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Gradebook set-up

Gradebook set-up

 

Setting Up the Gradebook:

Note: These instructions are for computations that use the default Aggregation method of Weighted mean of grades. If you are using any other method, you will have to make the change on the Aggregation method between steps 1 & 2.

 

  1. From your main Moodle course page, click on Grades.

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  1. Change the Grader Report to Gradebook setup.

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  1. On the upper right-side of your screen, click on Add → Add Grade Item. (A grade item represents an individual class activity that you are assigning marks).

  2. Give the grade item a name (i.e., Quiz1)

  3. Set the Maximum grade you want to assign a student. (i.e., a quiz worth 40 marks, you will assign 40 as the maximum grade)

  4. (Optional: Only for those wanting to change to grade display type – i.e., actual entered grades to letter grades) Click on Show more… This will expand your options. On the Grade display type field, choose Letter. (other options are available should you want to use another display type)

  5. Click on Save changes.

  6. Repeat this process for every marked activity you will be having for this class.

  7. After all the grade items have been entered into the gradebook, on the Weights column, assign the individual grade items weight relative to the computation of the final mark. (i.e., a quiz worth 15% of the final mark is assigned a weight value of 15)

  8. Click on Save changes.
    Note: Any activity created in your Moodle course page, is automatically added into your gradebook as a grade item; you don’t have to create a separate entry for it in the gradebook. Marks for these activities are entered through the course page for the activity, and is automatically transferred to your gradebook. Any grade item that you do not want to have a contribution towards the final mark, set its weight to zero(0).

 

Entering Marks:
This section is designed for entering marks of grade items created in your gradebook.

  1. From your course page, click on Grades.

  2. If not already ON, click on the Turn editing on button.

  3. Once your editing mode is ON, entry boxes for each grade item will be displayed displayed on your screen. You can start making your grade entries.

  4. Once you are done, click on Save changes.

  5. Click on the Turn editing off button.

 


Changing How Grades are Displayed
The default setting for displaying grades is that students see their grades as it was entered by the teacher. If you want to change this, you have two options available:


Option 1: Changing display type on grade item creation
This is found in the optional item #5 of the previous section, Setting Up the Gradebook.


Option 2:
In this example, the teacher wants to display all his/her entered grades as letters.

  1. While in the Gradebook display, on the Administration block on the left side of your screen, click on Setup.

  2. Click on Course grade settings.

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  3. Under the User Report settings, change the Grade display type to Letter (or choose from the other options/combinations from the options provided).
    In the example screenshot above, the students will only letter grades on their gradebook displays.

  4. Click on Save changes.