General topics covered in this course include:
- Organizing the gradebook
- Admin menu > Grades vs. Gradebook Setup
- How to control what items appear in the Gradebook
- Moodle graded activity
- Manually creating gradebook items / categories
- Create Moodle graded activities first (to avoid duplicates)
- Create categories (Assignments, Quizzes)
- Keep Highest / drop lowest
- Exclude empty grades
- Moving items / categories (move icon vs. checkboxes)
- Setting aggregation methods - gradebook vs. Category
- Custom Weights - change item weight = yes, change cat max grade = yes
- Weight by Points - change item weight = no, change cat max grade = yes
- Natural - change item weight = yes, change cat max grade = no
- Extra Credit - category vs. Grade item
This course will be facilitated via Zoom (join URL below). It will take approximately 1 hour and covers the necessary steps needed to prepare your Moodle gradebook for use during the upcoming semester.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://lsu.zoom.us/j/97242642860