Create or edit marking periods

Important: This article is for teachers.

To better plan, organise and analyse assignments and marks, set up marking periods. These periods can match your school or district's marking structure, such as terms or semesters. Once set up, assignments are automatically organised into marking periods based on the due date (or publish date if no due date is set).

Marking periods are available for:

• Google Workspace for Education Plus editions, formerly known as G Suite Enterprise for Education
• Teaching and Learning Upgrade editions

Only a school administrator can select your edition.

Set up marking periods

1. On your computer, go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click your class Settings .
3. Under 'Marking', click Add marking period.
4. Set each period's:
   • Name
   • Start date and end dates
     • Tips:
       • Start and end dates for marking periods cannot overlap.
       • Marking period names must be unique.
5. To add another marking period, click Add marking period.
6. To add current assignments to your marking period, turn on Apply to existing assignments.
   • For assignments with due dates: The due date determines the grading period.
   • For assignments that you published within a marking period: The marking period is set.
   • For assignments with publish date and due dates that fall outside of a marking period: Set their marking periods individually since marking periods aren't automatically set.
7. To save your changes, click Save.

Tips:

• If you rename a marking period, you don't need to update any stream items.
• Coordinate your marking periods with your school's marking periods.

Copy marking periods to multiple classes

Important: When you copy marking periods to other classes, they replace the existing ones.

1. On your computer, go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click your class Settings .
3. Under 'Marking periods', next to 'Copy to other classes', click Select classes .
4. Select the classes that you want to add the marking periods to.
5. Click Select.

Tips:

• To avoid issues with copied marking periods, compare your marking periods to your assignments':
  • Due dates
  • Scheduled dates
  • Publish dates

• If the dates aren't compatible, update the marking periods.
  • Review your assignments.
  • Remove any deleted or out-of-date marking periods.
  • Include the new marking periods in the class settings.
  • Add the new marking periods to relevant assignments.

View marking periods in your student record

1. On your computer, go to classroom.google.com.
2. To open your student record, select an option:
   • On a class card, click Open student record .
   • In a class, at the top, click Marks.
3. To view marking period averages for a class:
   1. At the top left, click the Down arrow .
   2. Click View marking period averages.
      • Tip: This option is only available if overall mark calculation is turned on for your class.
4. Optional: To change the marking period:
   1. At the top left, click the Down arrow .
   2. Select a marking period.

Tips:

• Before you export marks, set the assignment due date within the selected marking period to avoid:
  • Mark export errors
  • Inconsistencies between the Classroom student record and the SIS student record