO: December 18 at noon VM: December 18 at 2:00 pm
All grades must be submitted	As per your College Registrar: AG: December 18 at noon AS: December 18 EN: December 18 at noon GM: December 16 HE: December 18 at 4:00 pm HO: December 18 at noon IL: December 18 at noon VM: December 18 at 2:00 pm

Frequently Asked Questions

• Filemaker versions 7, 8 and 8.5 are compatible with FOG. Filemaker 7, 8 or 8.5 must be installed on grading machines.
• The database will be open from 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. each weekday. Grades must be submitted from on campus.
• If you are having trouble connecting to the grading database, refer to the FOG instructions and double check the following items:

  Kerberos plug-in must be placed in the Extensions folder of Filemaker Pro (Filemaker 7, 8 or 8.5).

  Log into Kerberos via Sidecar using your personal Netid/password and not a special mailbox.

  If you have a firewall, make sure it is not blocking Filemaker or Sidecar.

  Open the database using the current "Fall2007GradesStartup.fp7"- not a file from a previous semester.

  Log into FileMaker startup file using correct username/password and not your personal netid information.

• Manual grade forms must be properly completed by the department/faculty member, and forwarded to their College Registrar. Forms will be entered into FOG exactly as they are submitted. Any manual grades that appear on the Error Report will have to be resubmitted by the College Registrar.
• FOG should be referenced to fill out the Manual Grade Form. SIS screens 51 and 61 should not be referenced.
• Do not give the Manual Grade Form to the student.
• Do not pad credit hour fields with leading or trailing zeros. i.e.:

  .5 credit hour should not be 0.5

  1 credit hour should not be 1.0

Contact Information

Please direct questions or feedback for the University Registrar via email to:

Operations Contact:

• David S. Yeh, Assistant Vice President and University Registrar

Grading Policy Questions:

• Contact your local College Registrar.

Technical Contacts:

Please refer to the Frequently asked Questions before submitting a ticket.

All technical questions or problems should be submitted through the Student and Academic Services - Technical Support system. It can be accessed at http://tech.sas.cornell.edu to assure the quickest response. Choose FOG as your department and indicate your question or problem in as much detail as possible, including your computer operating system and contact information.

• Rob Bandler, Technical Director, University Registrar
• Kelley Sullivan,Technical Consultant, University Registrar
• Cindy Sedlacek, Senior Programming Analyst, College of Arts & Sciences