Moodle Help Guide

Single View

• Single View can be used to override student grades and provide feedback to a blank graded item in Moodle.
• You can choose Single View directly from the Grader Report Window.

Single View by Student

Single View by Student will give you a list of all of the assignment grades for that particular student. You can grant overrides and give feedback on every assignment.

Single View by Grade Item

Single View by Grade Item will give you a list of all the student grades for a particular assignment.

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Screenshot of Single View by Grade Items

Rubrics

A rubric might seem more difficult to construct than a marking guide at first. However, it will give your students more feedback than a marking guide. Once you are ready to add your rubric to an activity, use the following steps:

Step 1:

Under Grade options, select Rubric from the Grading Method dropdown menu.

Step 2

Select Save and Display at the bottom of the settings window. This is the Advanced Grading page.

Note. Notice the Advanced grading link on the assignment menu. When you are inside an assignment, you can use this link to go directly to the Advanced Grading options rather than from the Assignment Settings.

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From here, you will choose to either define new grading from scratch or to create new grading form from a template.

Define the new grading form from scratch.

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Once you name and describe the rubric, you will be asked to develop the criterion and performance levels.

Step 3B

Scroll below the rubric to review the rubric options. When using a rubric, it is a common best practice to allow students to preview the rubric before the assignment and to display the points for each level.

Create a new grading form from a template

Step 3A

The rubrics you created in past courses on the server are presented here. Additionally, you will find rubrics that have been saved by your curriculum groups.

Step 3B

Scroll down until you locate your saved rubric.

Note. If you know the name of the Marking Guide You can search the webpage (CRTL>F) for the title.

Marking Guide

A Marking Guide is similar to a rubric without the performance continuum; it does not provide the level of feedback of a rubric.

Step 1

Under Grade options, select Marking Guide from the Grading Method drop down menu.

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Select Save and Display at the bottom of the settings window. This is the Advanced Grading page.

Note. Notice the Advanced grading link on the assignment menu. When you are inside an assignment, you can use this link to go directly to the Advanced Grading options rather than from the Assignment Settings.

Define the new grading form from scratch.

Step 3A

Once you name and describe the Marking Guide, you will be asked to edit the criterion name, write a description for students, and define the maximum score for the criterion.

Step 3B

When using a Marking Guide, it is a common best practice to show students guide definitions and marks per criterion. Additionally, you can add your most frequently used comments, which you will be able to select when grading.

Create a new grading form from a template

Step 3A:

You can search for a Marking Guide that you are your Curriculum Group has used in the past.

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Scroll down until you come across the saved marking guide. Once you locate the saved Marking Guide, select to Use this template.

Note. If you know the name of the Marking Guide You can search the webpage (CRTL>F) for the title.

Grading from the Activity Page 

Step 1

If an assignment requires the student to submit items to Moodle, you can grade the assignment by clicking on Grade on the Assignment Activity Page.

Step 2

From here you can view the student assignment, enter a grade, give feedback, and move to the next submission.

Navigate from Submission to Submission

• Use the left or right arrow to navigate from user submission to user submission.
• You can use the drop down menu to select a specific user submission.

Submission Grade and Feedback

• Enter a numerical grade in the first box, while you can write feedback comments in the second box.
• From the Feedback Comments Textbox you can add video feedback, text feedback, links, etc.

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Click either Save Changes or Save and Show Next button.

Submitting Your Final Grades

You are required to submit your class's final grades.

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On the right sidebar, click the Final Grades link.

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Populate the final grade using the drop down menu and make any necessary corrections to grades, and then click the Submit button.

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Select the Submit button.

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Submitting a Grade Change

When submitting your grades you can only hit the submit button once. If you need to update your grades for the entire class you need to take a screenshot of the final grades and email it to the CIA registrar. 

Submitting a Grade Change for the Entire Class

     1. Correct all student grades in the Grader Report. 

     2. View the Final Grades 

     3. The Final grades column will be updated. You must take a screenshot of this and email it to the Registrar. To take a screenshot, use           the Snipping Tool (pair of scissors) or press PrtScr (Print Screen) on your keyboard. 

Submitting a Grade Change for One Student

If you want to change a grade after submitting it to the registrar, you must submit a grade change form.

It is on the Faculty Toolkit page.

1. When you arrive, scroll down a little. It will look like this: 

2. Click the Grade Change Form.

3. Complete the form with the corrections.

4. Click submit.

Comprehensive Moodle Gradebook Training

Here is a Comprehensive Gradebook Training course we have created at the CETL. You are able to self-enroll in this course and go through it at your own pace. Feel free to email the CETL if you have any questions or would like to discuss the gradebook in your course. 

Directions to Self-enroll

1. Click the link FACDEV103--Moodle Grade Book.
2. As you enroll, you will see something like this.
3. Scroll to the bottom
4. Click “Enroll me” under the Self Enrollment (Teacher).

Finding an Assignment Easily When You Need to Grade

1. Rather than scroll through your course looking for assignments, try a shortcut:
2. When you are in the grader report or single view, click the drop-down arrow.
3. Choose Grade summary.
4. This will open a list of all assignments.
5. Click on the assignment you need.
6. This will take you directly to the assignment that you want to grade.