A manual grade item populates a gradebook with work that occurs outside of Moodle:
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 Add grade item button.
Set the Item name to the name of the assignment. Try to be descriptive and consistent in the naming of your grade items with your gradebook and course syllabus.
Set the Maximum grade to the point value of the assignment.
OPTIONAL: If you aren’t ready for the item to be visible to students, you can check the Hidden box.
If you have categories set up in your course, expand the Parent category.
Select the appropriate Grade category from the drop-down menu.
Click on the Save changes button.
Once the grade item has been created, you can enter grades.