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Gradebook - Overriding Grades

The Override grade function allows instructors to update a grade. This tutorial will also demonstrate how to reverse an override.

 Step 1  Enable the Edit Mode, located in the top right of your course page.

 

Image showing Edit mode - enabled
Step 2

Click on the Grades at the top of the course. 

Image showing the Grades tab Selected
Step 3 Click on the drop-down menu then select Single view from the options.

Image showing the Single View option within the dropdown
Step 4 On the resulting screen, select Grade Items and then select the grade item you wish to override from the dropdown. 

Image showing Grade item and the Select grade item Dropdown
Step 5 Click the box next to Override in the row of the student's grade you wish to override.

Image highlighting the Override field next to a sample user
Step 6 In the area next to Insert value, put the grade you want the empty grades to receive.

Image showing an inserted value example
Step 7 Click the Save button.

Image showing the Save button
Step 8 You should see a message that the grades were set. Click Continue and you can return to the same screen to use the drop-down menu to choose another grade item.

Image showing the continue button and a sample confirmation message
Step 9 To reverse an override: Follow steps 1 through 4 of this tutorial. Next, deselect the Override checkbox and update the grade for the student.

Image highlighting the aforementioned checkbox
Step 10 Click the Save button to save the grades again.

Note: If you have graded the assignment for that student either in the Open Forum or the tool's grading area itself, that grade will now appear in the gradebook for the student. Please contact E-Learning (elearning@southwesterncc.edu) for more information.

Image of the Save button


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Gradebook - Sending a Message based on Grade Range

If you would like to send a message to a group of students by grade range (i.e. some students who did not do well on a quiz), you may do so by messaging directly from the Gradebook. You can choose either a specific activity/assignment or a grading category to generate the grade range.

Step 1 Start by clicking on Grades at the top of the course.

Image showing the Grades tab Selected
Step 2 On the resulting screen, click the Message to grade range button.

Image showing the Grader Report
Step 3 In the resulting pop-up window, choose an activity or category for the grade range.

Image showing the Message to grade range menu
Step 4 Next, set the start and end range for the grade of students you want to contact.

Image highlighting the Activity and Start/End ranges
Step 5 On the resulting screen, you'll see the recipients listed per your grade range results. Type in a subject and a message. When you are done, click the Send message button.

The students will receive the message both in Moodle as well as in their SCC email accounts. If they reply to the message via email, you will receive an email back at your SCC email account.

Image highlighting the Send Message button


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Gradebook - Using Groups

When teaching a course with multiple sections, especially when a course has a large number of students, using groups in conjunction with the gradebook makes it much easier to filter student data. Multi-section courses automatically have groups created for each section, which you can use in addition to or instead of your own custom groups.

Note: You will not be able to sort the gradebook using groups unless you have created groups for your course. Please see this tutorial.

Step 1 In your course, click on the Grades.

Image showing the Grades tab highlighted in blue
Step 2 Select Grade Report if it is not already.

Image showing the Grade report option within the dropdown
Step 3 At the top of the Grader report, from the Separate / Visible groups drop-down menu (at left), select a group name.

Image showing the Grader report and the Visible groups dropdown
Step 4   Your gradebook will refresh to show only the students in that group.

To view all users again, simply use the Separate / Visible groups drop-down menu again and select All participants.		  Grader report



Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Gradebook - View as a Student

In this tutorial, you will learn how to view your course as a student.

Step 1 In any course, click on My Courses.  
Step 2 Next, click on Switch role to...  
Step  3 On the resulting screen, choose Student.  
Step 4 When you are done reviewing the course as a student, click on My Courses again and choose Return to my normal role.  


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Grades - Moving Categories and Columns in the Gradebook

This tutorial will show you how to move categories and grade columns in the grade book. A video tutorial can be found here: Moving Categories and Columns in the Gradebook

 

Step 1

Click on the Grades at the top of your course, and click on Gradebook setup from the dropdown on the resulting page.

Gradebook dropdown with Gradebook Setup highlighted.

Step 2

On the resulting screen, click the move arrow next to the category or assignment you want to move. (Please note - this is not a drag-and-drop situation. Click the arrow icon just once.)


In this example, we are moving the Sample Assignment, but you can do the same with categories.

Gradebook categories with blue arrows next to grade item highlighted.

Step 3

The screen will reload, and you will see dotted lines. Any one of these areas is open for us to move our item into. 

Dotted line between grade items highlighted.

Step 4

The screen will reload and the item you have moved should appear in its new location. 

Moved assignments in the gradebook.


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Grading - Rubrics

This tutorial will show you how to use rubrics to grade student work.

You must first create a rubric in order to use it to grade student work. If you have not yet created a rubric, click here for more information.

Step 1 Select OpenLMS from the top of your course and click on Open Grader.   View Report
Step 2  

On the resulting screen, you will see a list of the submitted assignments to be graded.

Scroll to the one you wish to grade or use the drop-down menu to select the name of the assignment you wish to grade.		 Sample assignment dropdown
  
Step 3 Click Grade with rubric.    Grading with Rubric
Step 4 In the resulting pop-up screen, select the appropriate point value for each criterion by clicking on the appropriate box. Sample Rubric
Step 5 Additionally, you may type feedback or attach a file to the rubric as feedback for the student - scroll to the area below the rubric to do so.

You may also choose to annotate a PDF of the student's submission - simply scroll down to the bottom and click Launch PDF editor.		  Feedback dialog example
 Step 6
 When you are finished using the rubric, click Save grade.

The grade will be based on the rubric selections you made for the student.

Note: If you'd like to tell students how to view their rubric feedback, please share this link to the tutorial with them: https://ecampus.southwesterncc.edu/mod/page/view.php?id=52837		  Save Grade button


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Grading Guides

Using a Marking Guide

A marking guide is an advanced grading method that allows an instructor to create a set of criteria for a Moodle assignment activity, optionally share these criteria in advance with students, and grade each criterion using a range of values. It also allows you to build a set of frequently-used comments to use when grading.

Step 1

While creating a new assignment, expand the Grade settings. Set the maximum point value for the assignment, then choose Grading guide from the drop-down menu.

Image showing the Grading guide option highlighted
Step 2 After adjusting any other settings for the assignment, click the Save and display button.

Image highlighting the Save and Display button in blue
Step 3 On the resulting screen, choose Define new grading form from scratch.

Image highlighting the Define new grading form option in blue
Step 4 In the name and description areas, type a name and optionally, type a description of the marking guide for the assignment.

Image showing a sample name and description
Step 5 On the resulting screen, click where indicated to edit the name of the criterion, the description that students will see, and the maximum score.

Image highlighting the edit option in blue
Step 6 You can also add additional criteria by clicking Add criterion. 

Image showing sample criteria
Step 7 Optionally, you can type feedback you think you will be likely to give to multiple students in the Frequently used comments area. Comments
Step 8 It is recommended that you keep the default settings to show the guide definition and show marks per criterion to students.

Click Save grading guide and make it ready to continue.		 Save grade dialog
Step 9 If you have allowed students to see the marking guide information, they will see it when they click on the assignment before submitting.   grading criteria
Step 10 When grading, you can use the Open Grader and you'll see an option to "Grade using Marking Guide." When you click this, it will expand text boxes where you can enter comments and point values.

For more information about Marking Guides, click here.		  Grade dialog


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Groups

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Hiding or Showing Activities and Resources to Students

You may hide items, assignments, activities, resources, and entire sections in your course. A video tutorial can be found here: Hiding/Showing Activities and Resources to Students

Step 1

Navigate to the activity or resource you wish to hide or show, and click the icon of three dots in the right corner of the activity, then select Hide or Show.
 
Step 2 Alternately, you can edit the item by clicking on the edit settings option.
Step 3 On the resulting screen, navigate to the area, then choose Show on course page or Hide on course page in Availability.
 Step 4
 Click Save and return to course.

 

Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Highlighting a Topic or Section

In this tutorial, you will learn how to highlight a section of your course so that students immediately go to that section upon entering the course.

Step 1

Navigate to the section you wish to highlight. Click on the image of three dots in the right corner of the activity.
Step 2 When students log in, the highlighted section will appear.   


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

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