After you have created your class, you can create a Grading Calendar. While it is not mandatory to create a Grading Calendar in order to create assignments, it does allow you to organize the assignments in your Gradebook into Grading Periods based on their due dates. Additionally, once a Grading Calendar has been created, it can easily be used for other classes attached to your platform.

Jump to: 

• Open a class in the Gradebook
• Create a new Grading Calendar
• Reuse an existing Grading Calendar

Open a class in the Gradebook

To create a Grading Calendar, move your cursor to the left side of the screen to expand the Navigation Menu.  Select Gradebook.

Choose a class and then select the Grading calendar button.

Create a new Grading Calendar

Once the Grading calendar page appears, name your calendar.

Once you enter the title for your Grading Calendar, name the first grading period and specify the dates. You can add more Grading Periods by selecting the Add period button. Conversely, you can delete Grading Periods by selecting Remove.

Once you've specified your Grading Periods, select Save changes to save the Grading Calendar. It is now the calendar designated for this class, and is reusable in other classes. You are returned to the class Gradebook.

To use your new Grading Calendar, select the Grading period menu and select the desired period from the dropdown menu.

Reuse an existing Grading Calendar

After you have navigated to your class and selected the Grading Calendar button, select Reuse calendar.

The Grading Calendar appears. Select Save changes to use the Grading Calendar for the chosen class.

Next:

Create and schedule assignments by following the steps in our Assignment Creation article.