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Three different locks look the same. The note beside the greyed-out section tells you which one you have.

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Check these first

  1. Read the note. Editing is locked once grades have been shared with students is lock one. Paused while grading is in progress is lock two. A greyed-out Type or Handout with everything else live is lock three.
  2. If it’s lock two, wait for the bar at the top to stop reading Grading N of M… and try again.

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The three locks

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The wrong instinct

Don’t delete submissions to unlock an assignment that has shared grades. The lock is on sharing, not on the work, and you’d lose the grades. Duplicate instead.

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What to do when it really is locked

Under Settings > General, select Duplicate. The rubric, questions and settings carry over; submissions don’t. Edit the copy, then collect the next round of work there. For a single student’s grade, open their submission from the Submissions tab. Scores and feedback on a submission that hasn’t been shared are still yours to change.

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Still need help?

Open the Support tab on the edge of any GradingPal screen, or email support@gradingpal.com. To get a fast answer, include:
  • the class name and the assignment name
  • roughly when it happened
  • what you saw on screen, or the exact message
Students don’t have support chat. If you’re a student, ask your teacher.

Last updated 19 September 2026

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