Talk:Grades FAQ

This FAQ asks begins answering the question Why is the new gradebook so complicated?

There has been considerable discussion about usability as Moodle has grown, including questioning whether adding new features necessarily requires a more complicated interface. Some have argued (including this author) that more field testing, carefully chosen defaults, and progressive revealing of features (including an "advanced" button) can make it much easier for new users while making it possible to make available features selectivity available as needed. During the Beta process, progress was made on this, but additional improvements are probably quite possible.

An obvious example would have been to retain the <1.9 interface as a legacy option, but built on top of the new code. The counter-argument is to make all options available to every user so that they know that the feature is there, but this has a high cost in terms of usability as a product becomes feature-rich.

--Gary Anderson 10:59, 29 March 2008 (CDT)