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School-level feature — managed within your school portal at yourschool.deandesk.com.

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Video walkthrough

This walkthrough uses the real DeanDesk interface with the fictional Northstar Academy demo school and a calm, AI-generated English voice. Payments and outside services are not connected in the demo.
Screenshots use fictional Northstar demo data. Use the gradebook to enter scores, calculate course totals, and record final grades and comments. Your school’s grading standards determine the letter grades and GPA scale.

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Open a gradebook

Open a course and choose Gradebook, or open Teacher Gradebook and select one of your courses.
The course selector supports searching. Use Full Screen for large gradebooks. Grades contains student scores; Settings controls how totals are calculated.
Northstar demo: Gradebook

Northstar demo — Gradebook

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Configure grading

1

Choose a grading type

Open Settings. Choose Points-Based or Weighted Categories grading. In points-based mode, configure Total Course Points. In weighted mode, categories contribute a percentage of the course grade.
2

Save the configuration

Click Save Settings before continuing. Changing the display between points and percentages on the Grades tab does not change this calculation method.
3

Organize categories and items

Add categories with a name and optional description. Points categories have a point value; weighted categories have a percentage weight. Weighted category weights should total 100%.In weighted mode, expand categories to manage their assignments and grade items. Use drag and drop or the category selectors to move items. Add grade items for assessments that do not need an online assignment, such as participation. Grade items must belong to a category.
Assignments can be left uncategorized, but review the category setup before relying on weighted totals. Assignment titles and point values can also be edited from the settings view.
Northstar demo: Course gradebook — Settings

Northstar demo — Course gradebook — Settings

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Enter and save grades

1

Choose the input units

On Grades, select Percentage or Points. This setting controls both the cell display and the number you enter. For a 20-point assignment, entering 80 in Percentage mode represents 16 points; entering 16 in Points mode represents the same score.
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Edit a student's score

Click a cell, enter a non-negative number, then press Enter or click away to stage the change. Press Escape to cancel the cell edit. A dash means no score has been entered; entering zero records a zero.
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Save your changes

When you have unsaved changes, a Save button appears in the header with the number of pending changes, for example Save (3). Click it and wait for confirmation before refreshing or changing courses.
Leaving a grade cell stages an edit; it does not save the gradebook. Use Save (N) to persist scores, final grades, and comments.
Scores entered while reviewing an assignment submission also appear here. Hover over a recorded score to see the alternate points/percentage view and any existing feedback. Use the assignment’s grading view to write assignment feedback.
Northstar demo: Course gradebook — Grades

Northstar demo — Course gradebook — Grades

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Totals and final grades

The Total column shows the calculated result, its points or weighted context, and the corresponding letter grade. Extra credit can produce a total above 100%. Use Final Grade to select a letter from the school scale and Comments to add a course-level comment. These are separate from the calculated total and are included in the same explicit Save operation. Existing final grades from an older scale remain visible.

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School grading standards

Admins open Grading Standards from the Admin Dashboard to define the scale used across gradebooks, transcripts, and reports.
  • Set the highest possible GPA scale.
  • Add numeric grade bands with a letter, minimum percentage, and GPA points.
  • Add non-numeric grades such as Pass, Incomplete, or Withdrawn; these do not contribute to GPA.
  • Optionally apply a U.S., Canadian, or UK preset, review its bands, then click Save standards.
Applying a preset only replaces the editor contents until you save. Letters and percentage cutoffs must be unique. Changing the scale preserves already-recorded final-grade letters; GPA is recalculated with the current scale when reports are generated.

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Exporting grades

Click the download (Export gradebook) button in the gradebook header to export the selected course as CSV. Save pending changes first so the export reflects your intended records. For student transcripts and official reports, see Student records and Student reports.