How to set up weighted grades in grade book

This applies to Moodle 4.1 from December 2023

How to: Set up weighted grades in grade book   

This is not set up in the individual assignments but within Grades, the Moodle grade book.

Accessing the grade book

1. In your module, select 'Grades' from the row of options under the course title. 
   
   
   
    
2.  To the left of the screen there is the Grader report drop-down list. Click on the floating arrow to show the list of options and select 'Gradebook setup' to open the edit-settings page.
   
   

If your grade items aren't already in a category you will need to add them in to one before you can apply the weighting.

Add a category or edit the category already existing

Add a new category

Add the relevant items to a category within the Gradebook.

1. Click 'Add category' on the 'Gradebook setup' page
   
   
   
   
2. Give the category a name
   
   

3. Click Show more...

4. Ensure "Aggregation" is set to 'Weighted mean of grades'

5. Click 'Save changes'

Add existing category

If you already have a category set up:

1. On the Gradebook set up page, click on the Edit button against that category in the "Actions" column  
2. Select 'Edit Settings'
   
   

3. You may need to click "Show more..." under category name

4. Under Grade category, in the "Aggregation" field, click on the drop-down menu box and select 'Weighted mean of grades'

5. Save your changes

Move the assignments to be weighted into that category:

1. In the Gradebook setup list, to the left of the item there is an arrow. Click the arrow for the grade item to be moved.
   
   
   
   
2. Select where you wish the grade item to be moved to.
   
   

3. The grade item will move

4. A new column called "Weights" will appear. 

This is where you will determine the importance i.e. the weighting of each assignment compared to others within the module

Setting the weightings of assignments

1. In your module, select 'Grades from the tab under the header'
   
   
   
   
2. Next to each assignment, in the "Weight" column, enter any number to change its importance in the overall calculation of the module grade.  For example: for an assignment you wish to contribute 30% to the total module calculation enter 0.3 in the weight field alongside that item.
   
   
3. Click on the 'Save changes' button at the bottom of the page.

Note:  0 means the grade for this assignment will not be considered in the overall calculation for the module.  1 means 100% of the grade for this assignment will be considered in the overall calculation for the module; 1.0 is the default, meaning that every assignment has equal importance and will therefore contribute equally to the overall module grade e.g. 10 assignments will contribute equally 10% towards the final grade.

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