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Adding a Manual Grade Item

Learn how to add a grade for a category not available in Moodle

Updated over 6 months ago

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to add a manual grade item for activities that don't have a corresponding Moodle activity

Procedure

  1. To create a manual grade item, click on the Grades tab in your course

    Course tabs with the Grades tab highlighted

  2. In the dropdown menu defaulted to Grader report, select Gradebook setup

    Grader report dropdown menu with Gradebook setup highlighted

  3. Click the Add grade item button

    Gradebook setup options: add a grade item, add outcome item, add category

  4. Assign an Item name (shown here: Wiki Assignment and a Grade type (shown here: Value)

    Data entry box for naming a grade item and a dropdown menu assigning Value as the grade type

  5. In the Parent category section, move the assignment to a category already in your gradebook if desired

    Drop down menu for selecting the grade category with Assignment highlighted

  6. Save your change. This will take you to the gradebook assignment view where you can verify the change

    Button labeled Save changes

  7. If you make a mistake, click Edit and then Delete and start again

Edit dropdown menu with the Delete option

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