Moodle gradebook : explore the Moodle gradebook and discover how to set up and customize it to track students' progress /: explore the Moodle gradebook and discover how to set up and customize it to track students' progress. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rebecca Barrington.
• Authors: Barrington, Rebecca
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Gradebook; Getting to the Gradebook; Activities that work with the Gradebook; Key features of the Gradebook; Organizing grades; Summary; Chapter 2: Customizing the Grades; Numeric grades; Letter grades; Customizing letter grades; Creating a letter grade that uses words; Creating scales to grade assignments; Customizing grade scales; Have another go!; Using Outcomes; Summary; Chapter 3: Adding Graded Activities; Adding assignments. Creating an assignment with a scaleCreating an online assignment with a number grade; Creating an assignment including outcomes; Alternative Grading Methods; Marking guide; Rubrics; Adding additional grading directly into the Gradebook; Summary; Chapter 4: Assigning Grades; Grading an assignment; The Submission Status section; The Grades section; Attempt settings; Grading options; Options; Quick grading within the assignment grading screen; Grading an online text assignment with a number grade; Grading an assignment with outcomes; Grading an assignment with a marking guide. Grading an assignment with a rubricGrading a graded item within the Gradebook; Quick grading within the Gradebook; Summary; Chapter 5: Using Calculations; Calculating the course grade; Why use normalization?; Aggregation types; Maximum grades; Example one -- The mean of grades; Including all graded activities; The simple weighted mean of grades; The weighted mean of grades; Example two -- The sum of grades; Viewing letter grades in the Gradebook; Setting the course default for the grade display type; Example three -- using scales; Example four -- using outcomes; Summary. Chapter 6: Organizing The Gradebook Using CategoriesAdding categories; Excluding assessments from the final grade; Excluding assessments from the aggregation for all students; Excluding assessments from the aggregation for individual students; Summary; Chapter 7: Reporting with the Gradebook; The grader report; Using groups to further improve the Gradebook's use; Creating groups; Enabling assignments to use groups; Viewing the groups in the Gradebook; Outcomes report; Overview report; User report; Reports that students see; Customizing the reports view; Exporting the Gradebook data; Summary. Chapter 8: Additional Features for Progress TrackingSetting pass grades; Activity completion; Reporting; Student view; Teacher view; Course completion; Reporting; Teacher view; Student view; Summary; Index.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 371.33; COMPUTERS -- Interactive & Multimedia; Educational technology; Open source software; Educational technology; Open source software; EDUCATION / Administration / General; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Open Source; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784396619; 1784396613; 9781784399375
• Related ISBNs: 9781784399375; 178439937X
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed January 22, 2015).; Note: Print version record.
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