When you add any graded activity such as an assignment or quiz to to a course, Moodle automatically adds a corresponding grade item to the gradebook.
Step 1: From the course main page, click on Grades.
Step 2: Using your mouse, click on Grader report (2a) then select Gradebook setup (2b) from the drop down
Step 3: Click on Add grade item at the top of the page.
Step 4: Enter in the Item name (4a) optional to Show more for additional settings. Enter in the Maximum grade (4c) for the grade item.
- Item name - the grade item name that will be displayed inside the gradebook.
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- Item info - Enter information about the grade item that is not displayed anywhere else.
- ID number - Setting ID Numbers for extra grade calculations and custom reporting.
- Grade to pass - Will change the color of the grade, red=fail Green=pass .
- Grade display type -determines how the grade will be displayed on grader report (real, letter, percentage or any combination of them together.
- Overall decimal places - determines how many decimal places after the zero.
- Moodle will continue to use the 5th decimal place when figuring grades despite your setting.
- Hidden until - Will hide the grade item until that date and time.
- Lock after - lock after will not allow you to grade after the date.
- Grade type - None= no grade, Value = Numerical value with a min/max, Scale = Not used, Text= feedback only
- Maximum Grade - The most a student could get on this grade item.
- Minimum Grade - typically set to zero, its the lowest score a student could get, even if they do not do the activity.
- Hidden - will hide the grade item from the student
- Lock - Will not allow you to enter a grade for anyone.
Step 5: Parent category - weight, extra credit, and grade categories
- Optional - adjust the weight of the the grade item
- Extra Credit - you will have to save the grade item, then edit the settings it to select extra credit
- Grade category - If you have categories setup, you can select them here from the drop-down menu
Step 6: When you are finished, click on Save changes at the very bottom. This will re-calculate the grades as soon as you hit Save.
