The Moodle GradebookBrown Bag Lunch, #2

Getting Started1. Direct your web browser to connect.lagrange.edu

2. We will uniformly be calling this learning management system “Connect”.

Goals1. Demonstrate creation of assignments.

2. Create an easy gradebook based upon a total number of points in a course.

3. Create a slightly more sophisticated gradebook based upon sections.

4. Demonstrate benefits of the Connect gradebook.

Sample Syllabus: Points-based

Assessment Point Values

Weekly Quizzes (4 @ 10 points apiece) 40 points

Bi-weekly Homework (2 @ 50 points apiece) 100 points

Final Exam 100 points

Total 240 Points

Creation of Assignments● Enable editing of the page. Click on “Turn editing on” in the upper, right-hand

corner.● Choose a topic (or module).● Click on “Create learning activity or resource”.● For now, simply choose “Assignment”.● Click on “Expand all” and then supply an assignment name, description, and

point value.

Note: Moodle automatically creates the gradebook. Access it via “Course Tools” and then select “Gradebook”.

Sample Syllabus: Weighted Categories

Categories and Assessments Weights

Projects● Project One● Project Two● Project Three

50%

Homework● Homework One● Homework Two● Homework Three● Homework Four● Homework Five

25%

Final Project 25%

Gradebook Setup1. Click on “Course Tools”.2. Click on “Gradebook”.3. Click on the drop-down menu and then select “Categories and Items”. You

should see a full list of your assignments and your point values.4. There are three columns (Name, Max Grade, and Actions). On the first row

(the course name), there is a link for “Edit”. Click on “Edit” and then choose “Edit settings”.

5. The second item down will be “Aggregation”. Choose “Natural” from the list of selections in the drop-down menu and then click “Save changes” at the bottom of the page.Note: You should notice a new column, now, entitled “Weights”.

Gradebook Setup, cont.6. Choose “Add category”.7. Give a category name and aggregation style for that category. For example:

“Projects” and we’ll choose to aggregate using “Natural”. Click “Save changes”. Note: Feel free to explore the other options.

8. You’ll notice a column on the far right, now, entitled “Select”. Select assessments that you would like to move to your category. Then, in the drop-down menu, choose the category to which you’ll move those assessments. For example: We will move “Project One” through “Project Three” to the “Projects” category.

Gradebook setup (3)9. For each category that you just created, enable a weighting by selecting the

check box for that category and specifying the weight. For example: For “Projects”, I’ll check the box in the same row and then specify “50”.

Continue steps 1-9 until all categories are created and all assessments sorted.

Why “Natural”?1. All other schemes can be built via this new, flexible aggregation type.

2. Moodle places to deprecate all other types. You may as well learn it now

Perhaps you’ve noticed...1. Your students can now always know their grades.

2. Not all assessments in a section must have the same weighting.

3. Not all assessments in a section must have the same point value.