For the first time on the Columbia campus, all final course grades for the fall semester will be posted online with the University’s VIP system. Paper final grade rolls will not be distributed to faculty.
Last fall, about half of all Columbia campus teaching faculty submitted final grades on VIP. Elimination of the paper grade rolls will save several thousand dollars in printing costs and maintenance expense on now-obsolete scanning equipment that was used to collect data from the paper rolls.
“We can now use those funds for other much-needed items we couldn’t previously budget because of cuts,” said Jennifer Burr, associate registrar. “Also, the convenience of online grading allows faculty to submit grades anywhere there is Internet access and allows students to access their final grades more quickly.”
On the Aiken, Spartanburg, and Sumter campuses last fall, more than 90 percent of final grades were submitted through VIP.
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