# Grade External Activity Xblock

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/grade-external-activity-xblock/3346>\
**Category:** Authoring\
**Tags:** juniper\
**Created:** [October 4, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/grade-external-activity-xblock/3346 "2020-10-04T01:35:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nadheemabdulla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/nadheemabdulla/32/8233_2.png) [@nadheemabdulla](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/nadheemabdulla)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/grade-external-activity-xblock/3346/1 "2020-10-04T01:35:31Z")

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Does Openfun Grade External Activity Xblock work with Juniper ? I used this [fork](https://github.com/eazaika/edx-gea) and got the following error message in studio while enabling it.

`WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE RENDERING YOUR COMPONENT Students will not be able to access this component. Re-edit your component to fix the error. Error: name 'unicode' is not defined`

How can I resolve it ? Or is there any similar-alternate xblock with the same function ? I would like to grade an assignment that is not delivered through the Open edX platform.

edx\_gea

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**Author:** ![nadheemabdulla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/nadheemabdulla/32/8233_2.png) [@nadheemabdulla](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/nadheemabdulla)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/grade-external-activity-xblock/3346/2 "2020-10-05T06:27:54Z")

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Update : There is an edX “staff graded points” xblock available, which serves exactly the same purpose. It can be added from advanced problems.