Use column headers on your Scores page

On your Scores page in the gradebook, each column header contains icons and information you need to be familiar with to quickly view and enter scores.

Use the following tables to understand the icons that appear in the Grade Column headers:

Assignment type	Visible in Student and Family portals?	Included in grade calculations?	Icon description
Private	No	No	Students and their families do not see this assignment in the portals.
Public	Yes	Yes	Students and families can see both the assignment details and the scores received for this assignment.
Public - no grades	Yes (assignment details only—no grades)	Yes (assignment details only—no grades)	Students and families can see the assignment details in the portals, but cannot see the scores you enter for the assignments.
Note: You might want to keep assignments Public - no grades until you finish grading an assignment for all students. Then, click the Public - no grades icon again to make the grades viewable to all in the Student and Family portals. (The icon changes to Public .)

Icon	Description	Icon behavior
Open portal averages	Displays the portal averages column. You can view and compare your gradebook averages against the averages in this column, which appear in the Student and Family portals.	Click to open the portal averages column.
Close portal averages	Closes the portal averages column in your gradebook.	Click to close the portal averages column.
Envelope	Indicates that students have uploaded their assignments from the Submit Assignments widget.	Click to download one zip file containing all submitted files for the assignment.
Red envelope	Indicates that a student submitted an online assignment after the date it was due.	Click to download one zip file containing all submitted files for the assignment. The date and time that an online assignment was submitted appear in the Single Assignment and Single Student views.
Lock	Indicates that the column is locked; scores are read-only to prevent accidental grade changes.	Click to unlock the gradebook column.
Unlock	Unlocks the column for you to enter scores.	Click to lock the gradebook column.
Single Assignment Entry	Displays the scoring column for that assignment only.	Click to go to Single Assignment View.
Magnifying glass	A pop-up displays each quiz question, along with the: -Average time it took students to complete each question -Number of students who responded -Percentage of students who responded with the correct answer On the pop-up, click Allow students to review graded quiz questions for students to see the results of the graded quiz in the Student and Family portals.	Click to see online quiz pop-up.
Student Information	Appears in the Name column, if enabled in your gradebook preferences. Displays a read-only pop-up with a student's: -Demographic information from their details page (Student > Details). -Academic information from the Academics side-tab (Student > Academics). You can click a course number for course details. Your gradebook preferences determine whether demographic and/or academic information appear in the pop-up. Note: Your system administrator can edit the gradebook.classList.popup template for additional demographic information to appear.	Click to view demographic and/or academic information.

Notes:

After you enter scores for a public assignment , you can lock the column so you do not accidentally change grades that are already visible to students and parents in the portals. You can unlock the column to make any changes you need to at any time.
You can enter new assignments directly on the Scores page. Do one of the following:
- Press CTRL+A.
- Click the Add button in the last column header.
- Select Options > Add Assignment.
If Exclude from averages is selected in an assignment's details, the column header for the assignment is gray, with a line through the assignment's name.
Hover your cursor over the assignment name in the column header to see the detailed name for the assignment, as defined in the Assignment name field on the assignment's details page.