diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
index c31d0dd..0c484a1 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public record LocalAssignment
   public string GetDescriptionHtml()
   {
     var rubricHtml = GetRubricHtml();
-
     return Markdig.Markdown.ToHtml(Description) + "<hr>" + rubricHtml;
   }
 
@@ -49,53 +48,8 @@ public record LocalAssignment
       .FirstOrDefault(g => g.Name == LocalAssignmentGroupName)?
       .CanvasId;
 
-
-  public string ToYaml()
-  {
-    var serializer = new SerializerBuilder().DisableAliases().Build();
-    var yaml = serializer.Serialize(this);
-    return yaml;
-  }
-
-  public string ToMarkdown()
-  {
-    var settingsMarkdown = settingsToMarkdown();
-    var rubricMarkdown = RubricToMarkdown();
-    var assignmentMarkdown =
-      settingsMarkdown + "\n"
-      + "---\n\n"
-      + Description + "\n\n"
-      + "## Rubric\n\n"
-      + rubricMarkdown;
-
-    return assignmentMarkdown;
-  }
-
-  public string RubricToMarkdown()
-  {
-    var builder = new StringBuilder();
-    foreach (var item in Rubric)
-    {
-      var pointLabel = item.Points > 1 ? "pts" : "pt";
-      builder.Append($"- {item.Points}{pointLabel}: {item.Label}" + "\n");
-    }
-    return builder.ToString();
-  }
-
-  private string settingsToMarkdown()
-  {
-    var builder = new StringBuilder();
-    builder.Append($"Name: {Name}" + "\n");
-    builder.Append($"LockAt: {LockAt}" + "\n");
-    builder.Append($"DueAt: {DueAt}" + "\n");
-    builder.Append($"AssignmentGroupName: {LocalAssignmentGroupName}" + "\n");
-    builder.Append($"SubmissionTypes:" + "\n");
-    foreach (var submissionType in SubmissionTypes)
-    {
-      builder.Append($"- {submissionType}" + "\n");
-    }
-    return builder.ToString();
-  }
-
+  public string ToMarkdown() => this.AssignmentToMarkdown();
+  public string RubricToMarkdown() => this.AssignmentRubricToMarkdown();
   public static LocalAssignment ParseMarkdown(string input) => LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.ParseMarkdown(input);
+  public static IEnumerable<RubricItem> ParseRubricMarkdown(string rawMarkdown) => LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.ParseRubricMarkdown(rawMarkdown);
 }
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownCreator.cs b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownCreator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4a306a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownCreator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using System.Text;
+using LocalModels;
+
+namespace LocalModels;
+public static class LocalAssignmentMarkdownCreator
+{
+
+
+  public static string AssignmentToMarkdown(this LocalAssignment assignment)
+  {
+    var settingsMarkdown = assignment.settingsToMarkdown();
+    var rubricMarkdown = assignment.RubricToMarkdown();
+    var assignmentMarkdown =
+      settingsMarkdown + "\n"
+      + "---\n\n"
+      + assignment.Description + "\n\n"
+      + "## Rubric\n\n"
+      + rubricMarkdown;
+
+    return assignmentMarkdown;
+  }
+
+  public static string AssignmentRubricToMarkdown(this LocalAssignment assignment)
+  {
+    var builder = new StringBuilder();
+    foreach (var item in assignment.Rubric)
+    {
+      var pointLabel = item.Points > 1 ? "pts" : "pt";
+      builder.Append($"- {item.Points}{pointLabel}: {item.Label}" + "\n");
+    }
+    return builder.ToString();
+  }
+
+  private static string settingsToMarkdown(this LocalAssignment assignment)
+  {
+    var builder = new StringBuilder();
+    builder.Append($"Name: {assignment.Name}" + "\n");
+    builder.Append($"LockAt: {assignment.LockAt}" + "\n");
+    builder.Append($"DueAt: {assignment.DueAt}" + "\n");
+    builder.Append($"AssignmentGroupName: {assignment.LocalAssignmentGroupName}" + "\n");
+    builder.Append($"SubmissionTypes:" + "\n");
+    foreach (var submissionType in assignment.SubmissionTypes)
+    {
+      builder.Append($"- {submissionType}" + "\n");
+    }
+    return builder.ToString();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.cs b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.cs
index 3b0c66a..e9f5ad8 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.cs
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ public static class LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser
   private static List<string> parseSubmissionTypes(string input)
   {
     input = input.Replace("\r\n", "\n");
-    List<string> submissionTypes = new List<string>();
+    List<string> submissionTypes = [];
 
     // Define a regular expression pattern to match the bulleted list items
     string startOfTypePattern = @"- (.+)";
-    Regex regex = new Regex(startOfTypePattern);
+    Regex regex = new(startOfTypePattern);
 
     var words = input.Split("SubmissionTypes:");
     var inputAfterSubmissionTypes = words[1];