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Gradebook guide

Explore the Gradebook where Moodle stores and organises students' grades.

About navigate Grader report

  1. Select Grades from the contextual navigation menu.
  2. The Grader report page displays. If it does not display, open the drop-down menu on the left of the page and select Grader report.

Navigate Grader report

  1. The Grader report displays as a table.
  2. The first group of columns relate to the student. 
  3. Each assessed activity or manual grade item displays in a new column.
  4. The cells display the grade for each assessment for each student.
  5. The last column in the Grader report is the Module total. If the Grader report contains a lot of assessed activities, scroll to the right to see the Module total column.
  6. The Gradebook parent category (Module name) displays in a row above the assessed activities.
  7. Any Gradebook sub-categories will display in a row beneath the Parent category and above assessed items within the category.
    • A total column will display for each Gradebook sub-category.
  8.  You can toggle between three views of the grade categories by selecting the icon to the right of the category name within the Grader report:
    • Plus Icon: Grades only—all the grade columns, no category totals column
    • Dash Icon: Aggregates only—no grade columns, only category totals column
    • Rounded Box: Full view—all the grade columns and the category totals column

Grader report with change view icon highlighted

Scroll through Grader report

The Grader report allows for smooth and stable scrolling horizontally and vertically.

  1. If you have a lot of assessed activities and grade items in the Grader report, the student names will always display as you scroll across the page.
  2. If you have a lot of students enrolled on the module, the assessed activities and manual grade items will always display as you scroll up and down the page.

Locate student in Grader report

  1. Open Grader report.
  2. The First name and Last name filters in the All participants section near the top of the Grader report lets you filter your students by the first letter in their first name and/or last name.

    All participants list

  3. Select the Grades icon next to the student name to navigate to the Grades & feedback report for the student.

    Grader reposrt with Grades icon highlighted

  4. Select the pen icon to the right of the student name to open the Single view page for the student. From here you can view the grades of one single student across all assessments on the module.

    Grader report with Edit individual grades icon highlighted 

  5. To edit the grade, switch Edit Mode on, then select the override checkbox next to the grade item.

    Override is enabled and a grade has been manually added

Access Grade history

The Grade history page allows lecturers to view the grading history for students and filter by the following criteria .

  • Specific students
  • Grade item
  • Grader
  • Date range
  • Revised grades only

You can download the data in various formats such as .csv or an Excel spreadsheet.

To access Grade history.

  1. Select Grades from the contextual navigation menu.
  2. Select Grade history from the drop-down menu on the left of the page.
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