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A grade amendment is the mechanism for correcting a student’s grade after a grade submission has already been approved. Once a submission is approved, the gradebook is locked and course outcomes are recorded on the student’s transcript — you cannot edit scores directly. Instead, you file a Grade Amendment Request that goes through its own approval workflow. When the amendment is approved, Edurie updates the student’s course outcome to reflect the corrected grade.
Grade amendments are scoped to one student in one class — not to an entire grade submission. You request an amendment for a specific student’s enrollment, not for the class as a whole. This keeps the correction targeted and auditable.

Amendments vs. unlock requests

Use the right tool depending on where you are in the submission lifecycle:
SituationUse
Grades are locked but the submission is not yet approvedGrade Period Unlock Request
The submission has been approved and you need to correct one student’s gradeGrade Amendment Request

When to use a grade amendment

File an amendment when:
  • A data-entry error was discovered after approval (e.g., a score was entered for the wrong student).
  • Additional coursework was accepted late and the grade needs to be updated.
  • An administrative review determined the original grade was incorrect.

Preview an amendment before submitting

Before filing a formal amendment, you can preview the impact of the change — for example, to see what the recalculated grade would look like — without creating a request. Use the Preview action on the amendment form to see the projected grade before submitting.

Create a grade amendment request

1

Confirm the submission is approved

Grades for the class must already be approved. If the submission is still pending or hasn’t been submitted yet, use the gradebook to correct scores directly — no amendment is needed at that stage.
2

Open Grade Amendments

Navigate to Grading → Grade Amendments and select New Amendment Request.
3

Identify the student and class

Select the student’s course enrollment. Edurie pulls in the student’s current course outcome — the grade on record before the amendment — so you can compare before and after.
4

Specify the grading period (optional)

If the amendment applies to a specific grading period (e.g., you only need to change a Midterm grade), select that period. Leave blank if the amendment covers the student’s overall final grade for the class.
5

Provide a reason

Enter a clear, specific reason for the amendment. This reason is recorded in the audit trail and reviewed by the approver.
6

Submit the request

Select Submit. Edurie immediately enters the request into the configured approval workflow. The status changes to Submitted (or Under Review if a multi-step approval process is configured).

The approval workflow

After you submit, an administrator (or the role configured in your institution’s amendment approval process) reviews the request.
The reviewer selects Finalize to approve the amendment. Once finalized, you can edit the underlying scores in the gradebook for the affected student. When you are done, select Finalize Amendment to trigger the grade recalculation. Edurie updates the student’s course outcome with the corrected grade and marks the amendment as Approved. The change is recorded in the audit log alongside the original grade.

Amendment lifecycle

DRAFT → SUBMITTED → UNDER REVIEW → APPROVED (finalized)
                               ↘ REJECTED
StatusMeaning
DraftRequest created but not yet submitted
SubmittedSent to the approval queue
Under ReviewIn a multi-step approval process
ApprovedAmendment finalized; course outcome updated
RejectedDenied by the reviewer; no grade change
ClosedAuto-closed after 7 days of inactivity (see below)

Auto-close after inactivity

If no action is taken on a grade amendment request for 7 days, Edurie automatically closes the request. A closed request does not update the student’s grade. If the amendment is still needed, you must file a new request and provide an updated reason.
This policy exists to prevent stale or forgotten amendment requests from lingering indefinitely in the review queue.

Tracking open amendments

Administrators can view all open, approved, and closed amendment requests from the Grading → Grade Amendments list. Filter by class, academic period, student, or status to find requests that require action.

How an approved amendment affects the transcript

When an amendment is finalized, Edurie updates the student’s Course Outcome record for that class and enrollment. The update includes:
  • The corrected grade value
  • Updated pass/fail status (if the grade crosses a passing threshold)
  • A reference to the amendment request that authorized the change
The course outcome source remains GRADEBOOK — the amendment is treated as a correction to the approved submission, not a manually entered grade. Both the original grade and the corrected grade are visible in the amendment’s audit history.
Only one amendment request can be open at a time for a given student and class. If an amendment is already submitted or under review for a student, you must wait for it to be resolved (or cancel it) before filing another one.