{"id":1032,"date":"2023-10-21T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T15:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/creating-a-simple-gradebook-in-moodle\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T20:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:48:40","slug":"creating-a-simple-gradebook-in-moodle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/2023\/10\/21\/creating-a-simple-gradebook-in-moodle-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Simple Gradebook in Moodle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to set up your Moodle Gradebook. This tutorial will show you the most basic set up.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To begin, get into your Moodle Gradebook by clicking on the <strong>Grades<\/strong> link within the course navigation row, just below the course title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-528\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/course_top1-ac0.png\" alt=\"Course navigation\" width=\"555\" height=\"78\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/course_top1-ac0.png 555w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/course_top1-ac0-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From this page switch to the &#8220;Gradebook Setup&#8221; page by clicking on the Grader Report drop down and selecting &#8220;Gradebook Setup&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-529\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/gradebook_setup-4ca.png\" alt=\"Gradebook Setup\" width=\"282\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/gradebook_setup-4ca.png 282w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/gradebook_setup-4ca-147x300.png 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the Gradebook Setup, you can access all areas related to the Gradebook. To navigate the Gradebook options, click on the Gradebook Setup dropdown list at the top. If you choose <strong>Grader Report<\/strong>, you will see a\u00a0list of students enrolled in your class. This list gets updated automatically by\u00a0the Registrar&#8217;s Office so your class list is always up to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-530\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/grader_report_student_list-6f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/grader_report_student_list-6f1.jpg 281w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/grader_report_student_list-6f1-134x300.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To begin setting up your Gradebook, make sure the dropdown list at the top shows <strong>Gradebook Setup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-531\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/setup-6a0.png\" alt=\"Gradebook Setup\" width=\"597\" height=\"240\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/setup-6a0.png 597w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/setup-6a0-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the simplicity of this tutorial we are going to create grade items and weight them out of the course total. To start, at the Top of the page choose<\/p>\n<p><strong>Add Grade Item<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Give your grade item a title and then set the Max Grade to be out of the point value the item is worth.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-532\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/grade-item-e0e.png\" alt=\"Grade Item\" width=\"519\" height=\"273\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/grade-item-e0e.png 519w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/grade-item-e0e-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can ignore the other options and hit <strong>Save Changes<\/strong> at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0You will now see the new grade item in your Gradebook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-533\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/gradebook-307.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/gradebook-307.png 784w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/gradebook-307-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/gradebook-307-768x275.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, you can weight the item to calculate a percentage out of 100. For example, the participation grade will count towards 5% of the final course total. To do this, in the weightings box type in 5 and then hit <strong>Save Changes<\/strong> at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-534\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/weighting-8be.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/weighting-8be.png 466w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/weighting-8be-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can continue these steps until your Gradebook is complete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong>Make sure your weightings add up to equal 100 for Moodle to calculate things properly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-535\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/full_gradebook-684.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"757\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/full_gradebook-684.png 757w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/10\/full_gradebook-684-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to set up your Moodle Gradebook. 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