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Set up grading categories and drop-lowest

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 6 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to set up grading categories and drop-lowest

  1. 1Open your class's Gradebook, open the More menu in the page header, and click Grading
  2. 2Under "How should this class be graded?", pick Equal weight (simple average), By individual assignment weight, or By assignment type (category)
  3. 3For category mode, click Add category and fill Type (e.g. Quiz), % weight, and Drop (lowest N scores in that category)
  4. 4Watch the Total reach 100%
  5. 5For the other modes, set Drop lowest scores to exclude each student's lowest N scores
  6. 6Click Save

Part of Gradebook, report cards & transcripts

Enter grades in a spreadsheet-style grid, post them once, and watch report cards and transcripts assemble themselves — plus the What-If views families use on their side.

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Do it yourself in the live demo

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.

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