Moodle FAQ – Faculty

By default, new courses have the gradebook hidden from students. To allow students to see their gradebook follow the steps below or watch the Gradebook Visibility tutorial:

1. Open the course.
2. Select Settings
3. Scroll down and expand the Appearance settings.
4. Set Show gradebook to students to Yes
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select Save and display.

To access all actions related to the Gradebook, including Gradebook setup:

1. Select Grades from the menu at the top of the course page under the course name.
2. On the Grades page, drop down the menu in the upper left and select Gradebook setup.

A grade item is a unit that you would like to add a grade for within the gradebook that is not directly connected to an activity or submission in Moodle. Grades for grade items are entered manually into the gradebook. For example, participation is often entered as a grade item.

1. Select Grades from the menu at the top of the course page under the course name.
2. On the Grades page, drop down the menu in the upper left and select Gradebook setup.
3. Click the blue Add Grade Item button at the top of the page
4. You can now enter the details for the grade item, including the Item Name, Maximum Grade and Grade Category.

If your grading structure is broken into categories, where each category carries a percentage of a grade (i.e. Research 20%, Quizzes 35%, Participation 10%), it will be useful for you to add grade categories in your gradebook. A grade category can contain multiple items and a weight can be added to the grade category if you are using a grading aggregation that provides the option for weighting (i.e. Weighted Mean of Grades).

1. Select Grades from the menu at the top of the course page under the course name.
2. On the Grades page, drop down the menu in the upper left and select Gradebook setup.
3. Click the blue Add Category button at the top of the page
4. You can now enter the details for the category, including the Category Name, Aggregation and Weight.

Once you have established categories for your course. Your grade items can be added to these categories at any time. You can add a category to a new or existing grade item.

To add a grade category to an existing assignment, quiz or grade item:

1. Select Grades from the menu at the top of the course page under the course name.
2. On the Grades page, drop down the menu in the upper left and select Gradebook setup.
3. Check the Select box to the right of the grade line you would like to add to a category.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page, where you will see Move selected items to
5. Open the dropdown menu here to select the category you would like to move this grade line to.
6. A pop-up window will appear, asking you if you would like to Leave the site. Click Leave. Your change will now be in place.

To make a change to an individual assignment or quiz grade:

1. Select Grades from the menu at the top of the course page under the course name.
2. By default this should bring you to the Grader Report page.
3. Turn Edit Mode on.
4. You will now see two boxes within each grade item (for each student). The solid box is for the grade and the dotted box is for feedback.
5. Make an edit to the grade or to the feedback and click Save Changes.
   
   A grade override will be indicated with a golden yellow background.