Due to a vendor defect, faculty may experience issues using the Athena Mass Grade Import to upload their final semester grades when using their own spreadsheet, including a spreadsheet exported from eLC. This process will still allow faculty to mass upload their grades while a solution from the vendor is pending.
May Session 2026 Grades Due at Noon
Short Session I 2026 Grades Due at Noon
Extended Summer Session 2026 Grades Due at Noon
Thru Term 2026 Grades Due at Noon
Short Session II 2026 Grades Due at Noon
Grade rolls are available in Athena. Any grades not submitted by the appropriate semester deadline will require an electronic grade change submitted online in Athena.
For more information on grade submission, please view the tutorials below.
Checklist prior to submitting your grades in Athena:
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Review your class list in Athena.
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Verify you are the instructor of record. If there are multiple instructors listed, determine who will be responsible for submitting the grades.
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A grade of V indicates the student audited the course.
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A grade of W indicates the student withdrew from the course.
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Last Attend Date is required to be entered when assigning a grade of U or F. If the student is receiving the unsuccessful grade because they did not begin attendance in your course, we ask that you use the first date of classes for the semester. Financial Aid will contact you for additional information if it is needed.
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Review students with variable credit hours. Incorrect hours for a student will need to be corrected by the Office of the Registrar before a grade is assigned.
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Determine if there are any students who have been attending your course(s) but are not appearing on the class roll. Students not on a class roll but who have been attending should not be allowed to continue in class until cleared by the Office of the Registrar.
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Each student should receive a grade.
Grade Entry Reference Guides
Submitting Final Grades in Athena
Manual Entry
- Log into Athena and navigate to the Grade Entry page by selecting the image on the “Faculty Services” tile, then “Classes & Grades.”
- Select the appropriate course from the list of courses. The gradebook will display below the “My Courses” box.
- Click on the “Final Grade” drop-down box for the selected student to view the final grade options for the selected course.
- Select the desired final grade from the list of available grades. The selected grade will be displayed in the “Final Grade” column.
- If the selected grade is an F or U, the “Last Attend Date” will be a required field for the selected student. To enter a last attend date, select the calendar icon, then the appropriate date in the calendar. Alternatively, the date can be typed in a MM/DD/YYYY format. If the student is receiving the unsuccessful grade because they did not begin attendance in your course, we ask that you use the first date of classes for the semester. Financial Aid will contact you for additional information if it is needed.


- If the selected grade is an F or U, the “Last Attend Date” will be a required field for the selected student. To enter a last attend date, select the calendar icon, then the appropriate date in the calendar. Alternatively, the date can be typed in a MM/DD/YYYY format. If the student is receiving the unsuccessful grade because they did not begin attendance in your course, we ask that you use the first date of classes for the semester. Financial Aid will contact you for additional information if it is needed.
- Once all the desired grades have been entered, click “Save.”
- If all students within a class have received a grade, the “Grading Status” will show a status of “Completed.” If any student is missing a grade, the status will display “In Progress.” If none of the students have a grade entered, the status will display “Not Started.”

Mass Uploading
Before You Start
Due to a current vendor defect, any spreadsheet you import to Athena must include a Narrative Grade Comment column. Add it as a column, fill in only the header, and leave every cell below it blank. A sample spreadsheet is available.
Required columns for importing a spreadsheet:
- Term Code (
yyyy02for Spring,yyyy05for Summer,yyyy08for Fall) - CRN
- Student ID
- Final Grade
- Last Attended Date (required for grades of F or U; if the student never began attendance, use the first day of classes for the semester)
- Narrative Grade Comment (column header only, no values required)

Example Headers Required for Upload
Method 1 – Using Personal Spreadsheet
- Build a spreadsheet with the column headers listed above
- Enter all required class and student information
- File → Save As.
Choose a location, enter a file name (max 200 characters), and under “Save as type” select Excel Workbook. - Proceed to Importing into Athena steps below
Method 2 – EXPORT TEMPLATe from Athena
- Export template from Athena
- Go to Faculty Services
- Under Classes & Grades, select Grade Entry
- Select desired course
- Click the gear icon (top right) and select Export Template

- Enter all required student grades and Last Attended Date if applicable (required for grades of F or U; if the student never began attendance, use the first day of classes for the semester)
- File → Save As.
Choose a location, enter a file name (max 200 characters), and under “Save as type” select Excel Workbook. - Proceed to Importing into Athena steps below
Video Tutorial for Export Template Option
Method 3 – Exporting Course Grades from eLC
- Export the course grades from eLC.
- Now add the missing columns that are required for import:
- Term Code (
yyyy02for Spring,yyyy05for Summer,yyyy08for Fall) - CRN
- Last Attended Date (required for grades of F or U; if the student never began attendance, use the first day of classes for the semester)
- Narrative Grade Comment (column header only, no values required)
- Term Code (
- Enter all required class and student information
- File → Save As.
Choose a location, enter a file name (max 200 characters), and under “Save as type” select Excel Workbook. - Proceed to Importing into Athena steps below
Importing into Athena
Once your spreadsheet is ready, use the follow these steps to import into Athena.
- On the Athena home page, select Faculty & Advisors, click Classes & Grades, and navigate to Grade Entry.
- Select the appropriate course.
- Click the gear icon in the top-right corner and select Import from the dialog box.

- Click in the Browse field, select your saved file, click Upload, then click Continue.
- The Preview page displays your uploaded document. If the spreadsheet has headers, keep the “My Spreadsheet has headers” checkbox marked. Click Continue.

- On the Map Columns screen, click the drop-down column headers and match each spreadsheet column to the appropriate Athena field.
Only Term Code, CRN, Student ID, Final Grade, and Last Attended Date (if containing a grade F or U) must be mapped for the import to succeed.

Required fields are marked with
*. For any column that doesn’t match a designated field, choose Other. Click Continue. - On the Validate screen, Athena checks for errors.
If any appear, click Download the validation report to see where they are — common examples are a grade that has already been uploaded, or a missing Last Attend Date for an F or U grade. Click Continue. - Click Finish. The grades will populate in Athena Faculty Grade Entry for the selected CRN.
How to Print Submitted Grades in Athena
Using Export Template Option
- Log into Athena and select the image on the Faculty Services tile.
- Select Classes & Grades, then Grade Entry.
- Select the appropriate CRN to access the grades you wish to print.
- Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of the page.
- Click “Export Template” and then “Export” to export an Excel version of the grade list.
- Open the Excel document, select “File,” and then “Print” to print the grade list.
Using Student Roster Option
- Log into Athena and select the image on the Faculty Services tile.
- Select Classes & Grades, then Grade Entry.
- To reorient your page to Student Roster view, re-size the screen by selecting the box icon in the top right corner of the browser next to the “X” option.
- Select the appropriate CRN to access the grades you wish to print.
- Click the “Student Roster” option on the bottom right of the course to view the list of students and grades.
- Select “File,” then “Print” on your browser to print the grade list.
Prior Term Grade Changes
How to Submit/Approve a Grade Change Request
Instructor Guide
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Login to Athena
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Select the Faculty Services tile
- Select Classes & Grades
- Select a Grade Change (Prior Term)
- Select a Semester
- Select a Course
- Click Search
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Click the green Change Grade button
- Select new grade from the Grade dropdown menu
- Select reason from the Reason dropdown menu
- Click the blue Change Grade button
- Click Save All to submit grade changes

Approver Guide
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Login to Athena
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Review grade change requests for prior terms
- Click on the image in the Faculty Services tile
- Select Classes & Grades
- Select a Grade Change (Prior Term) – Approver View
- Click on Approve All, or click on Review Decision for individual decisions
- A Comment is required for a denied request
- Select Save All
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Search for previous grade change requests
- Click on Search All Requests Statuses
- Enter one or more filters
- Select Search

Questions?
For additional assistance, please contact the Office of the Registrar at regsupp@uga.edu or 706-542-4040.
For technical support, email helpdesk@uga.edu.