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This article introduces how to add grade items directly in the Moodle
gradebook. _NOTE: The PREFERRED method for entering grades (even for
assignments--like oral presentations or in-class quizzes) is to create
a Moodle Assignment [http://go.augsburg.edu/g...
_THE MOODLE ATTENDANCE ACTIVITY CAN BE USED TO ASSESS REPEATING
ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER (LIKE STUDENT JOURNALS), AS WELL
AS ATTENDANCE IN FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES. DOING SO GIVES STUDENTS AN
ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PROGRESS IN THE COURSE AND ...
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_There are two types of advanced grading methods in Moodle--the Rubric
(please see Creating a Moodle Rubric [http://go.augsburg.edu/rubric]
for information on that), and a Grading Guide. A Grading Guide is an
advanced grading method that provides consiste...
_There are two advanced grading methods in Moodle--the Grading Guide
(for more information on this, see Creating a Moodle Grading Guide
[http://go.augsburg.edu/markingguide]) and a Rubric. A Moodle Rubric
is an advanced grading method that provides consis...
_If you have multiple, similar grade items (e.g., a series of quizzes,
homework assignments, or labs worksheets), you may want to drop the
lowest one (or several) grades. The BEST way to do this is to SAVE the
highest grades (i.e., in a series of 12, save...
The Quick Grading feature allows you to enter or edit a grade in
multiple cells on the grader report at once. You can then click the
Update button to save all these changes at once, instead of one at a
time. The quick grading feature is enabled by defa...
_In the settings for Moodle forums, the term "Ratings" (rather than
"Grade") is where you will indicate the maximum points possible for
the assignment. The following step-by-step process is for a forum
assignment that asks students to make an initial post...
_MOODLE HAS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR GRADING FORUMS THAT STREAMLINES
YOUR GRADING AND ALLOWS YOU TO PROVIDE TIMELY, SUBSTANTIVE, AND
PRIVATE FEEDBACK TO YOUR STUDENTS. IF YOU PREFER--HERE IS A VIDEO
[HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/KD7BLVGKSEW] THAT EXPLAINS THE STEP-BY...
The Assignment activity in this year's version of Moodle has some
significant changes for grading. View this video
[https://youtu.be/GcShb_iSG2U] to learn about the new features.
(keywords:legacy grade, advanced grade, PDF grading)
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_Grading Guides are scoring charts that list a series of criteria for
an assignment and establish a range of possible points for each. Your
instructors may use a Grading Guide to provide you with feedback on
your work. Here is how to access your graded Gr...
_RUBRICS ARE SCORING CHARTS THAT LIST A RANGE OF CRITERIA FOR AN
ASSIGNMENT AND ESTABLISH BENCHMARKS WITH REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE
EXPECTATIONS FOR VARYING LEVELS OF MASTERY. YOUR INSTRUCTORS MAY USE
MOODLE RUBRICS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH FEEDBACK ON YOUR W...
_Regardless of whether students submit assignments online (by
attaching a file or entering text directly into a text box) or offline
(by handing in a hard copy of a paper or delivering a face-to-face,
oral presentation), the Moodle Assignment activity off...
Your instructor may ask you to take a screenshot of a badge you have
earned in a Moodle course (for instance, the APA Style Review course)
and submit that as evidence you have earned the badge. Once you have
met the necessary requirements, you should rece...
The attendance activity in Moodle allows you to keep track of student
attendance during face-to-face class sessions. It can also be used to
track participation as well as attendance
[http://go.augsburg.edu/participate] and/or holistically assess
engagemen...
_Whether you are assigning number grades or simply tallying
participation in your Moodle forums, there may be times when you want
to view all of the posts (responses and replies) submitted by a
specific student to a particular Moodle Forum. The following ...
The Workflow setting in Moodle Assignments allows you to finish
marking all students' submissions before releasing them to the
gradebook. Workflow has 6 states (Not graded, In grading, Grading
Completed, In review, Ready for release, and Released) to allo...
_There may be situations (e.g., in-class quizzes or writing
assignments, presentations, etc.) where students are not going to
submit work through Moodle, but you want to provide feedback and add
the grade in the Moodle gradebook. The BEST way to do this i...
There are times when students have not submitted their work for an
activity in Moodle. You have graded submissions from the rest of the
class and you would now like to have a quick way to assign zeros for
this assignment for the remaining students. This i...
Grade categories allow configuration of how the Moodle gradebook
calculates items they contain. Category settings include:
* Calculating only items that have been graded (enabled by default)
* Aggregation method
* Dropping the lowest or highest sc...
Grade categories help you to organize your assignments in the
gradebook. Categories can also be used to apply weighted grading and
other aggregation methods to groups of grade items.
* Navigate to the course GRADES from the SETTINGS BLOCK under COURSE
...
How to designate an existing item in Moodle Grades to be calculated as
an extra credit item.
* In the ADMINISTRATION block, select 'GRADEBOOK SETUP' under Course
administration.
* For the item you want to set as extra credit, click 'EDIT' in the
Acti...
Moodle's Natural aggregation method takes the sum of all grade items
with an optional scaling by weight. Natural is the most flexible
aggregation method for your Moodle gradebook because it supports sum
of points, weighted grades and extra credit.
ABOUT...
Grades can be imported into your Moodle gradebook from a spreadsheet
with either a file upload or a copy/paste method. Importing can
populate grades for existing assessment items or create new ones for
you (these will have the default 100-point maximum). ...
Do your students find the Moodle gradebook confusing? Would you like
to change which columns appear in their gradebook view (Moodle refers
to the student view as the "User Report")? Would you like to have
grades automatically translate to your defined gra...
Use the Gradebook View (Tri-)Toggle button to temporarily change what
appears in the Grader report (spreadsheet view for instructors). To
permanently change the order of the Course Total column, see other
knowledgebase article links at the bottom of this ...
To change the way in which _only_ the Course Total displays:
* From the Administration block, click "GRADEBOOK SETUP".
* Under the Actions column, click the first 'EDIT' link, then choose
'EDIT SETTINGS'.
* Under the "Category total" section, click...
By default, grade items appear as the "Real" values in the Moodle
gradebook, generally this results in the points earned being
displayed. To change the format all grade items:
* From the Administration block, click "Gradebook Setup".
* Click the "Co...
BEGINNING FALL OF 2017, AUGSBURG CHANGED FROM A NUMERIC TO A LETTER
GRADING (A-F) SYSTEM. The faculty approved the proposal at a faculty
meeting held on January 12, 2017. The new system provides grade point
equivalents, but not percentages; however, Moodl...
_Instructors sometimes hesitate to administer quizzes online because
they cannot be proctored as they are in the face-to-face classroom.
They must assume the quiz will be "open book" and also cannot rule out
the possibility that students might "share" inf...
New items added to a Moodle course end up at the end of the grade
book. To move items individually or as a group to a different category
or chronology, follow these steps:
* From the main course page under the Administration block, click
"Gradebook set...
_PAIRING A MCGRAW-HILL CONNECT WITH YOUR MOODLE COURSE ALLOWS YOU TO
SYNC GRADES FROM THE CONNECT SECTION TO YOUR MOODLE GRADEBOOK, AND
ALSO PROVIDES AN EASIER REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR YOUR STUDENTS. ONCE
YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING AND YOUR COURSE I...
Beginning in Fall of 2017, the link for students to view their grades
has moved to a dropdown menu accessed by clicking on their profile in
the upper right corner of the course.
*
* This will take you to a page where you can see links to all of the
...
UPLOAD MULTIPLE FEEDBACK FILES USING A ZIP FILE
If you like to make comments on files (such as using Track Changes in
a Word document, or adding comments to a PDF), you can return
annotated feedback files to students through a Moodle Assignment.
Addition...
_NOTE: YOU WILL NEED TO PAIR YOUR MCGRAW-HILL CONNECT COURSE WITH YOUR
MOODLE COURSE [HTTP://GO.AUGSBURG.EDU/CONNECT] BEFORE YOU CAN SYNC
CONNECT GRADES TO YOUR MOODLE GRADEBOOK._
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To begin syncing grades from your Connect section to your Moodle
gra...
_The "Standard forum for general use" is the default choice in Moodle.
However, the layout of the standard forum means instructors must open
each thread separately, making it difficult to simultaneously assess
quantity (number of posts/replies as required...
_The Moodle Attendance and Participation activity can be used to
assess student participation as well as attendance. Doing so gives
students an accurate assessment of their progress in the course, and
provides instructors with a comprehensive record of th...
_Whether you are assigning number grades or simply tallying
participation in your Moodle forums, there may be times when you want
to efficiently track how often students post to forums. Below is a
method for viewing all of the postings only ONE student ha...
Quick feedback adds a text input element in each grade cell on the
grader report, allowing you to edit the feedback for many grades at
once. You can then click the Update button to perform all these
changes at once, instead of one at a time. Students w...
The moodle gradebook recognizes the existence of groups in a moodle
course. This filter option is especially useful when different
teachers are responsible for providing assessment for a subset of
students in a single moodle course.
In order for the...
The VoiceThread Assignment Builder is integrated with Moodle and
allows instructors to assign a grade when students have either
* _completely watched a VoiceThread._
* _submitted a Comment to a VoiceThread, or_
* _created a VoiceThread (e.g., for ...
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