# Publishing Grades

By default, grades are only visible to teachers and administrators.

There are two ways of making grades visible to parents and students.

##### Publishing Grade Sheets

If you want to share student grades with their parents, you can **“Publish”** the sheet. When you publish a sheet, all grades on that sheet will be visible to parents (parents will see only their child’s grades) in their child’s Organizer. Parents will also see any future  
grades you add – **all grades you add to the sheet at any time will be visible to parents if the sheet is published**.

To publish the sheet, click ![Screenshot 2024-07-29 at 12.39.33 PM.png](https://wiki.mdy.org/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/7j1B2UPDvyEZv11j-screenshot-2024-07-29-at-12-39-33-pm.png). The button will be green when published and grey when not published.

##### Emailing Grades

**Email Grades** ![Screenshot 2024-07-29 at 12.41.09 PM.png](https://wiki.mdy.org/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/utdDn4eZiwQbQMMS-screenshot-2024-07-29-at-12-41-09-pm.png) will allow you to email the grade **for a specific assignment** home to all the parents (each parent receives their child’s grade on that assignment in an email). **This can be done whether or not the sheet is published**

If you don’t want the whole sheet to be published and visible to parents but want to share specific assignments with  
parents, you can Email Grades but not publish the sheet.

![Screenshot 2024-07-29 at 12.41.44 PM.png](https://wiki.mdy.org/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/xpHJyfKykTW6Dt8e-screenshot-2024-07-29-at-12-41-44-pm.png)

- You can **manually withhold an email** by unchecking the box to the left of the student's name. Uncheck any students whose parents you don’t want to receive the email. A student missing a grade on the assignment will have his or her name unchecked automatically.
- The grades you entered on the sheet will be shown. These are what will be sent in the email.   
    Note: Any changes here will only apply to what is sent in the email, and not actually change the grade on the sheet.
- You may add a comment in the **“Include Comment”** text box for each student.
- When you are done scroll to the bottom and click **“Send Emails.”** Each parent will receive their child’s grade and your comment (if entered) in an email.
- Click **“Email Logs”** to view a log of the grades you emailed out, as well as records of which parents viewed the email and which haven’t.