How to use
Lock In.

No portal access? Just want a clean tracker for one or two classes? Type your classes, category weights, and assignments straight into Lock In. Works for any school portal and gives you the most control over what's tracked.

1. Open Settings from the tab bar and click Add Class under Class Policies.
   
2. Fill in the class name, period, current term, and (optionally) the teacher. Click Create Class.
   
3. Set category weights. After the class is created, scroll to the class settings panel and enter your teacher's weights (e.g. Tests 50%, Homework 30%, Participation 20%). Weights should sum to 100%. The Add Item button on Action Items stays disabled until weights are set.
4. Switch to the Action Items tab and pick your class. Click Add Item to enter an assignment, test, or quiz.
   
5. Pick a category, name the item, enter points earned / possible, due date, and term. Click Add. Repeat for each assignment.
   
6. Your dashboard updates live — the weighted class grade recomputes every time you add or edit an item.

Take two screenshots from your grade portal — one for category weights, one for the assignment list. Our AI reads both and extracts every assignment automatically. Built and tested for Skyward; other portals may work, try with your free credits first.

1. Skyward users: in Family Access, click the grade itself (the letter or percentage next to a class). Skyward expands the assignment list — that's the screen you want for the assignments screenshot. Just the summary letter grade is not enough.
2. Skyward users: on that same expanded view, find and click the Calculations link or icon. A panel pops up showing how each category is weighted (e.g. Summative 70%, Practice 30%). Screenshot that for the weights screenshot. If your school hides Calculations, switch to the Paste Grades tab instead.
3. Other portals (Canvas, PowerSchool, Infinite Campus): screenshot the assignment list view and any "categories" or "weights" page they expose.
4. In Lock In, open the Import dialog (the ↑ upload button in the header) and the Screenshot tab.
5. Upload the weights screenshot first, then the assignments screenshot. Click Analyze.
6. Review the preview. If everything looks right, click Import.

Copy text directly from Skyward's grade flyout and Calculations modal, then paste it in. The parser handles all the messy formatting automatically — no portal sign-in, no screenshots.

1. Open Skyward Family Access and click on a class to open the grade flyout.
2. Click the Calculations icon (small calculator button) to open the Calculations modal. Select all the text in the modal, copy it.
3. Open the Import dialog and select the Paste Grades tab.
4. Paste the Calculations text into the Category weights box (step 1). This is required for the dashboard to compute your live weighted grade.
5. Go back to the grade flyout or full-page assignment view. Select all, copy.
6. Paste that into the Assignments box (step 2).
7. Click Import — both pastes are parsed together in one step.

Export grades from any portal as a CSV, or build one manually. Also the right method for re-importing a previous Lock In backup.

1. Open the Import dialog and select the Upload Template tab.
2. Click Download templates (link at the bottom of the modal) to get the correct CSV column format.
3. Fill in the classes CSV and the assignments CSV with your data. You need both.
4. Upload the classes file using Choose File next to "Classes file."
5. Upload the assignments file using Choose File next to "Assignments file."
6. Click Import. Lock In merges the data with anything already in your dashboard.

The Lock In Chrome extension auto-syncs your Skyward grades — no copy-paste, no screenshots — and keeps your dashboard up to date right in the browser side panel. Add to Chrome — free →

1. Install Lock In from the Chrome Web Store.
2. Open Skyward Family Access in Chrome (your district's Skyward URL — e.g. skyward.iscorp.com or *.wa-k12.net).
3. The extension syncs automatically. Open the side panel to see your dashboard.
4. For live weighted grade computation, click the Calculations icon (calculator button) next to any class — the extension captures your category weights automatically.
5. Repeat for each class. Your dashboard shows a live grade ring for every class that has weights.