Moodle gradebook : set up and customize the gradebook to track student progress through Moodle / Rebecca Barrington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrington, Rebecca.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Open source : community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moodle.

Educational technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham ; Mumbai : Packt Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Barrington Rebecca: Rebecca Barrington has been using Moodle for over seven years whilst working at South Devon College. She provides a range of support, training and information guides for teaching staff and uses Moodle in her own teaching, including a qualification about virtual learning environments. Rebecca has a keen interest in using technologies to support learning and is continually developing new ways of using Moodle and applying these to online courses for use with students. South Devon College has a well-known reputation for its use of technology and Rebecca also travelled around the country to deliver training and advice on using Moodle to other organizations as well as at regional and national events. She is also a regular contributor to online VLE forums to share ideas and advice. Rebecca can be found online via Twitter @bbarrington

Summary:

A practical book with plenty of step-by-step instructions and informative screenshots to guide you through the many features of gradebook. Moodle Gradebook is for anyone who uses Moodle as a course instructor. You will need to know the basic functions of using and navigating Moodle, but no prior knowledge of the grades functions will be required.

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; Scales; Customizing grade scales; Have another go!; Using outcomes; Summary; Chapter 3: Adding Graded Activities; Adding assignments; Adding outcomes to an assignment

Advanced grading methodsRubrics; Adding additional grades directly into the gradebook; Summary; Chapter 4: Assigning Grades; Grading an assignment; The Submission section; The Grades section; The Feedback section; The Optional settings section; Quick grading within the grading screen; Other options when using the assignment grading table; Grading an assignment with outcomes; Grading an assignment with a rubric; Grading a graded item within the gradebook; Quick grading within the gradebook; Summary; Chapter 5: Using Calculations; Calculating the course grade; Why use normalization?

Aggregation typesMaximum grades; Example one - mean of grades; Including all graded activities; Simple weighted mean of grades; Weighted mean of grades; Example two - 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 Using Categories; Adding categories; Excluding assessments from the final grade; Excluding assessments from aggregation for all students; Excluding assessments from aggregation for individual students; Summary

Chapter 7: Reporting with the GradebookGrader report; Using groups to further improve gradebook use; Creating groups; Enabling assignments to use groups; Viewing the groups in the gradebook; Outcomes report; Overview report; User report; Which reports do students see?; Customizing the reports view; Exporting the gradebook data; Summary; Chapter 8: Additional Features for Progress Tracking; Setting pass grades; Activity tracking; Reporting; Student view; Teacher view; Course completion; Reporting; Teacher view; Student view; Summary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613541758

9781280157080

1280157089

9781849518154

1849518157

OCLC:

794491196