Moodle Gradebook Microlearning

Gradebook Wellness

Start

Adrian is a newer instructor who is 4 weeks into their third term of teaching.

One of their students just found that their grades are not adding up based on the class syllabus!

Adrian goes to check their gradebook and their is no structure left.

They thought they had put the gradebook together the first term they taught this course!

Adrian takes a deep breathe and takes ACTION!

They jump in and compare their syllabus to their current gradebook and make the fix!

How does she do this though?

Let's find out. Then you can do it to!

Let's look at Adrian fixing up their gradebook!

This fix was done by comparing the gradebook in Moodle to the grade setup of their syllabus.

Let's Explore

There are two key components to fixing most gradebooks:

Categories

&

Weights

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!

One Last Step!

Look for indicators of various additional settings to ensure they are applied intentionally.

Gradebook Overrides

Drop the Lowest

Include/Exclude Empty Grades

Quick Check

Take Action

It's your turn now!

Open your Moodle course and complete the checklist below by clicking each box as you complete each step!

Open your Syllabus

Open your Moodle Gradebook

Add your Categories

Ensure items are in categories

Add Weights to categories

Skip if you don't use weights!

Save!

You Know Your Students Best!

Always check your students grades!

Key Takeaway

Use Categories and Weights to imitate your syllabus grades.

Still seeing problems? Contact the ATC!

ATC@lanecc.edu The ATC can look for more in depth errors for you with a gradebook review!

Take Survey

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!