how to set grade aggregation course total in moodle 3

To change how grades are displayed for particular grade items, or category and course summaries (called aggregations): Go to Course administration > Gradebook setup. Click the Edit then edit settings link opposite the grade item or category total.

Full Answer

How does natural aggregation work in a gradebook?

Natural aggregation functions as a sum of grades when the weight boxes are left alone. In this situation, the numbers in the weight boxes are informational and represent the effective weights in the sum.

How do I change how grades are displayed in a course?

From the Grade display type menu, select real (for actual grades), percentage or letter. Click the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page. Alternatively, to change how grades are displayed for the whole course: Go to Course administration > Gradebook setup. Select "Course grade settings" in the administration block.

How do I set up unlimited grades for activities?

Ask your administrator to go to Administration > Site administration > Grades > General settings and tick the box 'Unlimited grades'. In Grade point maximum (just below the unlimited grades setting) enter the maximum grade point value you wish to be available for all activities.

How do you calculate the total grade for each grade?

In simple terms, the category "total" will be equal to the sum of the scores in each grade item each multiplied by its grade weight, and that sum being finally divided by the sum of all weights. This is shown in the following example (with the same assumptions of the previous case).

How do I set a course total in Moodle?

Click the Edit then edit settings link opposite the grade item or category total. (For the course total, click the Edit then 'Edit settings' link at the top of the actions column, opposite the name of the course.) On the edit category page, click the 'Show more...' link under 'Category total'.

What is contribution to course total in Moodle?

Contribution to course total - a new column which, if enabled in the Course grade settings, will show a column of percentages indicating how much each grade item contributes to the user's course total (after weighting is applied).

How do I set grade percentages in Moodle?

7:5614:40How to SET UP GRADEBOOK - MOODLE 3.7 Gradebook seriesYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipThe grade item setting grade display type gives you quite a few options. You can use real which isMoreThe grade item setting grade display type gives you quite a few options. You can use real which is the actual value you can use real and percentage real and letter we haven't looked at letters yet.

How do you set a max grade on Moodle?

Editing the Maximum Grade for Assignments and Most Other ActivitiesClick on the assignment whose maximum grade you would like to change.In the upper right corner, click the Actions menu gear.In the drop-down menu, select Edit settings.In the "Grade" section, change the "Maximum grade" to the desired value.More items...•

How do I calculate my course total?

Grade CalculatorExample:A. Divide the mark given for each small assignment by the possible mark for each small assignment.B. Add the marks given for each assignment. Then add the possible marks given for each assignment. ... C. Multiply the decimal by 100 to calculate the percentage.

How do you calculate total course contribution?

Contribution to course total: The portion of the course percentage that comes from this activity after weighting is applied. The sum of all Contribution to Course Total percentages should equal the Course Total Percentage.

How do I set grade categories in Moodle?

To add a grade category:Select "Gradebook setup" from the gradebook dropdown menu.Click the "Add category" button near the bottom of the page.Give the grade category a meaningful name.Select grade category settings as appropriate. ... Click the "Save changes" button.

How do I add a Weighted grade in Moodle?

To the right of the course name/parent category, click the Edit link to expand the options, then click Edit settings: Now choose Weighted mean of grades from the Aggregation drop-down menu: Click Save changes at the bottom...

How do you use grades in Moodle?

Enter Grades and Feedback for Multiple Students at OnceOn your course page, click the name of an assignment activity. ... Below the summary, click View/grade all submissions. ... To be able to enter grades and feedback directly on the Submissions table, below the table, under Options, select the Quick grading check box.More items...

What is maximum grade in Moodle quiz?

The Maximum Grade figure is for that specific quiz activity and is set by your Moodle system. it is used to scale the quiz attempts to a maximum of that grade. For example if you have 25 questions, each worth 1 point and a student gets 20 correct their grade for this quiz would be 8 (20/25 = 8/10).

How do I change my minimum grade on Moodle?

Re: How do I change Min and Max grades? To change the max grade, click on the activity, then click on 'Edit settings' in the 'Administration' block. In the 'Grade' section, you can then choose what to grade the activity out of (this is standard across all gradable activities in Moodle).

How do I create a grade book in Moodle?

On your main Moodle course page, Turn Editing On. Next, on the left side menu of your course, select Grades. On the next page, select Grader report > Setup > Gradebook Setup from the tabs displayed. On the Gradebook Setup page, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Add Grade Item.

Weighted mean

Each grade item can be given a weight, which is then used in the arithmetic mean aggregation to influence the importance of each item in the overall mean.

Simple weighted mean

The difference from Weighted mean is that weight is calculated as Maximum grade - Minimum grade for each item. 100 point assignment has weight 100, 10 point assignment has weight 10.

Mean of grades (with extra credits)

Arithmetic mean with a twist. An old, now unsupported aggregation strategy provided here only for backward compatibility with old activities.

Median of grades

The middle grade (or the mean of the two middle grades) when grades are arranged in order of size. The advantage over the mean is that it is not affected by outliers (grades which are uncommonly far from the mean).

Smallest grade

The result is the smallest grade after normalisation. It is usually used in combination with Aggregate only non-empty grades.

Mode of grades

The mode is the grade that occurs the most frequently. It is more often used for non-numerical grades. The advantage over the mean is that it is not affected by outliers (grades which are uncommonly far from the mean).

Available aggregation types

The default is 'Natural' but the administrator can specify other types from Site administration >administration > Grades > Grade category settings .

What is natural aggregation?

Natural aggregation functions as a sum of grades when the weight boxes are left alone. In this situation, the numbers in the weight boxes are informational and represent the effective weights in the sum.

What does an empty grade mean?

Important: An empty grade is simply a missing gradebook entry, and could mean different things. For example, it could be a participant who hasn't yet submitted an assignment, an assignment submission not yet graded by the teacher, or a grade that has been manually deleted by the gradebook administrator.

Course grade settings

Course grade settings determine how the gradebook appears for all participants in the course.

Grader report preferences

Teachers can set their preferences for the grader report via 'My preferences' These settings will apply to all courses for that teacher. The teacher may change them at any time.

Site administration settings

Default values for all grade settings can be set by an administrator. The easiest way to do so is to log in as admin then browse a course gradebook and follow the 'Change defaults' links.

Course total column

I would like to have the column "Course total" displaying the sum of the other columns in Grader report. The default value formulae is the average of the columns. I tried to set Aggregation in the admin block to "Sum of grades", but it didn't help. Any suggestions?

Re: Course total column

In addition to setting the aggregation method as Sum of grades, you will also need to change the Grade Display Type to Real for the Course total. Hopefully this will work for you!

Re: Course total column

If my administrator changes it to sum of grades does that mean that it will chage it for all of the courses inthe Moodle? I am the only teacher who wants total points and I can't seem to be able to get that. Please help.

Re: Course total column

Although I have administrator rights to Moodle on our campus, I do not make global changes to our system...I leave that to the experts! Our instructors have control over how point values are displayed in their gradebook. Your system might be different.

Re: Course total column

If you change these setting won't it change how the gradebook reads the inputted grades? For example, to calculate only the grades with an entry, you have to use the weighted grade option with the setting to include only graded items. How would you get those results with the above information?

Re: Course total column

I am not sure I understand what you are trying to do, but if you are using straight sum of points (no weighted percentages), I have been trying to work through this myself. I am getting closer! Please see

Re: Course total column

No, merely that Americans spell "Enroll" differently from the British and Australians.

What happens if you manually adjust the values of EVERY GRADE?

If you manually adjust the values of EVERY grade item, and they do not equal 100%, upon saving they will be adjusted to equal 100%, retaining your weighting preferences. If you only adjust a few of your grade items, the remaining items weights will be adjusted so that the total comes to 100%.

How to add points to an already graded activity?

To add points on top of an already existing grade, go to the Gradebook setup, click "Edit" next to the activity, and choose "Edit Settings" from the dropdown menu. Under the Grade item section, click Show More and add points into the Offset.

Why is the gradebook important?

The reason is that the gradebook is now the place where both numerical and textual types of feedback are recorded for all activity modules. The word "Grading" in assignment relates only to numerical grades, but the ability to give text feedback remains, and must be recorded in the gradebook.

What is extra credit in math?

Natural: Extra credit is a checkbox, not a number. Normally, with Natural, the category's maximum grade is the sum of the maximum grades of all its grade items. If one of them is set as "Extra Credit", however, its maximum grade is not added to the category's maximum grade, but its grades will be.

What is the weighted mean of grades?

For the "Simple weighted mean of grades", the weight is taken from the grade item's maximum grade. A weight is used to give a grade item more or less importance in the computation of the category total or average, compared with the other items of the same category.

Can you have two grade items with different weights?

However, if you have two grade items, each with a different weight, the "heavier" item will have more influence on the total grade than the "lighter" one. You can set the weights to any positive numerical value you choose. Usually, at least one of the weights will be 1 and serve as the baseline for other weights.

Course Grade Settings

Grader Report Preferences

Site Administration Settings

• Default values for all grade settings can be set by an administrator. The easiest way to do so is to log in as admin then browse a course gradebook and follow the 'Change defaults' links. The following additional grade settings can be found in Site administration > Grades > General settings. The settings will affect all gradebooks used by all teach...

See more on docs.moodle.org

Grade Capabilities