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# Send grades back to Classroom

> Get the grades you approved onto each student's Classroom submission. It happens through Share feedback.

export const updated_0 = "19 September 2026"

export const page_0 = "/teachers/google-classroom/send-grades-back"

export const label_0 = "Open your dashboard in GradingPal, then pick the assignment"

export const href_0 = "https://app.gradingpal.ai/teacher"

export const who_0 = "Teachers and co-teachers"

export const plans_0 = "All plans"

export const where_0 = "The Share feedback dialog, with Post to Google Classroom with grades attached turned on"

<Card title="Who can use this?" icon="user-check">
  * **Who:** {who_0}
  * **Plans:** {plans_0}
  * **Where:** {where_0}
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### Limits and notes

* There is no separate return-grades button. Grades go back when you share feedback.
* Only assignments GradingPal created in Classroom can receive grades. For one created inside Classroom, Google refuses, and feedback goes by email instead.
* Classroom may not mark work as Returned when you uploaded it yourself rather than the student turning it in. The grade still lands.

## Send them

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the share dialog">
    When rows are **Ready to share**, select **Share with class** in the bar, then **Share digitally**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Turn on the Classroom option">
    Turn on **Post to Google Classroom with grades attached**. The hint reads "Posts a graded item to Classroom — students see their grade there, not new work." For an assignment not collected through Classroom, the same toggle posts it there with the grades.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Share">
    Select **Share now**. The count under **via Google Classroom** tells you how many students get it that way.
  </Step>
</Steps>

To make this the default, turn on **Post feedback to Google Classroom** under **Settings > Distribution**.

## What lands in Classroom

The grade, as both the draft and the assigned grade on the student's submission, and the link to their feedback in GradingPal from the assignment's description. Classroom returns the submission where it can. The rubric, the comments and the feedback text live in GradingPal; the student follows the link to read them.

## How to tell it worked

Rows read **Shared** and the share toast counts the students reached via Classroom. In Classroom, the grade shows on each student's submission.

## If something goes wrong

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Couldn't post to Google Classroom, nothing was shared">
    Sharing stops rather than half-completing. Reconnect Google and share again, or turn the Classroom option off and share by email.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Google Classroom only lets the app that created an assignment post grades">
    The assignment was created inside Classroom. Feedback was sent by email instead. Next time, create it in GradingPal and post from there.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The grade is there but Classroom doesn't say Returned">
    You uploaded the work yourself, so there was no student turn-in for Classroom to return. The grade is correct.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related tasks

* [Share feedback with students](/teachers/share/share-feedback)
* [Fix Classroom sync problems](/teachers/google-classroom/troubleshooting)

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