Gradebook collects and
compiles all the
items that are
gradable in a Moodle page, allowing you an
overall grading space where you can
organise things into categories and
calculate marks to suit you. In the
gradebook setup you can edit categories,
edit and/or hide individual
activities, and edit the weighting for
each activity.
Each course in Moodle
has its' own gradebook
which you can access by
clicking on
the Grades tab
in the course navigation
ribbon menu. By default
students have access
to this area also and is
where they can view their
course grades [user
report].
It is very important to set up the gradebook carefully as this impacts how your marks are calculated and managed.
- Click on Gradebook
setup from the Setup category of the dropdown
menu available on the left side of the screen
to access and set up the gradebook.
- Click on the Add grade
item button on the top of
the Gradebook to add a gradable
assignment to the gradebook and click
on Save changes button
on the base of the screen.
Note: When setting up the different gradable assignments be careful when setting the weighting and marks per question. We recommend setting the Maximum grade to 100 as this makes the final gradebook configuration much easier. - After each
item has been
configured you can come back into
the
Gradebook Setup tab and edit
weights,
and
grade display types (percentage,
numeric,
alphabetical).
- If
you change any part of an
assessment e.g. alter the
maximum grade for one of
the questions in a quiz, you
may find that the columns do
not yet reflect the
change you have made.
Click the Edit
mode toggle
twice to force the
gradebook to
re-check.
- Click on the Grader report option from the View category of the dropdown menu available on the left side of the screen to access the Grader report. This is an overview page for all the students and their assignments where you can review their marks for specific items, and edit if necessary.
Below provides an overview of the Grade Administration functions available on the dropdown list on the top left of the Grades tab:
View
- Grader Report - Unlike the Gradebook the Grader report shows the individual marks or grades achieved for each gradable activity linked to a student. With the report you can also access the average student’s results and the overall result each student received. You can also change the display of the Grader-report categories, the displays include:
- Grades only - without the category totals column
- Aggregates - Category total column only
- Full view - grades and the aggregates (the totals column for the category)
- Grade History
- Overview report
- Single view - If you view the report by activity, you can see the grades for each student and have the option to override/bulk insert grades for that activity.
- User report - If you view the report by user and have access to view all activities linked with that student. You will see the weighting, grade, range, percentage, feedback and contribution to course total for each activity for that student.
Setup
- Gradebook setup
- Course grade settings - Numeric, Scales, Letters.
Preferences: Grader reportMore
- Scales - Standard scales or Custom scales created by you eg. Pass/Fail.
Standard scales Add a new scale- Grade Letters - A-F (editable).
- View
Edit
- Import
- Grade items to be included in the export
- Export
- Export format options:
- Include feedback in report
- Exclude suspended users
- Grade export type: Real, Percentage and Letter
- Grade export decimal places: Default set to 2