When setting up a Board for your class group, you have the option to allow for rating student posts. 

Who can rate posts?

  1. Students 
  2. Teachers
  3. Both Teachers & Students
By default, the Rating posts setting within the Board settings is set at Disabled automatically. To update:

  • Click into the Moodle Board activity and navigate to the Settings tab.

Moodle Board screen with settings tab highlighted

  • Navigate to the Board settings section and select desired preference from the dropdown [by Students, by Teachers, by All].

Board settings with Rating posts dropdown options highlighted - by student, by teacher and be all

To rate a post on a Moodle Board:

  1. Navigate to the post you wish to rate
  2. Click on the Star icon located to the bottom left of the post
  3. Once clicked the number next to the star will increase.
Star rating button highlighted on Moodle board entry