> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gradingpal.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get help

> How to reach an actual person, and what to include so the first reply solves it.

export const updated_0 = "19 September 2026"

export const page_0 = "/teachers/account/get-help"

## The Support tab

A vertical **Support** tab sits on the left edge of every teacher screen. Select it to open a chat. You're already identified, so there's no form to fill in; just say what's wrong. If the chat can't load, the same tab falls back to email.

You can also write to [support@gradingpal.com](mailto:support@gradingpal.com).

## What to include

* The class name and the assignment name.
* Roughly when it happened.
* What you saw on screen, or the exact message.
* What you've already tried.

When a submission fails to grade, the row's **Contact support** button opens the chat with the assignment, the submission ID and the error attached, so you don't have to copy any of it.

## Students

Students don't have support chat. A student with a problem asks their teacher, and the teacher writes to support if needed.

## Try these first

Most tickets are one of three things:

<CardGroup cols={1}>
  <Card title="A submission failed to grade" icon="triangle-exclamation" href="/teachers/fix/grading-failed" horizontal>Read the badge, use the button the row offers.</Card>
  <Card title="Students cannot see their grades" icon="eye-slash" href="/teachers/fix/students-cant-see-feedback" horizontal>Approving is not sharing.</Card>
  <Card title="Fix a problem" icon="wrench" href="/teachers/fix/index" horizontal>Every symptom, in your words.</Card>
</CardGroup>

## Feedback about GradingPal

A **Feedback** tab sits just above Support. It asks whether something worked and takes a sentence or two. It goes straight to the team, and it isn't a support channel; for a problem, use Support.

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