Gradebook: Create Weighted Grade Categories

Setting up the Moodle gradebook can be complicated. It is recommended that faculty follow these steps:

Set Up Your Categories

If you intend to use the gradebook and assign work to different categories, it is best to create the categories before adding the graded items to the classroom. 

1. Click "Grades;"
2. In the "Grader report" menu, click "Gradebook setup;"
   
   
   
   
3. Near the top of the page, click "Add category"
   
   
   
   
4. Type the name of the category; the aggregation has multiple options, the default it the most commonly used
   
   
   
   
5. Click "Save changes."
6. Repeat until all of the categories in your syllabus have been created.

Set Weights for the Course Grades

1. In the gradebook setup, click "Edit category" under the "Action" menu for the course grade
   
   
   
   
2. Change the aggregation to "Weighted mean of grades" then "Save changes"
   
   
   
   
3. Enter the weights for each category; for example if one category is worth 50% and the other two worth 25% each:
   
   
   
   
4. Click "Save changes."
5. Once the categories are created and weighted, you can either click the "move icon" (the rectangle to the let of its name, then click on the dotted line where to want it to appear.
6. You can also choose the category form the drop down menu in the "grade" options in assignment settings.