Grading periods API for Google Classroom is now available in Developer Preview

What’s changing

Last year, we introduced grading periods, an option that allows administrators and teachers to define and apply grading periods segmented from the entire school year to their Google Classroom assignments.

Today, we’re excited to announce grading period endpoints and capabilities in the Classroom API, available through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program. Specifically, developers can now:

Create, modify, and delete grading periods on courses Read grading periods on courses Reference and set/read grading periods on CourseWork resourcesApply grading period settings to existing coursework items

Who’s impacted

Developers

Why you’d use it

The new grading periods endpoints allows developers to create, modify, and read grading periods in Classroom on behalf of administrators and teachers.

Getting started

Admins: The Classroom API provides a RESTful interface for you to manage courses and rosters in Google Classroom. Learn more about the Classroom API overview. Developers: To use the grading periods API, developers can apply for access through our Google Workspace Developer Preview Program. Application developers can use the Classroom API to integrate their apps with Classroom. These apps need to use OAuth 2.0 to request permission to view classes and rosters from teachers. Admins can restrict whether teachers and students in their domain can authorize apps to access their Google Classroom data. All API and Classroom share button integrations should follow the Classroom brand guidelines.