# GradeCategory

- [JSON representation](https://developers.google.com/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/GradeCategory#SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)

Details for a grade category in a course.

Coursework may have zero or one grade category, and the category may be used in computing the overall grade. See the [help center article](https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/9184995) for details.

| JSON representation |
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| ``` { "id": string, "name": string, "weight": integer, "defaultGradeDenominator": integer } ``` |

| Fields ||
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| `id` | `string` ID of the grade category. |
| `name` | `string` Name of the grade category. |
| `weight` | `integer` The weight of the category average as part of overall average. A weight of 12.34% is represented as 123400 (100% is 1,000,000). The last two digits should always be zero since we use two decimal precision. Only applicable when grade calculation type is WEIGHTED_CATEGORIES. |
| `defaultGradeDenominator` | `integer` Default value of denominator. Only applicable when grade calculation type is TOTAL_POINTS. |