Moodle Gradebook

Adding and Scoring a Gradebook Item

Grades in the gradebook are either manual entry items or items that are related to a course activity (ex. Assignment, Quiz, etc.). These two types of grade items are identified in the grade book by a small square icon for manual entry items and/or by displaying the Moodle activity icon that displays on your course page.

Part 1: Adding a manual grade item in a course gradebook

Note: To learn how to enter scores, see Part 2: Entering scores for a manual grade item.

Step 1: On the course page header, click Grades.

Step 2: The Grader report will display all current scores for your roster in the gradebook. To access the grade book settings, click Gradebook setup from the Grader report drop-down menu.

Step 3: In the Gradebook setup screen, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Add grade item.

Step 4: Enter a name in the Item name field.

Step 5: If desired, enter a new value in the Maximum grade field (default score is 100).

Step 6: Click Save changes to add the grade item to the gradebook.

The grade item will then appear on the Gradebook setup screen.

To make revisions once the grade item has been added to the gradebook, click the Edit link within the item’s row, and then select Edit settings from the drop-down menu. This action will return you to the Grade item setup screen shown in the previous step.

Part 2: Entering Scores for a Manual Grade Item

Scores for manual entry grade items can be entered in the Grader report screen using the process below.

Step 1: Verify the View and Grader report tabs are selected.

Step 2: Click into the cell for the student and assignment. Enter the score in the grade field and, if desired, enter text in the feedback field.

Step 3: To save the score and feedback, click anywhere outside of the cell or hit the enter key on the keyboard.

Note: Once grades are entered, you will need reload the browser window to see a percentage score and the updated course total!