Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project

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.

Hack/Doc Fest is coming soon, and we’re starting to put together our list of possible tasks for the event. We’re in the process of gathering and reviewing the usability tests that a number of schools conducted in the spring, and we expect a good chunk of our work to be guided by those results.

As always though, we’re looking for suggestions from the community about things *you* want us to look at and work on. These can be bug fixes, hacks, functionality improvements, documentation, road testing, etc. 

Note: You don’t have to be attending Hack/Doc Fest to make suggestions — we’d like suggestions from the entire community.  Read the rest of this entry »

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