Gradebook Workshop Slides

Moodle GradeBook

Using Moodle Gradebook with Embedded Moodle Activities 2

1 Benefits of Using Moodle Gradebook

3 Accessing the Gradebook – Understanding Gradebook Views

AGENDA

Aggregation Strategies – Points versus Percentages 4

Setting Values in Grade Items 6

5 Categories versus Grade Items

7 Submitting Mid-Term and Final Grades

Exporting your Gradebook 8

Gradebook Features

• Automatically calculate grades

• Drop lowest scores

• Aggregate scores in different ways

– Sum of Points

– By Percentage

• Different Weights per assignment

Accessing Gradebook

• To access grades, view the ADMINISTRATION box on the left

• Click GRADES

• To manually enter grades,

Go to GRADER REPORT and TURN EDITING ON

Using Moodle Gradebook with Embedded Moodle Activities 2

1 Benefits of Using Moodle Gradebook

3 Accessing the Gradebook – Understanding Gradebook Views

AGENDA

Aggregation Strategies – Points versus Percentages 4

Setting Values in Grade Items 6

5 Categories versus Grade Items

7 Submitting Mid-Term and Final Grades

Exporting your Gradebook 8

Aggregation Methods

• Sum of Grades – Adds

all grades and take the

average

• Mean of Grades –

takes an average of all grades

• Simple Weighted Mean of Grades --

• Weighted Mean of Grades – items are given individual weights by the instructor

MEAN OF GRADES

WEIGHTED MEAN OF GRADES

SUM OF GRADES

Using Moodle Gradebook with Embedded Moodle Activities 2

1 Benefits of Using Moodle Gradebook

3 Accessing the Gradebook – Understanding Gradebook Views

AGENDA

Aggregation Strategies – Points versus Percentages 4

Setting Values in Grade Items 6

5 Categories versus Grade Items

7 Submitting Mid-Term and Final Grades

Exporting your Gradebook 8

Views in the Gradebook

• View

• Grader Report – show all grades

• User Report – show grades for one student

• Categories and Items

• Set up gradebook

• Letters

• Setup numerical cutoffs for letter grades

• Import/Export – Import or export gradebook

Initial Gradebook View

Getting Grades in Gradebook

• Assessments created on Moodle’s main page can be placed in the gradebook

– Assignments

– Journals

– Forums …

• Columns can be created for offline assignments

Using Moodle Gradebook with Embedded Moodle Activities 2

1 Benefits of Using Moodle Gradebook

3 Accessing the Gradebook – Understanding Gradebook Views

AGENDA

Aggregation Strategies – Points versus Percentages 4

Setting Values in Grade Items 6

5 Categories versus Grade Items

7 Submitting Mid-Term and Final Grades

Exporting your Gradebook 8

Submitting Grades

• Mid-term and final grades are submitted via Moodle

• Grades are exported into Trinity’s student information system nightly

• Grades can only be submitted once

Using Moodle Gradebook with Embedded Moodle Activities 2

1 Benefits of Using Moodle Gradebook

3 Accessing the Gradebook – Understanding Gradebook Views

AGENDA

Aggregation Strategies – Points versus Percentages 4

Setting Values in Grade Items 6

5 Categories versus Grade Items

7 Submitting Mid-Term and Final Grades

Exporting your Gradebook 8

Initial Gradebook View

Adding Feedback