Categories Overview

By Daniel Zapata

Last Updated October 8th, 2025

A Category is a container for Assignments, typically visible through the gradebook interface of an LMS. Some systems may refer to it as a "Topic" or a "Tag". It is used to organize and categorize assignments, both for visual clarity and sometimes for grade weighting.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The UUID for the object.
`created_date`	`Date`	When the object was created in the source.
`updated_date`	`Date`	When the object was last updated in the source.
`title`	`string`	The title of the category.
`weight`	`number`	The weight of the category when calculating grades.
`drop_lowest`	`number`	The number of lowest scores to drop when calculating grades.
`position`	`number`	The position of the category relative to the others.

Notes

Not all providers support category weight, drop_lowest, or position fields, so those fields might be returned as null or not be present in the Category object at all.
- drop_lowest is only meaningful for Schoology and Canvas.
Google Classroom can be configured to use the premium feature "grade category" or "topic" to map to our Category type.

Supported Providers

Provider	Support
aeries	list
aspen	list, get, create, update, delete
blackbaud	list, get, create, update, delete
blackboard	list, get
brightspace	list, get, create, update, delete
canvas	list, get, create, update, delete
classgather	list, get, create, update, delete
google	list, get, create, update, delete
microsoft	list, get, create, delete
oneroster	list, get, create, update, delete
powerschool	list, get, create, update, delete
schoology	list, get, create, update, delete
skyward	list, get, create, update, delete
veracross	list
qmlativ	list, get, create, update, delete
infinitecampus	list, get, create, update, delete
rapididentity	list, get, create, update, delete
sapphire	list, get, create, update, delete
genesis	list, get, create, update, delete
renweb	list, get, create, update, delete
synergy	list, get
managebac	list