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This refers to Moodle 4.1 from December 2023 onwards.

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How to: grade using a rubric with a letter as the grade

Instead of using a simple letternon-based numeric scale to grade assignments you may want to use a rubric, which is always points-based, that will automatically translate into a letternon-based numeric grade.  This method uses a rubric and a scale as a marking method.  

You need to have...

• created a letternon-based numeric scale in Grades beforehand:  How to create a non-numeric grading scale
• created a rubric beforehand:  How to create a rubric for a Moodle assignment - make  make sure you've unticked the two 'Display points for each level... ' options in the settings

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Applying a scale and rubric to a Moodle Assignment dropbox

1. Go into In the settings of the assignment dropbox
2. In the Grade section select:
   1. "'Type" ' = Scale
   2. 'Scale'"Scale" = choose the name = choose the name of your scale e.g. 'Letters'
   3. '"Grading method" ' = 'Rubric'
3. Click 'Save and return to module'

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Marking using the rubric with a scale

• Go into In the dropbox and , mark using the rubric as normal by selecting the appropriate points-based option per criterion :  as described in the Moodle help page for Using Rubrics in Assignments.
• AutomaticallyIn the background
  • the points achieved from the rubric will be translated into a percentage.
  • the options in the scale create a banding structure of equal proportions e.g. if there are four options, A-D, the bands will be in 25% increments...D is 0-25, C is 25.1-50, B is 50.1-75, and A is 75.1-100.  If a student gets 50.67 they will receive a B.    

Note:  A  A numerical value will still be shown for the Module total assignment in Grades.  If you do not want students to see this you will need to hide it by going into the Administration block > Grades > choose Settings:  Module from the dropdown at the top of the page > in the User report section change 'Show percentage' to Hide.

What does the student see?

If you've hidden the percentage column within the User report via Grades a student will see this when they click on Grades:

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To hide the grade, access the Grades menu (underneath the module title) 

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Choose Gradebook setup and then choose 'Hide' from the dropdown menu to the right of the assignment for which you wish to hide the grade.

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In this circumstance, you may also wish to hide the Module total so that students don't misunderstand how their work has been marked.

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