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Moodle Gradebook Microlearning
Academic Technology Center
Created on October 24, 2024
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Transcript
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Gradebook Wellness
One of their students just found that their grades are not adding up based on the class syllabus!
Adrian is a newer instructor who is 4 weeks into their third term of teaching.
They thought they had put the gradebook together the first term they taught this course!
Adrian goes to check their gradebook and their is no structure left.
They jump in and compare their syllabus to their current gradebook and make the fix!
Adrian takes a deep breathe and takes ACTION!
Let's find out. Then you can do it to!
How does she do this though?
This fix was done by comparing the gradebook in Moodle to the grade setup of their syllabus.
Let's look at Adrian fixing up their gradebook!
Weights
&
Categories
There are two key components to fixing most gradebooks:
Let's Explore
Categories
Add categories to match your syllabus and add your gradebook items to the categories.
Weights
Adjust the weights to match your syllabus. If you don't use weights make sure there are none set!
Gradebook Overrides
Include/Exclude Empty Grades
Drop the Lowest
One Last Step!
Look for indicators of various additional settings to ensure they are applied intentionally.
Quick Check
Skip if you don't use weights!
Add Weights to categories
Open your Moodle course and complete the checklist below by clicking each box as you complete each step!
Save!
Ensure items are in categories
Add your Categories
Open your Moodle Gradebook
Open your Syllabus
Take Action
It's your turn now!
Always check your students grades!
You Know Your Students Best!
Take Survey
ATC@lanecc.edu The ATC can look for more in depth errors for you with a gradebook review!
Still seeing problems? Contact the ATC!
Use Categories and Weights to imitate your syllabus grades.
Key Takeaway
Include and Exclude empty grades do two different things. The default, exclude empty grades, is most often preferred. Include empty grades will mark any empty grade as 0, meaning students will start with a 0 or F for the course.
Drop the lowest is utilized to drop the lowest number of grades from category totals. When used intentionally this is fine but be sure you are wanting to drop the lowest. Edit the category to edit this setting.
Gradebook overrides can prevent automatically graded items from updating. It can also cause categories to no longer update. Overrides should only be applied to manual grade items or when entering 0's for activities!