Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project

How to edit your Moodle profile to include information about yourself such as email, phone number, social network IDs or a photo.

An explanation of Moodle roles, when you may create new roles and how to allow for role overrides.

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An explanation of how to set up the Moodle 1.9.5 gradebook using weighted categories.

Changes/Improvements to the gradebook in Moodle 1.9.5. Written for end users.

Grades in the Moodle 1.9.5 gradebook can be calculated, aggregated, and displayed in a variety of ways, and a variety of settings exist to meet a variety of grading strategies. This user documentation provides information on deciding which aggregation method to use, how to establish grade categories, and other common gradebook functions.

Creating custom scales– site-wide or for an individual course.

A summary of the new administrative settings in the 1.9.5 gradebook.

This manual script is used to verify that everything works the way we expect it to work when a new version of Moodle is release. It walks through the major areas of Moodle (assignments, forums, gradebooks, etc.) We have tried to cover everything, but you will need to tweak this document to fit your specific institution.

This document provides a rundown of simple steps you can take to streamline the Gradebook without modifying any code.