Gradebook System
"Every mark, totalled the moment you enter it."
Construct marks spreadsheets with complete calculated insights. Add your roster and assignments, enter scores, and get live totals, percentages, letter grades and class averages β no spreadsheet formulas required.
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Running a Class Gradebook Without a Spreadsheet
What Is a Gradebook System?
A gradebook is a running record of every student's marks across every assignment in a class β quizzes, homework, tests, and projects β combined into a single spreadsheet with automatically calculated totals and grades.
Why Build It Here Instead of Excel?
Setting up formulas for totals, percentages and letter grades in a spreadsheet takes time and is easy to break with one wrong cell reference. This tool builds all of that automatically the moment you add your roster and assignments β no formulas to write or maintain.
How Totals Are Calculated
A student's total is the sum of points earned across every assignment that has a score entered. Their percentage is total earned Γ· total possible for those marked assignments β so an unmarked assignment never unfairly counts against a student before it's graded.
Flexible Assignment Weighting
Because every assignment contributes points proportional to its own maximum, a 50-point test naturally counts more toward the final percentage than a 10-point quiz β without needing separate weighted categories.
Who This Helps
- Classroom teachers tracking marks across a full term.
- Substitute or new teachers who need a gradebook set up fast.
- Tutors and coaching centers logging assessment scores.
- Homeschool parents keeping formal academic records.
- Department heads reviewing class-wide performance trends.
Spotting Struggling Students Early
Every row is color-coded against your passing threshold β green for comfortably passing, gold for borderline, red for below the cutoff β so students who need extra support are visible at a glance, long before report cards are due.
Keeping a Backup
Download a CSV export after every grading session. It opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers, giving you an offline, spreadsheet-compatible copy of the entire gradebook including every score, total and letter grade.