Copy and Paste Assignment Scores to GradeBook

You can copy and paste scores to your GradeBook for assignments your students completed outside of WebAssign.

Click Grades > Import Scores to GradeBook.
Select I want to upload a set of assignments from a file.
Click Next.
Download an assignment scores template for your class.

Download the template to get a file — prepopulated with your students' information — formatted correctly for you to add assignment scores.

Note If you skip this step, you will need to create the file and add your students' information manually.

Under Download Template:
1. Select fullname or student number if you want to include this information.
2. Select the file extension to use for the downloaded file.
3. Click Download.
  
  The file is downloaded as a tab-separated text file with the filename extension you selected.
For example:
```
Assignment	Fullname	Student Number
Category
Description
Points
Due
Available
maryallen52@webassign	Allen, Mary	242052
patriciagarcia86@webassign	Garcia, Patricia	306586
bettynguyen98@webassign	Nguyen, Betty	326098
johnrodriguez67@webassign	Rodriguez, John	340067
danielwhite08@webassign	White, Daniel	250708
```

Open the template file in your spreadsheet editor — both Excel and Google Sheets work well — and add assignment data.

You can add one or more assignments. Each assignment's data is in its own column in the table.

If needed, add a blank column right of the student information or previous assignment.

Enter information about the assignment in the column, in the rows corresponding to the headers on the left.

Note

Your assignment information can only use the following characters:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SPACE ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~

If you enter a disallowed character, scores might not upload correctly.

Item	Description
Assignment	How the assignment will be listed.
Category	Assignment category for GradeBook calculations.
Description	Optional description.
Points	How many points the assignment is worth.
Due	Assignment due date.
Available	Whether the assignment scores are shown to students: `Y` = yes `N` = no

Enter each student's score in the student's row in the assignment column.

Scores must be numeric and specified as points out of the total point value.

Letter grades and missing scores are displayed as NA in WebAssign and are counted as 0 points.

For example:

Assignment	Fullname	Student Number	Project 1	Project 2
Category			Research	Research
Description
Points			50	50
Due			2/1/2017	3/1/2017
Available			Y	Y
maryallen52@webassign	Allen, Mary	242052	42	44
patriciagarcia86@webassign	Garcia, Patricia	306586	38	39
bettynguyen98@webassign	Nguyen, Betty	326098	48	47
johnrodriguez67@webassign	Rodriguez, John	340067	46	39
danielwhite08@webassign	White, Daniel	250708	36	42

Select all the spreadsheet cells with data (including the student usernames) and copy your selection.
In WebAssign, for Upload Method, select Copy and paste scores from a file on your computer.
Click Next.
Paste the copied data into the box.

Your data should be pasted as tab-delimited text.

If your data are not pasted correctly, save your spreadsheet as a tab-delimited text file, open the file with a text editor, and copy from that.
Click Review.

The assignments and scores you provided are listed.

Values that can't be used, like invalid dates, are indicated so you can correct them.
Click Save.

If you try to add an assignment with the same name as another assignment already scheduled or entered for the section, you are prompted to rename the new assignment or update the existing assignment information and scores. You can also create the new assignment with the same name as the existing assignment if needed.