Moodle Help Guide

Gradebook Setup - Adding Grade Items

An instructor might want to add a blank Graded Item for a variety of reasons, such as:

• An instructor might facilitate an assignment in the classroom in which no evidence of student work is uploaded in Moodle LMS. To assign credit to the assignment, the instructor would create a blank Graded Item.
• An instructor might record daily participation or course participation using a blank Graded Item.

Step 1

Click Grades on the Course Main Menu.

Step 2

From the Dropdown Menu on the Grader Report Page select Gradebook Setup.

Step 3

From the Gradebook Setup window select Add Grade Item button.

Step 4

Complete the detailed information on the Graded Item, such as the Grade Type and Maximum Grade.

Step 5

You can choose a Gradebook category for the Graded Item and then click Save Changes.

Note. If you select Weighted Mean of Grades, you will be able to input the weight of each item within the category on the Gradebook Setup page.

Adding Grade Categories to a Gradebook

To add a grade category, you must be on the Gradebook Setup Page (Actions Menu > Gradebook Setup).

What are Grade Categories?

Grades can be organized into grade categories. Each category has its own aggregated grade, which is calculated from its grade items. There is no limit to the level of nesting of categories (a category may belong to another category). However, each grade item may belong to only one category. Also, all grade items and categories belong to at least one permanent category: the course category.

Adding a Grade Category

To add a Grade Category, click on Add Category on the Gradebook Setup page.

Grade Category Settings

Aggregation

the drop-down menu will allow you to select an aggregation method for the specific Grade Category.

Exclude Empty Grade

If this option is checked, then the aggregation will ignore all grade items for which there is not a grade.,If this option is unchecked, all non-graded items will receive a grade of 0.

Note. An empty grade is a missing grade book entry. It could mean that the student has not yet submitted an assignment, that the assignment has not been graded, or that the grade has been manually deleted.

Drop the Lowest

This will drop the lowest x number of grades from the report.

Note: When using natural weighting - dropping the lowest is only allowed when:

• all children of the category have equal weights
• all children of the category have equal max grade
• there are no subcategories in the category
• there are no extra credit items in the category

Gradebook Aggregation

Changing Aggregation Method

Moodle converts all grades to a percentage value and then aggregates the grade according to the strategy that you select. There are over 8 different aggregation methods.

Aggregation Methods

How do I change Aggregation Methods?

Step 1

Click Edit > Edit Settings on a Course Category.

Step 2

In Edit Settings under the Aggregation drop-down, choose the appropriate weight.