Note: This tutorial completes the local Moodle-specific documentation series. It should be published as the final step in the Crowdmark workflow, guiding instructors on how to push their completed evaluations back to the Moodle Gradebook.
Once your grading team has finished evaluating all submissions in Crowdmark, the final step is to push those scores directly into your Moodle Gradebook. Because you set up the connection using Moodle’s External Tool, this process requires just a few clicks.
Before you begin, ensure that grading is 100% complete in Crowdmark. Pushing grades multiple times is possible, but it is best practice to perform a final sync once all evaluations are complete.
1. Exporting Grades from Crowdmark
You must initiate the grade sync from inside the Crowdmark interface, not from Moodle.
1.Navigate to the Results panel:
Open your assessment in Crowdmark. In the left-hand sidebar menu, click on Results.
2.Click Export to LMS:LTI 1.3 Integration feature.
In the upper right corner of the Results page, click the Export to LMS button. (If your roster was not synced properly initially, this button might prompt you to sync your roster first).
3.Confirm the Export:
A confirmation window will appear showing how many grades are about to be sent to Moodle. Click Export grades to confirm. Crowdmark will display a success message once the transmission is complete.
[Screenshot placeholder: The Crowdmark Results page with a highlighted box around the ‘Export to LMS’ button]
Troubleshooting Tip: If a student’s grade fails to export, verify that they have an active account in your Moodle course and that their Moodle email matches their Crowdmark email exactly. If they were manually added to Crowdmark with a personal email, their grade will not sync.
2. Verifying the Sync in Moodle
After Crowdmark confirms the export, you should immediately check your Moodle Gradebook to ensure the numbers transferred correctly.
1.Open the Moodle Gradebook:
Return to your Moodle course page. In the main course navigation menu, click on Grades to open the Grader report.
2.Locate the Assessment Column:
Find the column matching the name of your Crowdmark activity.
3.Verify the Scores:The Maximum Grade check.
Check that the student scores appear correctly and that the column total matches your expectations.
[Screenshot placeholder: The Moodle Grader report showing the populated Crowdmark grade column]
⚠️ The 100-Point Sync Error
If you notice that a student who scored 30/40 in Crowdmark appears as 30/100 (or 75/100) in Moodle, there is a mismatch between the assessment totals.
How to fix it:
- In Moodle, turn on Edit mode.
- Click the three dots next to your Crowdmark activity link and select Edit settings.
- Expand the Grade section and change the Maximum grade to match the Crowdmark total (e.g., 40).
- Save the changes. The Gradebook will automatically recalculate the correct point values.