Add assignments & scores

Create an assignment

You can create assignments from two places — both open the same assignment viewer:

• Grades page — click + New Assignment in the toolbar, or the Add column at the right edge of the grid.
• Classwork page — click Create → Assignment in the top right.

Either way, a new blank assignment is created in the currently-selected class and opens in the viewer for editing. Auto-save kicks in as you fill in the details — there's no separate "save draft" step.

Fill in the details:

• Title — the name of the assignment (e.g., "Chapter 5 Quiz").
• Class — which class this assignment belongs to.
• Topic — the grade topic this assignment falls under (e.g., Tests, Homework). The topic decides how the assignment is weighted and how teachers enter scores (numeric vs label dropdown).
• Points — the maximum score for this assignment (e.g., 100, 20, 10).
• Due date — when the assignment is due.
• Instructions — optional details for students or for your own reference.

Close the viewer to drop back to the gradebook. The new assignment appears as a column in the grid, color-coded to match its topic.

Edit an existing assignment

Click the pencil icon in the assignment header's hover card on the Grades page, or open the assignment from the Classwork list. Both routes open the same viewer used for create — every field is editable in place and changes auto-save.

Enter scores

Once your assignment is created, head to the gradebook grid and click any cell. The cell behavior depends on the topic's input mode:

Score-mode topics

Type a number and it saves instantly. The cell shows the raw score and max points (e.g., 87/100, 19/20, 7.5/10). Press Enter to jump to the next student down for fast keyboard grading.

Select-mode topics

Click the cell and pick a label from the dropdown — Pass, Fail, Mastered, or whatever labels the topic's grading scale defines. The cell shows the label instead of a number.

Select-mode grades are recorded in the gradebook but don't affect the student's weighted total — they're for qualitative observations only.

How scores are displayed

Score-mode cells show the raw score and the max points (e.g., 7.5/10, 19/20, 99/100). Select-mode cells show the chosen label (Pass, Excellent, B+).

The class average row at the top of the grid shows the average score for each assignment — a quick way to see how the class performed overall. Each total in the rightmost column is converted to a letter grade using the topic's grading scale.

To see how an individual student is performing, open their student profile, or jump to grade trends to spot patterns across the class over time.

Mark a grade as excused, late, or missing

Right-click any cell to mark the grade as excused, late, or missing.

• Excused — the grade is hidden from the average entirely. The student is treated as if the assignment doesn't exist for them.
• Late — the score still counts, but the cell shows a clock indicator.
• Missing — the cell shows an M and prompts you to enter a score later.

Excused grades never feed into the weighted total, so they don't drag a student's average down. If a student's total looks off, see common issues for the most frequent causes.