You may also want to check out the Class Attendance Tracking template. In addition, because the gradebook is in Excel rather than an online gradebook system, you can add cell comments and format cells to highlight specific grades. Some of the features that make this template particularly useful are the ability to mark excused assignments, hide/show names or IDs, apply different weighting to homework and exams, apply a simple curve to the final grades, and make adjustments to the grading scale.