Penn State Privacy Policy for Grades
Posting Student ID's
In the past Penn State Policy allowed instructors to post grades by the last four digits of a student ID number.
As of January 2005, you can no longer post a list of grades by student ID number.
Under interpretations of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) regulations, the PSU ID cannot be used to display a student's scores or grades publicly. This also precludes posting grades using only the last four digits of the PSU ID.
— From Penn State Policy A.D. 19
Grades must be reported or sent to each student individually. See Policy A.D. 19 use of the Penn State Identification Number for further details.
Protecting Electronic Student Data
Instructors are responsible for ensuring that files containing student grades are kept on a secure location requiring a password to access.
Using ANGEL To Report Grades
See Using the ANGEL Coursebook in the ANGEL documentation section for details on how to set up an ANGEL gradebook which will allow students to only see their individual grades.
Last Update: February 8, 2007