Gradebook Views in Moodle

The Moodle gradebook has several features and functions which will help you navigate to the areas you need to be in to perform the tasks you want. A brief video for students demonstrating the Elements of the Moodle Gradebook is published on the Moodle: Learning Management System page. The overview may provide a good starting point for understanding and preparing these elements.

verify course Grading Scale in Moodle  in

As a means of evaluating a student's performance in the course, the grading scale translates numeric scores into a letter grade. The course grading scale posted within the course has been predetermined by the department and electronically evaluates the letter score for each student.  For information on the various formats the grades can be displayed within your gradebook, see Displaying Grades in the Gradebook published in the Faculty Resource Center. 

The programs at Immaculata University share one, official grade scale: the 4.0 and letter grade equivalency as stated on the syllabus for the course and as recorded in the undergraduate catalog. Since all official grade reports/transcripts use letter grades based on the 4.0 scale, this grading criteria is sufficient for university purposes.

 In practice, however, many faculty prefer to manage grading using either a percentage-based scale or a points-based grading scale. With some exceptions (see text box below), it is ultimately the discretion and responsibility of the faculty teaching the course to determine and publish the levels students need to achieve on the chosen scale in order to be awarded a particular letter grade. 

Exceptions to choosing a point- or percentage- based grading scale

Please note that the following situations would override an individual faculty member’s ability to apply his or her own scale in the class:

• 1.  Any teaching of  nursing courses, which requires faculty to align grading practices with Division of Nursing grading scale

  2.  Any case in which the academic department chair/program director has advised the faculty member to use a particular point/percentage grade scale.

If you are not excluded by the exceptions above and wish to employ a percentage-based (or a points-based) grade scale for your class, the following page offers a variety of possible scales.  Please note: this list is not exhaustive: there may be other grading breakdowns you could choose, and the scales below are not listed in any particular order. However, the hope is that these options provide you with an idea of the variety of interpretations you might employ for your own grading scale.  You are welcome to use any of those below – or one of your own choosing – if it makes sense for your class. 

Finally and most importantly: when you employ any grading scale (these or another), please publish the scale on the LMS prior to opening the course for the term.  Students have a right to know how they are going to be assessed for their work in your class. 

NOTE: all course shells now have a default percentage grading scale published in the top of the course directly under “Assignments at a Glance & Gradebook.”  Should you choose to employ a scale other than the default one published, be sure the current default item is hidden from student view and your chosen alternative is published in its place. When publishing your own grading scale, we recommend inserting a page directly under the syllabus with your chosen scale.  

To Verify the course grade scale as published under grade letters:

Faculty should open this item prior to the start of term and verify the grade scale accurately reflects the department approved scale. If it does not, then select edit and adjust each line item accordingly. Always remember to Save your changes.