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Getting started

Is it really free?

Yes, for individual teachers, permanently. There is no trial period, no card to enter, and no feature that asks you to pay for it later. Your classes and your learners' data stay yours.

Do I need my principal's permission?

No. Your gradebook is yours. Sign up with your DepEd or school email and it is verified on the spot; other addresses are reviewed by a person within a few days.

How long does setup take?

About ten minutes with your class list open. Paste the names from Excel or your E-Class Record, pick the subjects, and the first grade is computed as soon as you encode a score.

Can I try it before adding my real class?

Yes. The dashboard offers a sample class: Grade 7 – Demo Section, twenty fictional learners, scores already encoded. Every feature works on it, including report cards, and you delete it in one click.

Grades

My school still runs four quarters.

Choose quarterly when you create the class and the DO 8, s. 2015 weights and table apply. Semestral works for Senior High School. The choice is fixed once scores exist, so nothing shifts under you mid-year.

Which grading rules does it follow?

DepEd Order No. 015, s. 2026 for three-term classes: the component weights per learning area, the 30-30-40 split inside Examinations, the descriptors, and the adjusted transmutation table for SY 2026–2027, transcribed row by row from the published order and locked by tests. From SY 2027–2028 the order drops the table and Lite switches with it.

What is the difference between blank, zero, and excused?

A blank cell is not recorded and stays out of both sums. A zero is a real score that counts against the total. Excused leaves both sums, like a blank, but is recorded as a decision. They compute differently, and the grid shows each one differently.

Can I change the weights?

No. The weights come from the DepEd order for the learning area and cannot be edited by anyone. That is what keeps every grade defensible. The one thing you can change is the transmutation table, with an impact preview before it applies.

How do I show a school head where a grade came from?

Open any grade and choose Explain this grade. It lists every score, the percentage per component, the weighted scores, the initial grade, and the table band that produced the term grade. It prints.

Report cards

What if a learner has no email address?

Their report card goes into the print batch: one PDF for the whole class, in DepEd order. Email is optional throughout. A class with no addresses at all releases by print.

What does a learner receive by email?

A signed link to their own card, sent only to the address on the roster, which expires after thirty days. The link opens the card and nothing else. If the address bounces, the release checklist tells you and lets you fix it inline.

Can I take a release back?

Yes. Revoke the release, fix the score, and release again. Links from the earlier release stop working and the checklist starts over for that term.

Is the card an official DepEd record?

No. It is a working copy of the SF9 in the DepEd layout, computed from your gradebook. Your school's own processes still apply for the official copy.

Co-teachers

Can subject teachers encode into my class?

Yes. Invite them by email or share the class code. A teacher who already has a gradebook for your section links it, and only the learner list merges. Their scores stay exactly as encoded.

Who can see what?

The adviser sees every subject in the section. A subject teacher sees their own gradebook. A learner sees only released grades for themselves, and only once the term is released.

What happens when a class is linked to my section?

Your roster becomes the list of record for that subject. Learners are matched by LRN, then email, then name, and you review every match before anything happens. You can revert the link for a week.

Privacy and data

What if something goes wrong at 11 pm?

Every error says what happened and what to do next. Each screen has a help panel with a self-check that names the cause. For anything else, our Facebook page answers during business hours.

Where is learner data kept, and who owns it?

You do. There is no school account. LRNs and PRC numbers are encrypted at rest, cards are served only through signed links, and every change to a grade is on an audit trail. Export everything as a spreadsheet from Settings at any time.

What happens if I stop using it?

An account untouched for twelve months is archived and becomes read-only. After twenty-four months it is purged, roster and all. You are warned by email four times before that, and one click keeps the account.

Can a learner under 18 open an account?

Only after a parent or guardian consents through an emailed link. Nothing shows in the account until then, and the guardian can withdraw consent at any time.

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