Grades & Progress

Grade tracking, calculators, and at-a-glance progress.

• Understanding the Grades Dashboard

  What the widgets on your Helium Grades dashboard are showing you — at-risk classes, progress vs. pace, ungraded work, and grade trends.

• How Helium Calculates Your Grades

  How Helium computes your class, category, and term grades — covering points-based and weighted grading, missing work, and date ranges.

• Setting Up Weighted Grading & Assignment Categories

  Match your teacher's grading scheme in Helium by setting weights for assignment categories like Homework, Quizzes, and Exams.

• Grade Calculator

  Use Helium's Grade Calculator to project your overall grade with hypothetical scores, or find out exactly what you need on a final assignment to hit your target.

• Why Your Grades Might Not Match Your LMS' or Teacher's

  If your Helium grade differs from your teacher's or LMS, it's usually category weighting or missing assignments — how to find and fix the mismatch.

• Why Your Grade Graph Shows Sudden Drops or Spikes

  Sudden changes in your Helium grade graph usually trace to a newly graded assignment, a weight change, or an edited grade — how to investigate.