https://grok.lsu.edu/New Gradebook articles!60https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20675 The WDS Post Grades block in LSU Moodle allows instructors to post course grades directly from Moodle to Workday Student (WDS). Like the previous Post Grades block, this function supports both interim (midterm) and final grade submissions. The WDS Post Grades block is automatically added to the20675Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:13:30 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20564 **PLEASE NOTE: We recommend that all ProctorU sessions are created through the Moodle 1.3 External Tool for exams administered as a Moodle quiz activity in the LSU Moodle site (moodle.lsu.edu). If you have previously created exam sessions on the ProctorU site (proctoru.com) in LSU Moodle20564Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:59:56 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20563 This page contains overview information about using ProctorU online proctoring services for LSU campus and LSU Online courses. This service allows students to complete course exams at any location while still ensuring the academic integrity of the exam for the institution. Using a webcam and audio 20563Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:35:07 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20377 Moodle allows instructors to hide their Gradebook from students within a given course. This will remove the Grades link from the course thumbnail on the students’ My Courses as well as the removing the Grades icon from Course tools. To Hide your Gradebook: From the main course20377Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:36:21 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20376 The Maximum grade setting determines the score that comprises 100% credit for a given grade item. The maximum grade for Moodle activities, such as Quizzes or Assignments, must be updated in the activity settings from the main course page. However, for manual grade items, it is found under Edit20376Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:46:04 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20359 The Smart File Importer allows instructors to quickly upload grades to one graded item in Moodle by using a .CSV or .TSV file. Smart Importing Grades to Moodle When using this importer, please note the following : Multiple files may be uploaded at once, and they can be o20359Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:55:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20358 The CSV Importer may be used to import grades from sources outside the current gradebook. To work correctly, the CSV file should have column headings and contain a unique identifier that can correspond to one of the unique identifier options in Moodle as explained below. Email address or LSU ID 20358Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:28:19 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20357 General Information The Moodle Gradebook can be exported in the following formats: Key Manager, OpenDocument Spreadsheet, Plain Text (CSV) File, Excel Spreadsheet, & XML File. To Export Your Gradebook: Log into Moodle and select the course from which you wish to export grades. 20357Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:57:29 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20342 Grade History report allows teachers to select specific students, grade items and/or graders and view the grading history for certain dates. It is possible to view only revised grades and to download the data in various format such as .csv or an Excel spreadsheet. To View Your Gradeboo20342Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:29:45 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20341 *NOTE: Plus/minus grading is required for all undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses using the A+ through F letter grading system. The default scale in Moodle will be a “sample” grading scale in which instructors can adjust to meet their own needs. If the plus and minus scal20341Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:46:59 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20340 Student Gradebook The Student Gradebook feature allows instructors to view the gradebook in the same way that students view it in Moodle. Another benefit of the Student Gradebook is that it can display a single student's grades while protecting the privacy of other students' information. 20340Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:33:29 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20339 *NOTE: Plus/minus grading is required for all undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses using the A+ through F letter grading system. The default scale in Moodle will be a “sample” grading scale in which instructors can adjust to meet their own needs. If the plus and minus scale20339Thu, 02 May 2024 16:34:16 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20310 The Moodle Gradebook (for instructor roles) shows a matrix of all students and all grade items. To access the Moodle Gradebook from the Course Administration menu : Navigate to the course main page. Click the Admin gear in the upper left corner. Under Course Administrati20310Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:59:41 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20299 The quickest way for students to access their Moodle Gradebook is to simply click their grade displayed on the appropriate course thumbnail located on their Moodle My Courses page: Note: Be aware that this is a shortcut to the student Gradebook . Instructors sometimes hide20299Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:20:55 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20261 This feature allows the primary instructor of a course to refresh the enrollment to immediately get the most current list of students enrolled in a Moodle course based on enrollment in the mainframe. Although Moodle rosters are automatically updated as students add/drop a course, it is an overnight20261Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:38:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20239 Manually entering grades For manually create grade items (those that are not associated with a Moodle quiz or activity), you may enter grades by typing them directly into the Moodle Gradebook. For grade items associated with Moodle quizzes or activities, you can still enter grades using the me20239Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:35:42 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20238 Categories and Grade Items may not always appear in your preferred order. To move a grade item: Go into Gradebook Setup and click the Move icon (vertical double arrow) adjacent the item you wish to move. This initiate the move process and causing drop poin20238Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:00:45 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20237 The Moodle Gradebook allows grades to be displayed as a Real grade (the actual score), a Percentage, a Letter Grade, or any combination of those 3 options. The default setting for Moodle is to display the Real grade with the letter grade in parentheses. To change this configuration: Go t20237Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:09:39 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20236 By default, Moodle will exclude empty grades from grade calculations rather then treating them as zeros so that grade items that are not yet complete do not lower students' averages. However, Moodle cannot distinguish between a grade item (such as a quiz) that the student has missed and one that h20236Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:14:50 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20232 The Natural aggregation method initially calculates the weight of all grade items based upon their maximum grade. Left unchanged, it will calculate grades precisely like Weight by Points. However, Natural allows you to override the calculated weight for any items you wish. Natur20232Wed, 06 Mar 2024 09:02:25 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20230 The Customer Weights aggregation method allows you to specify weights for grade items (and / or categories) independent from the maximum grades for those items. The item's weight will be multiplied by the percentage scored by the student, not the raw score. In this way, the weight you want a grade 20230Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:55:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20226 In this aggregation method, the weight of each grade item is determined solely by its maximum grade. The weight field is neither displayed nor is it configurable. The only variable that can be adjusted is the maximum grade of the item. In the example below, the student score 60 out of 80 possi20226Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:51:19 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20216 Gradebook categories allow you to group related graded items together so that you can perform such functions as dropping a low grade or setting a weight or percentage for a group of items. Each category must contain at least one graded item. To Create a Category within Gradebook Setup: 20216Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:55:34 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20215 General Information: Moodle allows users to curve graded assignments using the Offset and Multiplicator tools. The Multiplicator is a factor by which all grades for a graded item will be multiplied. For example, if the multiplicator is 2.0 and the maximum grade is 100, then all gra20215Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:58:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20214 Moodle allows instructors to hide grades manually, or hide grades until a scheduled date. To Hide/Show Graded Items: From the Gradebook Setup screen, click Edit for the grade item you wish to hide. If you wish to manually hide the grade immediately, simply click the H20214Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:14:08 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20213 General Information If you would like to give a student extra points on a grade item, you can edit the student's score by adding those points to it, and Moodle will calculate it accordingly. Example: If a student scores a 97 out of 100 on an exam, and also got the 5-point bonus question c20213Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:18:31 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20212 Graded Items must be created in order to have columns to manually enter grades into your Moodle Gradebook. Graded items can be created in Gradebook Setup . It is not necessary to create categories in a gradebook, but you may wish to create them in order to drop low grade items or weight the tot20212Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:43:12 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20211 Aggregation Methods There are 3 aggregation methods to choose from for determining how Moodle calculates a category grade total. For more information on the Moodle Gradebook, see the Moodle 3: Gradebook: Overview article . 1. Custom Weights This method allows you to set custom nu20211Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:30:59 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20210 The Gradebook setup page provides instructors access to set up and make changes to their Moodle course gradebook. Options available in this view include creating and editing grade categories and graded items. To Access the Gradebook Setup in a Moodle course: Log into Moodle and select20210Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:53:03 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20160 Grading in Moodle involves several components, best practices, and guidelines to enhance the grading process and facilitate ease of use. Included in this is the Moodle Gradebook, a robust tool for faculty to use to keep up with their students' grades. 1. Grading Best Practices Grade with20160Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:20:56 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19982 One method to expand and collapse columns in Gradebook view is changing the display. This can be accomplished using the View toggles to the right of the Grade Categories listed. To Expand and Collapse Columns in Moodle: Log in to Moodle, and open your desired course. Cl19982Wed, 01 May 2024 09:44:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19976 In the Moodle Gradebook, instructors have the option to quickly edit student grades by graded item or by user (student) using Single View. To Edit Grades by Graded Item in Single View: Login to Moodle and open your desired course. Locate the gear icon (Admin) in the upper r19976Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:36:11 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19975 In the Moodle Gradebook, instructors have the option to quickly edit student grades by graded item or by user (student) using Single View. There is an additional way to add grades in bulk based on empty grades or percentage scores using the Perform Bulk Import feature. To Bulk Insert Gr19975Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:43:20 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19971 To View the Gradebook in Course Grade Breakdown View: Log in to Moodle and choose the desired course. At the left of your screen select Course Tools . On the course tools page, select the Gradebook . Note : The Gradebook can also be acc19971Thu, 02 May 2024 16:10:59 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19969 In the Moodle Gradebook, instructors have the option to quickly edit student's grades by graded item or by user (student) using Single View. To Edit Grades by User in Single View: Login to Moodle and open your desired course. Locate the gear icon (Admin) in the upper right19969Wed, 01 May 2024 13:04:09 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19196 The Projected Final Grade tool in the gradebook calculates what grade a student can make on ungraded activities to receive a desired final course grade. This tool can be used only by the course instructor, or it can be enabled by the instructor for students to use also. Users are able to fill in po19196Mon, 06 May 2024 12:39:38 GMT