How marking fits together

Read this first: how assignments, quizzes, exams, the grade book and transcripts connect.

Last updated 12 October 2026

What you will learn

The five things that can earn a student marks
How those marks become a final result
Which screen to use for which job

Marks come from several places and end up in one. It is much easier to use the system once you can see the whole path.

Step 1 — Students earn marks

Assignments: Work handed in and marked by a person. Marking happens on the assignment itself.
Quizzes: Question banks the system marks automatically as soon as the student finishes.
Examinations: Scheduled, invigilated assessments. Marks are typed in for the whole group at once.
Attendance: Turning up can itself count towards a result, if your grading scheme says so.
Practical work: Marks recorded directly in the grade book.

Step 2 — Everything lands in the grade book

The Grade book holds one row for every contribution a student has made — each assignment, each quiz, attendance, practical work and the final exam.

Step 3 — A grading scheme decides what counts

A grading scheme says how much each part is worth: for example, assignments 30%, attendance 10%, final exam 60%. The Performance screen shows the result of that arithmetic for every student.

Step 4 — The result becomes a transcript

A transcript is the final, publishable record of how a student did on a batch. The grading scale turns a percentage into a letter grade and GPA points.

Set the grading scheme up first

Decide what counts and how much it is worth before you start marking. Changing the weights later changes everybody's result at once.