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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="144" height="44" style="width:1.5in;height:.4583in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D71723.1C108D60"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">Dear UCR Instructor,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">As the Winter 2021 quarter draws to a close, we wanted to provide a couple of reminders for any instructors teaching a course
that is graded on an In-Progress (IP) basis. If you are not teaching an IP course this term, please disregard this message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">For students who have completed the term’s work, but have not yet completed the full sequence of courses, please assign
the grade “IP”.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif"> An incomplete (“I”) grade is not the appropriate mark in this scenario. The provisional “IP” grade remains on the student’s record until the
full course sequence is completed and graded. At that time, our office will update all courses in the sequence to reflect the final grade during our end-of-term processes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">For students who have completed the full sequence of courses, please submit letter or S/NC grades</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">
as applicable. Our office will update previous “IP” grades from the sequence with this grade during our end-of-term processes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">As a reminder, all grades for the quarter should be submitted via
</span></b><a href="http://igrade.ucr.edu"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">iGrade
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">by 5:00pm on Tuesday, March 23.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">For any questions regarding IP grading, please contact Liz Alday (</span><a href="mailto:liz.alday@ucr.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">liz.alday@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">),
in the Office of the Registrar. Otherwise, no replies to this message are necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">The Office of the Registrar</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">R1.5
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">(</span><a href="https://senate.ucr.edu/bylaws/?action=read_bylaws&code=r§ion=01"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">https://senate.ucr.edu/bylaws/?action=read_bylaws&code=r§ion=01</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">)
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="MsoSubtleEmphasis"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Fira Sans Light",sans-serif">“For a course extending over more than one term, where evaluation of the student's performance
is deferred until the end of the final term, provisional grades of IP (in progress) shall be assigned in the intervening terms. Neither units nor grade points shall be assigned for IP grades. The provisional grades shall be replaced by the final grade if the
student completes the full sequence. In the event that the full sequence is not completed, the grade IP will be replaced by the grade I and further changes in the student's record will be subject to the conditions of R1.4.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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