Grade and return question answers

This article is for teachers. If you want to work with quizzes in Google Forms, go to Create a quiz assignment instead.

Before you start grading questions, you can see the status of student work.

You can return grades to one or more students at a time. For ungraded questions, you can give personalized feedback. 

You can download grades for a single question or for all work in a class.

Note: You might notice slight visual differences between tablets and phones.

See work status and student answers

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the classClassworkthe question.
   On the Student answers page, you see students grouped by work status:
   • Assigned: Work that students have to turn in, including missing or unsubmitted work
   • Turned in: Work that students turned in
   • Graded: Graded work you returned
   • Returned: Ungraded work you returned
3. To see a student's answer, tap the student’s name.   
4. (Optional) To add a private comment, tap Add private commententer your comment
   tap Post .
5. To return to Student answers, tap Back .

Enter and return a grade

When you enter a grade, it saves as a draft. You can return one grade at a time, or all grades together during another session. When you return grades, students get a notification and can see their grade. 

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the classClassworkthe question.
3. (Optional) To change the question's point value, in the top-right corner, tap the Down arrow enter another value or select Ungradedtap Save.
4. Tap a student’s name.
5. Tap Add gradeenter a grade. The grade saves as a draft.

   Note: For decimal grades, Classroom supports 2 digits after the decimal point. If you enter more than 2 digits, the grade is rounded to the nearest 2-digit decimal form. For example, if you enter 88.725, it’s rounded to 88.73.

6. (Optional) To add a private comment, at the bottom, tap Add private commententer your commenttap Post .

7. Choose an option:
   • To return the student's grade, tap Return and confirm.
   • To return to the Student answers page, tap Back .
8. (Optional) To return grades to multiple students, on the Student Answers page, next to each student whose grade you want to return, tap the boxReturn.

Change a grade

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the classClassworkthe question.
3. Tap the name of the student whose grade you want to change.
4. Tap the grade and enter a new one.
   The grade saves as a draft. You can return it now or later.
5. Choose an option:
   • To return the student's new grade, tap Return and confirm.
   • To return to the Student answers page, tap Back .

Download grades

This feature is only available in the computer version of Classroom. To see the instructions, click Computer.

Related topics

• Grade and return an assignment
• Create a quiz assignment
• Open your Google Drive folder as a teacher 
• Use a screen reader with Classroom on your computer