CAESAR and Online Grading

Grades are submitted online via CAESAR (Computer Assisted Electronic Student Access Route), which is Northwestern's online student services system for registration and records, during a specified access period at the end of each term. If you will be out of town during the grading period, you may access CAESAR from any computer with an internet connection. Paper grade sheets absolutely are not accepted.

Please note that your NetID and password must be activated in order to access CAESAR and submit grades, which is why NetID and password activation should be confirmed at the start of the quarter. Please visit the NetID and Email page for information on NetID activation.

New Faculty
New faculty must also complete an Access Authorization Form (PDF Format) and return it to the NU Office of the Registrar on the Evanston campus, or you will be unable to submit grades.

Please submit the form to NU's Office of the Registrar (Attention: Michael Maysilles, fax (847) 491-8458) before the start of the quarter. The form only needs to be submitted once and is effective for every term taught at Northwestern.

Please use this online grading tipsheet (PDF Format) for step-by-step instructions on grade submission.

If you encounter problems while trying to submit your grades, please contact the Office of the Registrar at (847) 491-5234.

If you encounter problems with your NetID during grade submission, please contact NU Information Technology Support at (847) 491-4357.

SCS grades are A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, F, W, X, Y, V (and P and N, which are not applicable to Professional Development Program courses). The School of Continuing Studies has no fixed guidelines on computing grades for academic performance. It is solely at the discretion of the instructor to assess and formulate a fair grading scale. For more information on grades, please see SCS Academic Policies.