These enable teachers to mark their students’ performance in areas such as attendance, participation, or other learning skills. 
Please note that only administrators can create new grading categories for the entire school.
 

To create a new category:

1. Go to your dashboard, choose School settings, then Manage grading categories

2. Click Create a grading category and enter a name for your category

3. All the categories you create in the school will be listed on the Manage grading categories page (see screen below)

4. From this page, you can also see which classes are using each category and remove it, if needed, by clicking the three dot menu next to it.

To add grading categories to a class:

1. Go to the class page, choose Actions, then Class grade settings. You will see a section for Other grading categories below the materials used in the class

2. Click Add a grading category. In the dropdown window, choose the one you want

3. You can also create new categories here, which will then be added to the list available on the Manage grading categories page.