# The lesson drawer URL: https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/lesson-drawer Tab: Learning Category: Checklist Updated: 2026-10-10 Everything you can see and do when you open a lesson. The lesson drawer is the panel that slides in when you open a lesson. It holds the directions, the tasks, the grade, the attached resources, the student's uploads and the discussion, with the lesson's actions along the bottom. ## Opening a lesson Click anywhere on a lesson card except its completion circle, on **Today** or **Upcoming** in any layout. The same drawer opens from a **Submitted for review** card, from a notification in the alerts bell's **Activity** tab, from a lesson title in **Homeschool Activity** on the home page, and from a lesson in the student's **Enrollments** tab. ![The lesson drawer open on a lesson](https://opensky-public-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/supportimages/grades-reports/lesson-drawer-1.png) ## The header The top shows the course name and, beneath it, the unit or chapter the lesson sits in. The **…** button holds **Move to** with **Tomorrow**, **Next Teaching Day & Cascade** and **Next Teaching Day & Double Up**, the same choices as right-clicking the card. On an activity the menu offers **Move to tomorrow** and **Edit** instead. **X** closes the drawer. ## Title, status and time The lesson title comes next, numbered if the course numbers its lessons, with a status badge when there is one: **Complete**, **Overdue**, **Submitted** or **Needs revision**. Under it sit the date and a time link reading **Add time** or the current time. Clicking it opens **Edit time**, with **Start time** and **Duration (min)**. The change applies to that date only, and everything scheduled in the same block that day moves with it. **Use block default** removes a one-off time. ## Directions and tasks **Directions** is the lesson text. **Tasks** lists each task with a checkbox, a type icon and a **Required** or **Optional** badge. Expand a row to read its details, open its files and links, and use **Mark complete** or **Mark incomplete**. A YouTube link plays in place with **Watch** and closes with **Hide**; one video plays at a time. Ticking a box throws confetti when **Celebration animations** is on for the student. A student must tick every required task before the main button at the bottom becomes available; until then it reads "Complete all required tasks first" on hover. A parent is not held up: marking the lesson complete ticks every task. The exception is a weekly lesson, where the required tasks must be done by anyone. ## Editing the lesson Parents see **Edit** beside **Directions** on a course lesson. The drawer becomes a form with **Title**, **Type** (**Lesson**, **Quiz**, **Test**, **Lab** or **Activity**), **Directions**, the tasks editor and **Resources**. Under **Resources**, **Add Resource** opens the picker, or drag files onto the dashed area (10MB each). Resource changes save as soon as they happen; everything else saves with **Save**. Closing with unsaved edits asks **Discard**, **Keep editing** or **Save**. Changes apply to this lesson everywhere it appears in the course. Activities and free-read items are not editable here. ## Grade The **Grade** section is the same editor as the gradebook. The gear switches between **Numeric**, **Pass / Fail** and **Standards-Based**; **X** clears the grade. The lesson's hours sit beside it, and **Add teacher note** stores a private note. A student sees the grade read-only unless they have been allowed to edit grades, and sees no grade at all when **See grades** is off. See [Grading lessons](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/grading-lessons) and [Permissions](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/permissions). ## Resources, submissions and discussion - **Resources** lists the files and links attached to the lesson, each with open and download buttons. See [Resource library](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/resources). - **Student Submissions** is where work is uploaded. See [Student submissions](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/submissions). - **Discussion** is the comment thread. See [Lesson comments](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/comments). Activities have resources but no submissions or discussion. ## The buttons at the bottom - **Mark Complete** finishes the lesson. On a course using the review workflow a student sees **Submit for Review** instead. A weekly lesson shows **Complete week** beside **Done for today**, which clears today without finishing the week, and **Reopen today**. - **Mark Pending** reopens a completed, skipped or submitted lesson. - **Skip** asks **Skip lesson only** or **Skip and move next lesson here**. An activity skips in one click. - **Move** opens a calendar; pick a day and click **Move Lesson**. When the move affects later lessons, OpenSky asks **Reschedule later lessons too?** or **Move future lessons earlier?** - **Return for revision**, parents only, sends a lesson on the review workflow back to the student. - **Reset schedule** appears when the course has lessons pinned to dates. On a phone the secondary actions collapse under **…** next to the main button. Students need the **Skip lessons** and **Move lessons** permissions to see Skip and Move. Completing a lesson that was scheduled for a later day asks **Nice job working ahead!** with **Yes, move it up** to pull the next lesson into the open spot, or **No thanks**. Students may also get a quick check-in after finishing. See [Moving a lesson](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/moving-a-lesson), [Submit for review](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/submit-for-review) and [Signal check-ins](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/signal). ## Activities and free-read books An activity opens in the same drawer with its directions, tasks and grade, plus **Skip** and the header's **Move to tomorrow** and **Edit**. A free-read book shows its chapter check-off list instead of tasks, with no buttons at the bottom; the book is done when every chapter is checked. See [Activities](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/activities) and [Scheduling books](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/scheduling-books). ## Need more help? Reach out any time at [support@openskyplanner.com](mailto:support@openskyplanner.com) and we will be happy to help.