Understanding the Grades Dashboard

The Grades dashboard surfaces three summary widgets — At-Risk Classes, Progress vs. Pace, and Pending Impact — at the top of the page, followed by a grade trend graph and a per-class breakdown.

At-Risk Classes

At-Risk Classes shows how many classes have an overall grade below a threshold you set. The label reads All classes passing! when no classes are at risk. A class is included only after it has at least one graded assignment.

Click the widget to scroll to and expand the first at-risk class in the list below.

Adjusting the At-Risk Threshold

Open Settings → Preferences
Set the At-risk threshold (%) value (default 70%)
Click Save

Progress vs. Pace

Progress vs. Pace compares how much of your work has been completed to how much of the term has elapsed. Two bars show:

Work — the percentage of assignments completed in the current Class Group
Time — the percentage of the Class Group’s date range that has elapsed

A status badge of Ahead, On Track, or Behind compares the two. The gap must exceed the tolerance threshold in either direction before the status switches from On Track.

Adjusting the On-Track Tolerance

Open Settings → Preferences
Set the On-track tolerance (%) value (default 10%)
Click Save

Pending Impact

Pending Impact shows the total number of ungraded assignments in the current Class Group. The colored badge below the count shows which class has ungraded work, and a second badge below it highlights the single assignment that would have the greatest impact on your grade if completed next. When more than one class has ungraded work, click the badge to cycle through the others.

Grade Trend Graph

The grade trend graph plots your grades over the class of the term. Click the Graph settings icon (gear) in the upper-right corner of the graph to open the settings panel.

Switch between term view and individual class view

Select Entire Term to see all classes plotted together, or choose a specific class from the list to focus the graph on that class’s grade trend alone.

Auto-adjust to graded range

Check Auto-adjust to graded range to zoom the graph’s X-axis to the actual date range of your graded assignments, rather than spanning the full class group date range. This can make grade trends easier to read when grading is clustered within a shorter period.

Grade Calculator

Click the calculator icon to the right of the Grade Trend header to open the Grade Calculator. If you have multiple classes, select the one you want to calculate for.

Two tabs are available:

What Could I Get? — drag sliders to set hypothetical scores for ungraded assignments and see your projected overall grade update in real time.
What Do I Need? — enter a target overall grade to find out the exact score you need on a single remaining assignment in a category.

For a full walkthrough of both tabs, see Grade Calculator.

Per-Class Breakdown

Below the trend graph, each class has a breakdown table with one row per category, including:

Contribution — shown only for classes using weighted grading (see below)
Graded — how many assignments in the category have been graded
Average — the category’s current grade

How Contribution Is Calculated

Contribution shows each category’s current share of the class’s overall grade — not the weight configured for the category. It is calculated as weight x current average for each category, then normalized so all visible contributions sum to 100%. The mix shifts as more assignments are graded.

A category may show a smaller contribution than its configured weight if its current average is lower than the others, or larger if higher.

Helium Classic

In Helium Classic Grades, the graph settings work similarly but class selection uses a dropdown instead of radio buttons:

Click the gear icon in the Grades graph area
Select a class from the dropdown menu to narrow the graph to that class, or leave it on the full term view
Check the corresponding box to enable Auto-adjust to graded range

Helium Classic will remain available until July 31, 2026.