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Gradebook Setup: Categories and Weights

Learn how to setup your gradebook with categories and weights

Updated over 7 months ago

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to setup categories and weights in the gradebook

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Note

Reference your syllabus as you set up your course gradebook. Matching the categories and weights in your course gradebook to your course syllabus is essential

Procedures

  1. On your course homepage, click on the Grades tab

  2. Click on the dropdown and select Gradebook setup

Dropdown menu with the Gradebook setup option highlighted

Gradebook Setup Page:

Gradebook setup page with a list of uncategorized activities

Add Categories

  1. Click on the Add category button at the top of the page:

Red arrow pointing to a button labeled Add category

  1. Give the category a name

  2. Click on Show more to see all the settings

    Arrows pointing to multiple options such as the Category name and the Show more link

  3. Review the rest of the settings and change them as desired

  4. Click on Save Changes

  5. Repeat as necessary

Examples of three categories: assignments, quizzes, and forums

Move a Single Item/category

  1. Click on the two-sided arrow to the left of the item you want to move. This will expand your Gradebook setup page with spaces where you can select the new location of the item

    Red arrow pointing to two way arrow


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  2. Click on the long rectangular box at the point where you want to insert the item. See the illustration below. Pay attention to the indentions of the boxes. A slightly indented box indicates placement under the above category. A dotted box with no indent indicates the same level as a category

Red arrow pointing to a box with a dashed outline

Your item should now have moved to your chosen location in the gradebook.

Red box highlighting a activity that was just moved

You can also move categories around using this method. Make sure to select the long rectangular box that is on the same level as the other categories or you will move a category within another category

Red arrows indicating within a category or category position

3. Repeat until your Gradebook is organized.

Move Multiple Items

  1. Click on the small box to the far right of the item you want to move. A checkmark will appear in the box. You can select multiple items to move

    Red arrow pointing to a checked box

  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the dropdown box for Move selected items to...

  3. From the dropdown menu, select the category you want the item moved to. Wait for a moment and the item should move to your chosen location in your gradebook.

Red arrow pointing to a dropdown menu

Weights

The total weight value for the gradebook must equal 100. Moodle will automatically adjust weights to compensate for any manual changes.

  1. To adjust weights, click on the box to the left of the weight you want to change

  2. Type in the weight

    Weights input box

  3. Click on Save changes at the bottom of the page.

Button labeled Save changes

Keep the box checked so any further weight changes will not affect the weights you adjusted.

A message will appear at the top indicating that weights have been adjusted to total 100. Any weights that were not checked will be adjusted.

Notice that weights have been adjusted to a total of 100

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