Key features of the Gradebook

The Gradebook primarily shows you the grade or score for each graded activity within the online course. This grade can be shown in a number of ways:

  • Numerical grade: A numerical grade is already set up and ready for use within all Moodle courses with a default maximum score of 100 (a higher maximum can be set within site administration and this will be explained in Chapter 2, Customizing Grades).
  • Scale: This refers to a customized grading profile that can be letters, words, statements, or numbers (such as Pass, Merit and Distinction).
  • Letter grade: This refers to a grading profile that can be linked to percentages (such as one hundred percent = A).

Within some activities (such as assignments), written feedback can be ...

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