Grade categories not only organize grade items for the course, but they also have their own aggregated grade which is calculated from the items it contains. We have a number of articles that describe the most common uses for gradebook categories in more details: Creating a points-based gradebook Creating a percentage-based gradebook Create an ungraded [...]
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Sometimes you may have optional or hidden Moodle activities that show up in the User and Grader Report. This can cause course totals to not be accurate and confusion for students that are viewing the gradebook. We recommend that you follow these steps to create a hidden Not graded category to eliminate these issues. Scroll [...]
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A manual grade item populates a gradebook with work that occurs outside of Moodle: Work hosted elsewhere, such as required emails or outside tools from publishers Extra credit above normally graded work, such as a student earning 12/10 points on an assignment In-Class work Anything that is not completed using a Moodle Activity or Resource Scroll [...]
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Extra Credit is Not Calculating Correctly For extra credit to calculate correctly you can either have grade item(s) marked as extra credit OR a single category marked as extra credit. Do NOT put extra credit grade items inside of a category marked as extra credit. To fix you will need to: Disable the extra credit [...]
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Grades do not automatically move from Moodle to MyClackamas at the end of each term because not everyone uses Moodle or its gradebook; you must do this manually to officially submit grades. Login to the My.Clackamas.edu portal. Ensure you're in the Faculty view (if you aren't already, you'll find links to different views in the [...]
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These steps will help you design your gradebook using the Percentage Layout. This is just one part of the gradebook setup that you will need to complete. Scroll to the top of the main page of your course. Select the Grades option from the secondary navigation. Select the Gradebook Setup option from the drop-down menu. [...]
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In the Moodle gradebook you can modify how you would like grades displayed. You can choose to show the actual score (real), a percentage, a letter grade, or a combination. The current default display for the gradebook is Real (Percentage), which displays the actual total with the percentage in parentheses. Default Grade Display TypeIndividual Grade [...]
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This setting is used to ensure that the lowest graded assignments (you choose how many) are NOT used when calculating a category's total within. NOTE: It is strongly recommended this not be used on a points gradebook category unless all items are the same value. Scroll to the top of the main page of your [...]
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You may find that student grades appear lower than expected if grade items that are hidden or have not been completed are being used to calculate the course grade. If you are finding this to be the case you can follow these steps to fix this issue. NOTE: Changing this setting will also cause grade [...]
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These steps will help you design your gradebook using the Points Layout. This is just one part of the gradebook setup that you will need to complete. Scroll to the top of the main page of your course. Select the Grades option from the secondary navigation. Select the Gradebook Setup option from the drop-down menu. Click the Actions (...) [...]
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Moodle's Gradebook aligns with the best practice in online pedagogy to provide learners with a well designed and up-to-date gradebook. However, if your gradebook needs some work, you can temporarily hide it until it's ready: Enter your Moodle course. Select the Settings option on the Secondary Navigation. Expand the Appearance section. Change Show gradebook to students [...]
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Display Letter Grades You can choose to display a letter grade for the course and/or category total in the gradebook for both your students and yourself. Scroll to the top of the main page of your course. Select the Grades option from the secondary navigation. Select the Gradebook Setup option from the drop-down menu. Locate [...]
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In the gradebook, you can move grade items one at a time to a specific location or you can move multiple selected grade items to a gradebook category. Move Single ItemMove Multiple ItemsMove Single Item Move a Single Item in your Gradebook Move items into an expected order (Assignment #1, Assignment #2, etc.) or move [...]
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A manual grade item is used for work that occurs outside of Moodle. NOTE: These steps cannot used to delete activities completed inside of Moodle. To remove Moodle activities like Forums, Quizzes or Assignments you the activity grade type setting to None or delete them from the main course page/weekly view of your course. Scroll to [...]
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Extra Credit You can identify an extra credit item from the Gradebook Setup view. The Max grade will followed by a dashed underlined + symbol. Make an item Extra Credit If you want your category to contain an extra credit grade items you need to set the aggregation to one of our suggested aggregation methods: [...]
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Assignments, quizzes, forums or other gradable activities have their own built-in grading tools. We recommend that you primarily grade these activities using the built-in grading tools. There are some tasks such as bulk entering empty grades, removing grade overrides, and excusing a student from an assignment that should be done using the gradebook in Single [...]
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Gradebooks in Moodle are very powerful with many features. OLET can help you match your gradebook to your course syllabus. Design (Percentage vs. Points)GradeStudent ViewFinal GradesTroubleshootDesign (Percentage vs. Points) Designing a Gradebook There are two standardized Gradebook layouts: Percentages and Points. Example Percentage Layout In situations where your syllabus has grades broken down into percentages like [...]
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You can grade manual grade items in two different ways. The first is by manually entering your grades into the assignment using Single View. The second method is to import the grades from another source. NOTE: If you are using assignments, quizzes, forums or other gradable Moodle activities you should be using their specific grading [...]
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