Gradebook Glossary

Every activity in Moodle that can be graded has its own unique Activity Grader. You can access the Activity Grader for any activity simply by navigating to it. You can do this either from your course front page, the Navigation block, or possibly the Activities block (if you've chosen to use it). How you use the Activity Grader for each activity varies based by its type. In this lesson, we will look at the module/ activity graders for:

Assignments
Forums
Glossaries
Quizzes

Advanced grading methods allow instructors to use a form for grading, such as a rubric or checklist.

Check this setting if you have categories nested inside other categories, and you have them weighted or included in the computed final grade for the course.

You can set all non-graded items to count as a zero if you wish by removing the tick next to the "Aggregate only non-empty grades" checkbox in your gradebook. This will determine how you will deal with blank assignments/zeros.

Do Not Aggregate Only Non-Empty Grades (Recommended): Leave the "Aggregate only non-empty grades" check box unchecked if you want all grade fields to be taken into consideration until the end of the course. All incomplete assignments will register as a zero, and the running course total will be a percentage out of the whole (i.e. the student will see 40/400). This will require you to educate your students about the process of being graded in an online environment. Explain that this is a cumulative grade, and it will build toward the final course grade as they progress through the course.
Aggregate Only Non-Empty Grades: Check the "Aggregate only non-empty grades" check box so that blank grades are NOT calculated as zeros. All incomplete coursework will be ignored for scoring. This will require you to enter a zero for missing, incomplete, or late work if you want the zero to factor. If you don't enter a zero in work that has yet to be completed, the running course total can be misleading (i.e. it will appear that a student has 40/40 even though there are 400 points in a course).

An empty grade is simply a missing gradebook entry, and could mean different things. For example, it could signal an unsubmitted assignment, an assignment submission not yet graded by the teacher, or a grade that was manually deleted by the gradebook administrator. Caution in interpreting these "empty grades" is thus advised.

Determines how grade items in the gradebook are calculated together to receive a category or course level grade.

This setting determines whether the category and course total columns are displayed first or last in the gradebook reports.