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An introduction to Moodle Grades, including how to access and use them, starting with definitions. |
This refers to Moodle 34.11 1 from August 2022 December 2023 onward
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Grades are accessed from the 'Hamburger menu' blockmenu on the module page, below the module title:
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Let's start with some definitions.
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The Grader report is a table of all grades given in the module (and their respective weightings if used). It gives numeric values to all given grades and calculates the module total. It’s the basis of all work on grades. There are many features within the report, some of which are outlined below.
A student can only see their own grades – never another student’s. They may only see grades that have been made available to students: they will not see grades that are kept hidden by the editing teacher or that do not meet selective release criteria for availability.
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Nearly all activities in Moodle (those that are found by dropping down the menu on the main page under ‘Add an activity’under ‘Add an activity or resource’) can be graded. Each graded item will be weighted by the maximum grade obtainable in the Gradebook. When adding several items, you’ll need to consider the weighting to ensure grades are distributed as desired throughout the module.
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You can use a scale (also called a rubric) to evaluate a student’s performance. Moodle comes with a standard set of numeric scales. It is possible to create custom scales, as well as use those provided as standard in Moodle. For example, you can give the student a word or short phrase as a grade or minimal type of feedback, e.g., ‘below standard’, ‘good’, ‘very good’ and ‘excellent’.
When a module has several graded activities, it can be useful to organise them into categories. An example of this would be if you had formative assessments as well as summative. Each group of assessments can be put into a category which can aid organisation or be used by the Grader the 'Grader report' to sum category and module totals.
See How to add and use categories in the Grader report
Note: See also Curriculum Mapping for advanced methods of measuring outcomes. This is a University of Nottingham system
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