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MoodleNet

2020-10-05T18:02:28Z

Kanna:

== MoodleNet ==
MoodleNet is the world’s first federated social network for educators focused on professional development and open content. It is a social network for educators that allows them to engage in discussions, locate and share open educational resources.
It sustainably empowers communities of educators to share and learn from each other to improve the quality of education and it consists an integral part of the Moodle ecosystem.
=== Users ===
=== Not registered users ===
MoodleNet is an open environment where everybody can preview what people are sharing and discussing publicly, without the need to sign in:

Access [https://moodle.net MoodleNet] and click Browse

You will be able to discover the existing resources, collections and communities.

=== Registered participants ===
Although you do not need to sign up to access MoodleNet resources, if you want to join communities, curate collections of resources, and participate in discussions, you need to sign up from the [https://moodle.net MoodleNet] > Sign up.

When a user creates a MoodleNet account, has access to My MoodleNet from where they can see their timeline that shows information like:
* when they created or updated a community and a discussion thread;
* when they updated a collection adding resources, either by sharing link or uploading it;
* when they comment on a discussion thread;
* as well as updates of followed users, specifically when users they are following joined a community, followed a collection, created a new collection, added resources, started or commented on a discussion thread, and what they liked.

=== Administrators ===
==== Actions and Activities ====

== Entities ==
=== Collection ===
curation
=== Resource ===
OER
==== Resource fields ====
=== Discussion ===
=== Community ===
group

MoodleNet

2020-10-05T17:10:38Z

Kanna:

== MoodleNet? ==
=== Users ===
=== Not registered users ===
=== Registered participants ===
==== Actions and Activities ====
=== Administrators ===
==== Actions and Activities ====

== Entities ==
=== Collection ===
curation
=== Resource ===
OER
==== Resource fields ====
=== Discussion ===
=== Community ===
group

Talk:Aiken format

2017-09-28T09:29:12Z

Kanna: Created page with "The last link to provided under the Hits and Tips, the Moodle Conventor leads into a broken page. ~anna krassa 28 Sep 2017, 12:30 UTC+2"

The last link to provided under the Hits and Tips, the Moodle Conventor leads into a broken page. ~anna krassa 28 Sep 2017, 12:30 UTC+2

Talk:Pedagogy

2016-11-07T17:50:54Z

Kanna: /* References to up and coming Moodle 2 */

===References to up and coming Moodle 2===
I understand this page is based on a talk Martin gave a while back, but I wonder if we should perhaps rephrase the parts where he talks about the up and coming features of Moodle 2.0 such as community hubs/repositories/messaging etc? I appreciate as a transcript it is a useful archive but on the other hand for people who are not aware of that it might be a bit confusing?--[[User:Mary Cooch|Mary Cooch]] 04:33, 20 January 2013 (WST)

:Hi Mary, I think the page should be updated. The original version will always be available via the page history. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 18:53, 21 January 2013 (WST)

===Broken link...===
Hello ladies, could you please update the link to Martin's formal papers? The current link is this: https://dougiamas.com/writing/ but it's broken :(
Perhaps it should be this: https://dougiamas.com/writing/tlf2000/ ? --[[User:anna krassa|Anna Krassa]] 7:50, 7 November 2016 (GTM+2)

Category talk:Capabilities

2015-09-16T05:30:00Z

Kanna:

Hello Moodlers,

I am wondering is there a list of capabilities listed by role? ~ anna krassa 15 Sept 2015, 13:15 GTM+3

: Hi Anna, how about from within Moodle - ''Site admin > Users > Permissions > Define roles'' e.g. [http://demo.moodle.net/admin/roles/define.php?action=view&roleid=3 definition of role Teacher on the Moodle sandbox demo site]. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] ([[User talk:Helen Foster|talk]]) 00:28, 16 September 2015 (AWST)

Thanks Helen,
Indeed that's the path I followed in our site (I set up a new default role and compared with the customised we had).
But I think a "capabilities cheat-sheet" would be helpful. :-) ~anna krassa 16 Sept 2015, 8:29 GTM+3

Category talk:Capabilities

2015-09-15T10:15:21Z

Kanna: Created page with "Hello Moodlers, I am wondering is there a list of capabilities listed by role? ~ anna krassa 15 Sept 2015, 13:15 GTM+3"

Hello Moodlers,

I am wondering is there a list of capabilities listed by role? ~ anna krassa 15 Sept 2015, 13:15 GTM+3

Talk:Reset course

2015-08-25T10:13:13Z

Kanna: Created page with "==Course start date== When resetting the course and change the start date of the course, in a weekly format, all week dates are updated. Yet if date restrictions have been imp..."

==Course start date==
When resetting the course and change the start date of the course, in a weekly format, all week dates are updated. Yet if date restrictions have been implemented in these weeks to force user's access, these restrictions are not updated accordingly, nor the dates of 3rd party plugins like Questionnaire... :-( ~ anna krassa, 25 Aug 13:12, GTM+2

Lesson settings

2015-04-07T05:03:29Z

Kanna: /* Maximum Number of Attempts */

{{Lesson}}
=Lesson administration settings=

This page explains the settings involved when first creating a lesson.
To add a lesson to your Moodle course page:
*With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add your lesson, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) and choose ''Lesson'' All settings may expanded by clicking the "Expand all" link top right.

==General==
{|
|[[File:lessonintro.png|thumb|500px|General settings expanded by default]]
|}

===Name===
Whatever you type here will form the link learners click on to view the lesson so it is helpful to give it a name that suggests its purpose.

===Description===
{{New features}}
Add a description of your lesson here.
===Display description on the course page===
If this box is ticked, the description will appear on the course page just below the name of the lesson.

==Appearance==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:lessonappearance.png|thumb|404px|Appearance settings expanded]]
|}
===File pop===
If you want to include a link to a file on the lesson page for students to refer to, upload it here.
===Progress bar===
Choose this to show a bar at the bottom of the page showing how far into the lesson the student has got.
* For lessons containing '''only''' ''Content pages'', once a lesson has been taken to the end, if that same lesson is re-taken, the progress bar will not be "reset", i.e. it will show a 100% progress from page 1!

* For lessons containing ''Question pages'' and set to "Re-take" '''Yes''', the progress bar is always "reset" at 0% upon re-take.

* Note that the Lesson Progress bar only works correctly for lessons with a "straightforward" navigation, such as page 1 -> page 2 -> page n -> end of lesson. It is not guaranteed to work with pages "jumping all over the place".

===Display ongoing score===
Choose this to let students see their score as they work through the lesson.
===Display left menu===
Choose this if you want to show a list of the pages in the Lesson so a student can see what is coming up.
===Minimum grade to display menu===
Choose this if you want the student to go through the lesson once and get a grade before they can (on review) see and navigate through all the different pages.
===Slideshow===

Slideshow height, width and background colour are set for the whole site by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Lesson''.

===Maximum Number of Answers===
Here you can set the default number of answer boxes available when you add your question or content pages. For instance, if you are only going to use True/False, you would only need 2. You can change this at any time so it's not crucial.
===Use default feedback===
Choose this if you want to show a set phrase regardless of their answer. If you have set your own default feedback such as "well done; correct" or "never mind; better luck next time" etc it will appear. If you have not, then Moodle's default feedback will appear.

===Link to next activity===
Choose this to give students a link to another activity when they reach the end of the lesson. ''(Note: this can also be achieved using [[Conditional activities]])''
==Availability==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:lessonavailability.png|thumb|470px|Availability settings expanded]]
|}
===Available from/Deadline===
Here you can set a start and end date and time for your Lesson.
===Time limit===
[[Image:Lesson Timer.png|right]]
This allows you to set a time limit on the lesson. Students will see a countdown counter as they work. The timer does not stop them doing the lesson when the time is up, but correct answers are no longer scored.

===Password protected lesson===
*Change to "Yes" and enter the password if you want students only to access it when they know the password.

==Prerequisite lesson==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:prereqlesson.png|thumb|460px|Prerequisite lesson settings expanded]]
|}

===Dependent on===
This allows access to the lesson to be dependent on students' performance in another lesson in the same course. ''(Note: this can also be achieved with [[Conditional activities]])''
===Time spent===
Decide here how long you want the student to have spent in the chosen previous lesson
===Completed===
Check this box if you want the student to have completed a previous lesson (according to [[Activity completion]] settings)
===Grade better than===
Enter the grade from the previous lesson which you want the student to have exceeded before they can attempt the current lesson.

==Flow control==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:flowcontrol.png|thumb|450px|Flow control settings expanded]]
|}

===Allow Student Review===
This puts a "Review Lesson" button on the last screen of the lesson to encourage the students to navigate through the lesson again from the start.
:Note that the students will not be able to ''change'' their answers, only ''view'' them.

===Provide option to try a question again===
*This displays a button after an incorrectly answered question so that the student can try again (but not get credit for it)
:''TIP:'' Leave this off if you are using essay questions.
===Maximum Number of Attempts===
*Decide here how many times you want students to be able to attempt each question. When they reach the maximum, they will be taken automatically to the next page.
'''''Note:''''' this setting works in combination with the above setting, or independently.

*When 'provide an option to try again' is set to No, students will be able to retake the question as many times as it is set here, with a score penalty.

*When 'provide an option to try again' is set to Yes, then students will be able to retake the question as many times as it set here without a score penalty. In this case an extra dialogue appears.

Consequently when the relevant jump 'this page' is used in wrong answer while the 'provide an option to try again' is set to No and 'maximum number of attempts' is set to 1, a student that will answer wrongly will be moved into the next page, since he/she has the change to try the question just once.

'''''Tip:''''' Ensure you check lesson using a real student account, as the teacher preview or the 'switch role to student' may not give you the exact picture.

===Action after a Correct Answer===
Choose here where you want a student to be sent to if they get a question right. See [[Using Lesson]] for more details on this setting. The options are:
**the next part of the Lesson (default setting)
**a random, unexpected page
**a random page which they have not yet answered.
===Number of pages to show===
You only need this if you have set "Action after a correct answer" to show an unseen or unanswered page. Otherwise, all pages will be seen

==Grade==
(These settings are collapsed by default.)
{|
|[[File:lessongrade.png|thumb|450px|Grade settings expanded]]
|}

Set a grade and grade category here.

===Practice lesson===
Use this if you don't need the lesson to be scored/graded but just need students to work through some pages. Set this to Yes to have the same ungraded type Lesson in earlier versions of Moodle.

===Custom Scoring===
Use this to give a particular number score (negative or positive) to each answer
===Re-takes allowed===
Choose this if you want your students to be able to do the lesson more than once.
:Note that this setting only applies to lessons containing ''Question pages''. Lessons consisting '''only''' of ''Content pages'' can be re-taken even if 'Re-takes allowed' is set to ''No''.
====Handling of re-take====
If you allow your students to re-take the lesson, then decide here if the grade for all lesson attempts is the mean or the maximum.

:Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson. Re-takes by students are ignored.

===Minimum Number of Questions===
Set here the minimum number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score. Students will be told how many they have answered and how many more they need to answer.
*If you are using Content pages, then set this to 0.
*If you use this setting, then add some explanatory text at the start of the lesson so the student knows how many questions they must answer as a minimum. (They may answer more.

==Common module settings==
(These settings are collapsed by default.)

See [[Common module settings]]
==Restrict access/Activity completion==
(These settings are collapsed by default)

The Restrict access and Activity completion settings are visible if [[Conditional activities]] and [[Activity completion]] have been enabled in the site and the course.

==Site administration settings==

The lesson module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Lesson''.

'''NOTE:''' ''The slideshow settings did not work previously but were fixed in Moodle 2.8.2. See MDL-36673 for further details.''

===Slideshow width===
Sets the width of the slideshow only when this feature is enabled in a Lesson's "Change settings".
*Variable name: lesson_slideshowwidth, Default 640.

===Slideshow height===
Sets the height of the slideshow only when this feature is enabled in a Lesson's "Change settings".
*Variable name: lesson_slideshowheight, Default 480.

===Slideshow background colour===
Background colour to for the slideshow if it is enabled.
*Variable name: lesson_slideshowbgcolor, Default #FFFFFF.

===Popup window width===
Sets the width of the popup displayed for a linked media file
*Variable name: lesson_mediawidth, Default 640.

===Popup window height===
Sets the height of the popup displayed for a linked media file
*Variable name: lesson_mediaheight, Default 480.

===Show close button:===
Displays a close button as part of the popup generated for a linked media file
*Variable name: lesson_mediaclose, Default No.

===Number of high scores displayed===
'''NOTE''': This feature is currently broken. Its future is being discussed in MDL-49581

===Maximum number of answers===
Default maximum number of answers per page for site
*Variable name: lesson_maxanswers, Default: 4.

===Action after correct answer===
The default action to take after a correct answer
*Variable name: lesson_defaultnextpage, Default: Normal - follow lesson path

==See also==
*[http://youtu.be/cUDV0WE5ZYY Moodle 2.x Lesson (part 1)] MoodleBites video on YouTube
*[http://youtu.be/Mfj-8w-Ze0A Moodle 2.x Lesson (part 2)] MoodleBites video on YouTube
*[http://youtu.be/jXjqHtgC9c0 Moodle 2.x Lesson (part 3)] MoodleBites video on YouTube

[[de:Lektion konfigurieren]]
[[fr:Ajouter/modifier une leçon]]
[[ja:レッスンの設定]]
[[es:Configuraciones de lección]]

Talk:Restrict access settings

2015-02-14T10:11:08Z

Kanna:

Talk:Restrict access settings

2015-02-14T08:34:56Z

Kanna:

Talk:Restrict access settings

2015-02-14T05:33:49Z

Kanna:

==anna comments==
This article is really cool, though I am seeing an inaccuracy here, for which I am not sure, so I am not editing the article.

In the sites I work the Group and Groupings restrictions can be implemented only in Topic level. Not in activity level.
The documentation here says that this restriction is possible for items (activity/resource)...

Should we update, or I am missing something?
--[[User:anna krassa]] 07:33, 14 Feb 2015 (GTM+2)

==sam comments==

Thanks for your work on this documentation! I had a look at the page and I have a few minor comments:

1) "It may be hidden from students on the course page by clicking the eye:"

As the eye is the hardest part to understand, it may be worth ensuring this part of the documentation is accurate and complete (because it's the sort of thing people might hit up the documentation for). I'm not a documentation expert so I didn't want to change it directly but here's what the eye icon actually does:

* If the eye is SHUT then students who do not meet that part of the condition will not see the activity at all.
* If the eye is OPEN the students who do not meet that part of the condition will see the activity but it will be greyed out and have information about why they can't access it yet.

The shut eye takes precedence. For example, you could have 2 conditions, one based on date (with eye shut) and one based on completing a previous activity (with eye open). That way, the activity will not appear at all until the date; then it will appear but tell you that you need to complete the other activity; then when you complete the other activity you can access it.

For OR and NOT AND type conditions, you only get a single eye icon instead of one for each condition (it doesn't logically make sense if there are multiple ones in those cases).

There is a really good reason for this to be as complicated as it is, honest. :)

2) At present you've left the old documentation and screenshot in there for the section settings. In 2.7 the section interface is the same as the activity interface.

3) I wonder if it is worth mentioning that certain restriction options are not always available. (In other words, whether 'there are loads of buttons on your screenshot but I only have 3' might become an FAQ) depending on whether they make sense for your situation. For example the group/grouping buttons are available but only if you actually have group/groupings in the course (and you haven't turned on the old 'groupmembersonly' option). The activity completion option is only available if you turned on activity completion/progress for the course. Not sure this needs mentioning as may be obvious.

[[User:sam marshall|sam marshall]] ([[User talk:sam marshall|talk]]) 01:13, 26 April 2014 (WST)

==Mary's reply==
Thanks! I will act on all these in the next couple of days; I just wanted to get something down there as a beginning. By the way,you are more than welcome to add stuff yourself :) It is a wiki! --[[User:Mary Cooch|Mary Cooch]] ([[User talk:Mary Cooch|talk]]) 03:43, 26 April 2014 (WST)

Course homepage

2015-01-23T15:09:25Z

Kanna: /* Editing elements on your course homepage */

{{Courses}}
== Standard view of a blank course==
Our examples will be for a course homepage that is the standard default for a new install on a site. There are many course options that determine a course's appearance and make it look very different from our examples. The example course has a header, a footer (both content largely determined by a theme) and 3 columns in the middle.

[[Image:Blankcourselayout.png|thumb|600px|none|Example of Weekly format, teacher view, edit off - [https://docs.moodle.org/en/File:Blankcourselayout.png full resolution here]]]

===Parts of a course homepage===
Using the above image, here are the parts of a typical course homepage. It is possible to move and hide parts of the page and different themes display blocks in different regions, so not all courses will look like this.
{| style="width:75%; height:200px" border="1"
|-
| Column left || Course sections - Center || Column right
|-
|-
| *1 [[Course_settings#Full_name|Course full name]] || *6 Section header & [[News forum|News topic]] || *9 Login information
|-
| *2 [[Course_settings#Short_name|Navigation bar]] ||*7 Current week - First section || *10 Turn editing on button
|-
| *4 [[Navigation block]]|| *8 Future week - Second section|| *11 [[Latest News block|Latest news]]
|-
| *5 [[Administration block]]|| || *12 [[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming events]]
|-
| *14 "Switch role to"|| || *13 [[Recent Activity block|Recent activity]]
|-
| *15 User profile settings || ||
|-
| *16 Site administration|| ||
|}

==Course sections==

Course sections are displayed in the centre of the course page.

===To edit a course section===

# Turn editing on
# Click the edit icon after the section title

If [[Conditional activities]] are enabled for the site, access to the section (including all activities and resources within it) may be restricted.

The number of course sections in the centre column may be changed in ''Administration > Course administration > Edit settings'' or by clicking the plus or minus icons at the bottom of the course page when editing is turned on.

{|
| [[File:editing a section.png|thumb|Editing a course section]]
| [[File:increasereduce.png|thumb|Changing the number of course sections]]
|}

===To move a course section===
#Turn editing on
#Click the up/down arrow or the crosshairs icon to move the section
#Drag the section to where you want to position it and let go

Note: The ability to move course sections is controlled by the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:movesections|moodle/course:movesections]], which is allowed for the default role of teacher.
===To delete a course section===
There is no way to delete a course section as such.
#Three options for a work around are in this post: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=243077
#There is a plugin here: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_quickset
#The tracker item https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-10405 has a hack that seems to work.

==Blocks==

Blocks are displayed in the right and/or left columns of the course page.

To add a block to the course page

#Turn on the editing by clicking the button top right or the link in "Administration > Course administration''
#Select a block from the "Add block" dropdown menu (usually situated bottom right of the page)

To move a block
#Ensure editing is turned on then click onto the block title until the crosshair icon appears
#While keeping the block selected, drag it to where you want to position it and let go.

Alternatively
#Click on the up/down arrow
#Click on the place holder (a zone with a dashed border) where you want the block to appear.

{|
| [[File:moveblocksnew.png|thumb|Crosshair icon for moving a block]]
| [[File:Moveblocks.png|thumb|Up/down arrow icon for moving a block]]
|}

==Activities and resources==

To add an activity or resource to the course
#Turn on the editing by clicking the button top right or the link in ''Administration > Course administration.''
#Click 'Add an activity or resource' to open the new activity chooser. Select an activity or resource then click the Add button, or simply double-click on the activity or resource name.

If desired, the activity chooser can be switched off via ''Administration > Course administration > Activity chooser off''. Activities and resources can then be added using dropdown menus. (The setting appears only when editing is turned on.)

'''Note:''' The Moodle admin can switch this off by default in ''Administration > Site administration > Appearance > AJAX and Javascript''.
{|
| [[File:activity chooser.png|thumb|The activity chooser]]
|}

Alternatively, certain resources and activities may be added using drag and drop:

*To add a [[File|file]], simply drag and drop it onto the course section where you'd like it to appear
*To add a [[Folder|folder of files]], simply zip the folder then drag and drop it onto the course section where you'd like it to appear, answer 'Unzip files and create folder' to the popup dialogue, then click the upload button
*To add a [[SCORM module|SCORM package]], simply drag and drop it onto the course section where you'd like it to appear, answer 'Add a SCORM package' to the popup dialogue, then click the upload button

==Editing elements on your course homepage==
With the editing turned on, each item on your course homepage and each section/block will have icons next to it which all perform different functions such as edit/move/copy/delete/hide. See the screencast: [http://youtu.be/3E71FESTMOM Course editing improvements]

''Note:''' ''Your theme may have icons different from these below:''

[[{{ns:file}}:editstring.png]] - the pencil icon allows you to edit inline the title of the resource / activity

:[[Image:hide24.png]] - the open-eye icon means an item is visible to students. It will close when you click on it

:[[Image:closedeye24.png]] - the eye with a strike through icon means an item is hidden from students. It will open when you click on it

: [[Image:26duplicate.png|61px|]] - the duplicate icon allows you to copy an activity or resource. It's done directly on the course page.

:[[Image:moveajax24.png]]- the move icon allows you to move items or sections by dragging and dropping. (If you have many activities to scroll through while moving, see the Tips and Tricks section below for a useful suggestion.)

:[[Image:movenoajaz241.png]] - this move icon appears if you don't have Ajax enabled.

:[[File:groups24.png]] - the groups icon allows you to change between no groups or separate/visible groups

:[[Image:26actionicon.png|150px]] - this icon groups actions together for easier editing on smaller screens. Click to reveal the options.

:[[Image:movenoajax24.png]] - the move here icon appears when moving a course element without Ajax. Click into the box to re-locate your item.

:[[File:topicmove24.png]] - the up/down arrows allow you to move course sections up or down and appear if you do not have Ajax enabled.

:[[Image:delete24.png]] - the delete icon will permanently delete something from the course

:[[File:groups24.png]] - the groups icon allows you to change between no groups or separate/visible groups

:[[File:assignroles24.png]] - the roles icon allows you to assign roles locally in the item.

The following icon only applies to sections

:[[Image:lightbulb24.png]] - the highlight icon allows you to highlight a section as current.

==Tips and tricks==
===Moving items in a course with many activities===
If you click and drag an activity or resource on a course page which has many items, this might cause you difficulties with "scroll of death" issues. Instead of dragging the activity to move it, click on it. It will display a list of all the items on your page and you just need to click to select where on the course page you want the item to be moved to.

[[File:alternativemovemethod.png|thumb|center|500px]]

*Make your course home page look more like a webpage - see [[Course FAQ]]
*Activity and resource descriptions can be displayed on the course page just below the link to the activity or resource by clicking the 'Display description on course page' checkbox in the activity or resource settings.

==Course homepage capabilities==

*[[Capabilities/moodle/course:sectionvisibility|Control section visibility]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/course:setcurrentsection|Set current section]]

==See also==

*[http://prezi.com/oays--oappai/making-my-moodle/ A useful Prezi from a student teacher on designing an effective Moodle course]
*[http://youtu.be/Je9udHLCIv0 How to quickly rename activities and use the activity chooser screencast]
*[http://youtu.be/1You5H_NXM0 Quickly add a course section in Moodle 2.3 screencast]
*[http://youtu.be/Yy6-Sg7z7A4 Drag and drop blocks in Moodle 2.3 screencast]

[[es:course/view]]
[[fr:Page de cours]]
[[ja:コースホームページ]]
[[de:Kursseite]]

File:editstring.png

2015-01-23T15:07:16Z

Kanna:

Course homepage

2015-01-23T15:06:11Z

Kanna: /* Editing elements on your course homepage */

{{Courses}}
== Standard view of a blank course==
Our examples will be for a course homepage that is the standard default for a new install on a site. There are many course options that determine a course's appearance and make it look very different from our examples. The example course has a header, a footer (both content largely determined by a theme) and 3 columns in the middle.

[[Image:Blankcourselayout.png|thumb|600px|none|Example of Weekly format, teacher view, edit off - [https://docs.moodle.org/en/File:Blankcourselayout.png full resolution here]]]

===Parts of a course homepage===
Using the above image, here are the parts of a typical course homepage. It is possible to move and hide parts of the page and different themes display blocks in different regions, so not all courses will look like this.
{| style="width:75%; height:200px" border="1"
|-
| Column left || Course sections - Center || Column right
|-
|-
| *1 [[Course_settings#Full_name|Course full name]] || *6 Section header & [[News forum|News topic]] || *9 Login information
|-
| *2 [[Course_settings#Short_name|Navigation bar]] ||*7 Current week - First section || *10 Turn editing on button
|-
| *4 [[Navigation block]]|| *8 Future week - Second section|| *11 [[Latest News block|Latest news]]
|-
| *5 [[Administration block]]|| || *12 [[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming events]]
|-
| *14 "Switch role to"|| || *13 [[Recent Activity block|Recent activity]]
|-
| *15 User profile settings || ||
|-
| *16 Site administration|| ||
|}

==Course sections==

Course sections are displayed in the centre of the course page.

===To edit a course section===

# Turn editing on
# Click the edit icon after the section title

If [[Conditional activities]] are enabled for the site, access to the section (including all activities and resources within it) may be restricted.

The number of course sections in the centre column may be changed in ''Administration > Course administration > Edit settings'' or by clicking the plus or minus icons at the bottom of the course page when editing is turned on.

{|
| [[File:editing a section.png|thumb|Editing a course section]]
| [[File:increasereduce.png|thumb|Changing the number of course sections]]
|}

===To move a course section===
#Turn editing on
#Click the up/down arrow or the crosshairs icon to move the section
#Drag the section to where you want to position it and let go

Note: The ability to move course sections is controlled by the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:movesections|moodle/course:movesections]], which is allowed for the default role of teacher.
===To delete a course section===
There is no way to delete a course section as such.
#Three options for a work around are in this post: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=243077
#There is a plugin here: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_quickset
#The tracker item https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-10405 has a hack that seems to work.

==Blocks==

Blocks are displayed in the right and/or left columns of the course page.

To add a block to the course page

#Turn on the editing by clicking the button top right or the link in "Administration > Course administration''
#Select a block from the "Add block" dropdown menu (usually situated bottom right of the page)

To move a block
#Ensure editing is turned on then click onto the block title until the crosshair icon appears
#While keeping the block selected, drag it to where you want to position it and let go.

Alternatively
#Click on the up/down arrow
#Click on the place holder (a zone with a dashed border) where you want the block to appear.

{|
| [[File:moveblocksnew.png|thumb|Crosshair icon for moving a block]]
| [[File:Moveblocks.png|thumb|Up/down arrow icon for moving a block]]
|}

==Activities and resources==

To add an activity or resource to the course
#Turn on the editing by clicking the button top right or the link in ''Administration > Course administration.''
#Click 'Add an activity or resource' to open the new activity chooser. Select an activity or resource then click the Add button, or simply double-click on the activity or resource name.

If desired, the activity chooser can be switched off via ''Administration > Course administration > Activity chooser off''. Activities and resources can then be added using dropdown menus. (The setting appears only when editing is turned on.)

'''Note:''' The Moodle admin can switch this off by default in ''Administration > Site administration > Appearance > AJAX and Javascript''.
{|
| [[File:activity chooser.png|thumb|The activity chooser]]
|}

Alternatively, certain resources and activities may be added using drag and drop:

*To add a [[File|file]], simply drag and drop it onto the course section where you'd like it to appear
*To add a [[Folder|folder of files]], simply zip the folder then drag and drop it onto the course section where you'd like it to appear, answer 'Unzip files and create folder' to the popup dialogue, then click the upload button
*To add a [[SCORM module|SCORM package]], simply drag and drop it onto the course section where you'd like it to appear, answer 'Add a SCORM package' to the popup dialogue, then click the upload button

==Editing elements on your course homepage==
With the editing turned on, each item on your course homepage and each section/block will have icons next to it which all perform different functions such as edit/move/copy/delete/hide. See the screencast: [http://youtu.be/3E71FESTMOM Course editing improvements]

''Note:''' ''Your theme may have icons different from these below:''

:[[Image:editstring.png]] - the pencil icon allows you to edit inline the title of the resource / activity

:[[Image:hide24.png]] - the open-eye icon means an item is visible to students. It will close when you click on it

:[[Image:closedeye24.png]] - the eye with a strike through icon means an item is hidden from students. It will open when you click on it

: [[Image:26duplicate.png|61px|]] - the duplicate icon allows you to copy an activity or resource. It's done directly on the course page.

:[[Image:moveajax24.png]]- the move icon allows you to move items or sections by dragging and dropping. (If you have many activities to scroll through while moving, see the Tips and Tricks section below for a useful suggestion.)

:[[Image:movenoajaz241.png]] - this move icon appears if you don't have Ajax enabled.

:[[File:groups24.png]] - the groups icon allows you to change between no groups or separate/visible groups

:[[Image:26actionicon.png|150px]] - this icon groups actions together for easier editing on smaller screens. Click to reveal the options.

:[[Image:movenoajax24.png]] - the move here icon appears when moving a course element without Ajax. Click into the box to re-locate your item.

:[[File:topicmove24.png]] - the up/down arrows allow you to move course sections up or down and appear if you do not have Ajax enabled.

:[[Image:delete24.png]] - the delete icon will permanently delete something from the course

:[[File:groups24.png]] - the groups icon allows you to change between no groups or separate/visible groups

:[[File:assignroles24.png]] - the roles icon allows you to assign roles locally in the item.

The following icon only applies to sections

:[[Image:lightbulb24.png]] - the highlight icon allows you to highlight a section as current.

==Tips and tricks==
===Moving items in a course with many activities===
If you click and drag an activity or resource on a course page which has many items, this might cause you difficulties with "scroll of death" issues. Instead of dragging the activity to move it, click on it. It will display a list of all the items on your page and you just need to click to select where on the course page you want the item to be moved to.

[[File:alternativemovemethod.png|thumb|center|500px]]

*Make your course home page look more like a webpage - see [[Course FAQ]]
*Activity and resource descriptions can be displayed on the course page just below the link to the activity or resource by clicking the 'Display description on course page' checkbox in the activity or resource settings.

==Course homepage capabilities==

*[[Capabilities/moodle/course:sectionvisibility|Control section visibility]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/course:setcurrentsection|Set current section]]

==See also==

*[http://prezi.com/oays--oappai/making-my-moodle/ A useful Prezi from a student teacher on designing an effective Moodle course]
*[http://youtu.be/Je9udHLCIv0 How to quickly rename activities and use the activity chooser screencast]
*[http://youtu.be/1You5H_NXM0 Quickly add a course section in Moodle 2.3 screencast]
*[http://youtu.be/Yy6-Sg7z7A4 Drag and drop blocks in Moodle 2.3 screencast]

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Talk:Forum FAQ

2014-09-22T10:39:13Z

Kanna:

Another suggestion for an FAQ addition:
"How can I remove a rate from a post?"

I haven't thought it before, but since this issue arose today I though to ask... I guess it's not possible. Is it? V-.
In a course we have a main facilitator and some guest facilitators, who by habit rate some student posts, while they shouldn't. So I would like (as admin) to remove the unnecessary rates.

But other from deleting the post, I don't find another solution to revert a rate from a post... -[[User:anna krassa|anna krassa]] ([[User talk:anna krassa|talk]]) 13:18, 22 Sept 2014 (GTM+3)

======================

Suggested FAQ addition:

"How can a teacher see all of a student's forum posts in a course?"
"How can students see all of their forum posts on Moodle?"

I don't find it addressed anywhere obvious, and it's a basic need for quick navigation and assessment.

:Yes, a good addition Clay. Maybe a link to the tracker items for this may help as well. --[[User:Derek Chirnside|Derek Chirnside]] ([[User talk:Derek Chirnside|talk]]) 04:21, 10 March 2014 (WST)

Thanks for your suggestions Clay and for highlighting it Derek. I have added FAQ to the page but if either of you would like to improve it, feel free to.--[[User:Mary Cooch|Mary Cooch]] ([[User talk:Mary Cooch|talk]]) 19:48, 11 March 2014 (WST)

Talk:Using Survey

2014-08-29T08:57:42Z

Kanna: Created page with "Hello just noting that the link to Martin's paper is broken. It would be great if we have access to that one again. Thank you :-) --anna krassa 11:57, 29 Aug 2014 (UTC+3)."

Hello just noting that the link to Martin's paper is broken. It would be great if we have access to that one again. Thank you :-) --anna krassa 11:57, 29 Aug 2014 (UTC+3).

Course formats

2014-07-02T09:44:37Z

Kanna:

{{Courses}}
A course format refers to the layout of a course. The course format can be selected in ''Administration > Course administration > Edit settings''.

An administrator can enable, disable or delete course formats for courses in ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Course formats > Manage course formats.'' They can also change the order in which available course formats are displayed to teachers in the course settings.

{|
|[[File:managecourseformats.png|thumb|Manage course formats screen for admins]]
|}

==Standard course formats==

===Weekly format===
[[Image:Weeklyoutline.png|thumb|Weekly format example]] The course is organized week by week, with a clear start date and a finish date. Moodle will create a section for each week of your course. You can add content, forums, quizzes, and so on in the section for each week.

:''TIP:'' If you want all your students to work on the same materials at the same time, this would be a good format to choose.

:''NOTE:'' Make sure your course start date is correct. If it is not your weeks will have the wrong date on it. This is especially important if you are restoring a course to use with a new section of students.

===Topics format===
[[Image:Topicoutline.png|thumb|Topic format example]]The course is organised into topic sections that a teacher can give titles to. Each topic section consists of activities, resources and labels.

TIP: This is great to use if your course is objective based and each objective may take different amounts of time to complete. An example of this would be scaffolding where the students are building upon the knowledge from earlier topics.

===="Show only one section"====

With the Weekly, Topics and any contributed format that implements the functionalty, it is possible via ''Administration > Course administration > Edit settings'' to "show one section per page". Here is a course with eight topics, with the third one currently shown. The links left and right lead to topics two and four:

[[Image:Single_section_page.png|frame|center|Single section page]]

''Notes:''
*The course home page shows just the section names and any text in the section description along with activity and resource numbers, with the names being click-able.
*If editing is ON, then the Main course page will display all the content in all the sections.
*There is a 'Jump to...' menu at the bottom of each single section page (new in 2.5 onwards).

===Social format===
[[Image:Socialformat.png|thumb|Social format example]] This format is oriented around one main [[Forum module|forum]], the social forum, which appears listed on the main page. It is useful for situations that are more free form. They may not even be courses. The [http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=55 Moodle Lounge] is an example of a social format course.

The social forum can be edited by clicking the 'Update this forum' button on the social forum page. The forum introduction is displayed at the top of the course page. Activities and resources can be added on side utilising the Social activities block.

===Single activity format===
The single activity format only has 1 section, and allows the teacher to add one activity only to the course. When the single activity format is selected, a drop down menu appears for the teacher to choose the activity they wish to use. See the "See also" section below for a screencast and working example of the single activity course format.

{|
|[[File:26singleactivity.png|200px|thumb|Selecting the Single activity format]]
|}

Note: This course format replaces the SCORM format in earlier versions of Moodle, as it is possible here to select a SCORM package as the single activity.

Single activity format with a forum as the activity and social format are very similar. The only difference is when the course contains other activities. The single activity format displays them as "orphaned" and for teachers only; the social format displays them in an activities block and available for students.

==Contributed Course Formats==
The Moodle community has developed a number of course formats, available in the [https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=19 plugins directory]. If you plan to create a new one, see [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Course_formats Developers documentation].

See MDL-27646 and MDL-28555 and maybe the discussion http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=175758#p770737

===Collapsed Topics===

This is a format that is essentially the same as the standard Topic and Weekly formats but with a 'toggle' for each section except '0'. The toggles' purpose is to reduce the amount of initial information presented to the user thus reducing the 'scroll of death' that can plague courses with a lot of content. The 'state' of the toggles is remembered on a per course per user basis. For more information, please visit [[Collapsed_Topics_course_format]].

==== Overview ====

For an overview of 'Collapsed Topics' please see this video:

<mediaplayer>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9NaEAPPC5E</mediaplayer>

===Daily format===
The [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=format_days daily format] is a modification of the weekly format that shows sections by day rather than by week.

===Grid format===
The [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=format_grid grid format] is a modular and visual course format. Hides all topics and creates a grid of icons (one for each topic) with short titles. Clicking on an icon brings up the content from the corresponding topic in a "lightbox" style display.

===Menutopic format===
The [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=format_menutopic menutopic format] allows you to display the topics/sections in a menu.

===Noticeboard format===
The [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=format_noticebd Noticeboard format] presents the latest post in the news forum at the top of the course.

===Onetopic format===
The [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=format_onetopic onetopic format] shows each topic in a tab, keeping the current tab between calls to resources, in such a way that when it returns from a module as the blog or the glossary it returns to tab from where you started. This format is based on the Moodle standard format: “Topics”.

===Topic format (colors)===
The [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=format_colours colored topic format] is based on the 'Topics' standard format and allows a teacher to specify the foreground and background colours for each course section.

===Flexible sections format===
The [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=format_flexsections flexible sections format] for Moodle 2.4+ allows to have nested sections and each section may be displayed expanded (with all content on the parent section page) or collapsed (as a link to a separate page)

Other contributed course formats are available from the [http://moodle.org/plugins modules and plugins database].

==See also==
*Screencast: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkdgPGHJi3Q&feature=share&list=SPxcO_MFWQBDe8RRnGjoUDqbcm9PSlIoWn&index=2 Single Activity course format]
*Example of a single activity course format on school.demo.moodle.net: [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/quiz/view.php?id=1511 Moodle History Quiz] (Log in with username: ''parent'' and password: ''moodle'')

*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=47 Course formats forum]
*[http://www.moodleman.net/archives/47 Getting the most out of course design] blog post describing various contributed course formats

Using Moodle forum discussions:
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=116428 Social format: where to put an introduction]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=136453 RSS Feed for forum in a Social Format course]

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Grades FAQ

2012-10-05T03:31:50Z

Kanna: /* How can I grade some of my activities without the results affecting my students' course total? */

{{Grades}}
== General ==

===How can I change how grades are displayed?===

Grades may be displayed as as actual grades, as percentages (in reference to the minimum and maximum grades) or as letters.

The default grade display type for the site is set by an administrator in ''Administration > Grades > [[Grade item settings]]''. However, this may be changed at course level.

To change how grades are displayed for particular [[Grade items|grade items]], or category and course summaries (called aggregations):

# Follow the grades link in the course administration block.
# Select "Categories and items" from the gradebook dropdown menu.
# Click the edit icon for the grade item, category total or course total.
# From the Grade display type menu, select real (for actual grades), percentage or letter.
# Click the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page.

Alternatively, to change how grades are displayed for the whole course:

# Follow the grades link in the course administration block.
# Select "Course settings" from the gradebook dropdown menu.
# From the Grade display type menu, select real (for actual grades), percentage or letter.
# Click the "Save changes" button.

===How can I hide entered grades until a specified date?===

To set a "Hidden until" date:

#Access the course gradebook via the grades link in the course administration block.
#Select "Categories and items" from the gradebook dropdown menu.
#Click on the edit icon opposite the activity for which a "Hidden until" date is to be set.
#On the edit grade item page, ensure that advanced settings are displayed. (Click the "Show advanced" button if not.)
#Enable the "Hidden until" setting by unchecking the disable checkbox, then set a date.
#Click the "Save changes" button.

=== Is it possible to show the teachers/administrators' grades in the grader report? ===
Yes, at the site level you can define which roles will appear in the grader report. This can be found in [[General_grade_settings#Graded_Roles|Administration > Grades > General settings]]. Also read [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=92612 this discussion] for some more ideas.

===Why can't I change a grade within an assignment after changing it in the gradebook?===

When you edit a grade directly in the gradebook, an "overridden" flag is set, meaning that the grade can no longer be changed from within the assignment.

However, the flag can be removed by turning editing on in the [[Grader report|grader report]], then clicking the [[Grade editing|edit grade]] icon, unchecking the overridden box and saving the changes.

===How do I get groups to show up in the grader report?===

For groups to show up in the grader report, group mode should be set to visible or separate groups in the [[Course settings|course settings]]. This will result in a groups dropdown menu being displayed, enabling a teacher to view the grades of all participants, or only the grades for a selected group.

===The quiz grades keep disappearing from the student view, even after I un-hide them!===

Check your quiz settings. Under the '''Review options''' heading, in the '''Later, while the quiz is still open''' and/or the '''After the quiz is closed''' columns, you probably have Scores un-checked. Each time a student completes a quiz, these settings are consulted and the scores will be hidden from ''all'' students. If your students don't all take the quiz at the same time, it can look like quiz scores reset themselves to 'hidden' randomly, even after you un-hide them.

===How can I make the gradebook simpler for teachers?===

See [[Simplifying the gradebook by changing permissions]].

==Advanced grading==

===Why can't I see the advanced grading option??===
To see the option for Advanced grading, you first have to create an assignment and choose Advanced grading/Rubric from the gGading method dropdown. Advanced grading will then appear in ''Settings>Assignment administration.''
===How can I allow teachers to save rubrics as templates for others?===
Create a new role and assign it in the system context. Give this role the capability ''moodle/grade:sharegradingforms'' (for sharing as a template) and if desired ''moodle/grade:managesharedforms'' (for editing or deleting templates created by others) Assign this role to those teachers you wish to have this ability.

===How do students see the Marking guide?===
Assuming the teacher has allowed this in the [[Marking guide]] settings, the student may click "submissions grading" under the assignment name in their navigation block:

[[File:submissionsgrading.png]]

== Reports ==
=== How do I create my own custom gradebook reports? ===
Here is a [[Development:Gradebook_Report_Tutorial|tutorial]] explaining all the main steps involved.
===How can I sort or change the order of column headings?===
Go to Grades link, then select one of the "Category & items" actions from the pulldown on the top left. Use the move icon to change the position of the graded item. And/or you could create categories for the items and move them into a category so they will be grouped that way first.

===How can I remove user ID numbers and/or email addresses from the grader report===

Go to ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > [[Roles settings|User policies]]'' and untick the 'ID number' and/or 'email address' checkboxes for 'Show user identity'.

== Aggregation ==
=== I can't find where to change the aggregation type for my gradebook categories! ===
Each category has an aggregation type, which can be changed through that category's "edit" page. To access that page, you must use one of 2 ways:

1. In the grader report, turn "Editing" on, then click the little "hand" icon next to the category whose aggregation you want to change
2. In the "Edit categories and Items" page (accessible through the "choose an action" menu, top left), you see a tree view of the categories and items in your gradebook. The top category is the course category. Each category also has a "hand" icon, which leads to the category edit page

=== How can I grade some of my activities without the results affecting my students' course total? ===
#Go to Grades and choose the "Category and items" tab.
#Add two [[Grade categories]], one for your "Graded activities" and one for your "Not graded activities". In the "Not graded activities" category choose "None" in grading type.
#Ensure that "Aggregate including subcategories" (an option visible only in "full view") is unchecked for your top level course grade category.
#If you want to completely hide the "Not graded activities" category from your students tick the "Hidden" icon too.
#Save your changes.
#Move all your normally graded activities into the "Graded activities" category.
#Move all your excluded from grading activities into "Not graded activities" category.

'''Note''': Following the above steps the not graded activities will be completely hidden from your students. So...

*'''IF''' you want the activity grades of the "Not graded activities" category, to remain visible to your student without their grades affecting their course total, simply click the eye to show the "Not graded activities" category.

*'''IF''' you want students to be able to see the activity grades and the category total of the "Not graded activities", then you have to let the category visible and also choose a grading type between value, scale or text, by editing the category.

In this case you can exclude the "Not graded activities" from course total using the "Weighted mean of grades" aggregation method in Course category and assigning 100 weight to the "Graded activities" and 0 weight to the "Not graded activities".

*'''IF''' you don't want to use grade categories, you can also exclude the grades of a specific activity by changing the "Multiplicator" (visible only in "full view") from 1.0 into 0.0.

*Last, '''IF''' you want to exclude the grade of an activity only to one or some specific students, then follow these steps:
#From the grader report "Turn editing on"
#Click the "Edit grade" icon of the activity of the student you want to exclude.
#In the Edit grade page, check the tick box next to the "Excluded" option and "Save changes".

=== My student completed only one activity out of 5, but his course total shows 100%. How do I show a more "progressive" course total? ===

==== Step-by-Step Explanation ====
# From the view menu in the gradeboook, select "Categories and items"
# At the top line there is a folder icon and an edit icon on the right, click the edit icon
# You'll then see the title "Grade category," the 3rd item is "Aggregate only non-empty grades."
# Uncheck this.
# Save.

==== Another Explanation ====
By default, only non-empty grades are aggregated, the others are ignored. However, you can change this setting as well as others that affect the course total, by turning "Editing" on in the grader report, and clicking the "Edit" icon next to the course category (the very top row of the grader report).

You can untick the box "Aggregate only non-empty grades" if you want to show a more "progressive" score for each student. Their empty grades will count as a 0 and will be counted in the course mean/total.

If you prefer to show a sum of points, rather than a percentage, you can change the course category's aggregation method to "Sum of grades".

=== How can I display the average grade for my course categories (not grade categories)? ===
In Moodle 1.9 there is no way to aggregate course totals within each category. The gradebook is course-centered, and there is currently no User Interface for showing grades within an entire course category at once.

=== How can I setup weighted assignments? ===
See [[Using "Weighted Mean of Grades" to weight categories containing assignments]].

== Categories ==
=== How many depths of categories/subcategories can I create? ===
There is no programmatic limit, but there are practical limits. Very deeply nested structures are difficult to manage. 3 levels of categories should be sufficient for most situations. Note that there is always at least one level of categories, since the Course category always encompasses all other categories and grade items, can cannot be deleted.

=== I can't find setting X in the grade category edit page! Where is it? ===
If a setting documented on the [[Grade categories]] page does not appear on your edit page, it may mean that it is set globally in your site. See [[Grade_category_settings#Forcing_settings|Forcing settings]] for more information.

== Outcomes ==
=== I want to set up an outcome item for my course. What are the steps required? ===
#The site administrator needs to have enabled outcomes via ''Settings>Site Aaministration > Advanced Features >Enable Outcomes''
#In your course, go to ''Settings>Course administration>Grades>Scales'' and create the scale you need.
#[[Scales#Creating_a_new_scale|Create a scale]]
#In Settings>Course administration>Outcomes, create a course outcome assigning it to the scale you just created.
#Read the [[Outcomes| outcomes documentation]] for instructions).
#You can now give your students a rating on the outcome dimension you just created. If you created a standard outcome, you will be able to use it in other courses and follow your students' performance across these courses.

===How can I remove an outcome from an activity?===

An outcome can be removed from an activity by deleting it on the gradebook edit categories and items page. This results in the outcomes being deselected on the update activity page.

== Modules ==
=== The activity module (Module name) doesn't support grading. How can I give my students a grade anyway? ===
You can create a [[Grade_items#Manual_grade_items|grade item]] manually in the gradebook. You will have to grade your students through the [[Grader report]] interface (in editing mode).

=== I just graded some of my students using the (Module name) interface, but the results aren't showing up in the grader report. What's going on? ===
Here are some of the possible reasons:
#The site settings>Grades>General settings may not have the correct graded roles checked off to appear in grade book. If you see no students in the Gradebook but do see columns for the graded activities, then check the graded role settings.
#The corresponding [[Grade items|grade item]] is [[Grade_locking#In_grade_items|locked]], or its parent [[Grade categories|category]] is [[Grade_locking#In_grade_categories|locked]].
#The module code is not using the [[Development:Grades#API_for_communication_with_modules.2Fblocks|gradebook API]] correctly

=== I just created a new assignment with the "Grade" setting set to "No grade", but it still appears in the gradebook ===
The reason is that the gradebook is now the place where both numerical and textual types of feedback are recorded for all activity modules. The word "Grading" in assignment relates only to numerical grades, but the ability to give text feedback remains, and must be recorded in the gradebook. This is why a grade item is created for it. You can hide the grade item if you do not want it to appear in the user reports.

==Weights and extra credits==

===How do weighted grades influence the category or course total?===
A weight (also called coefficient) only has meaning in reference to other weights. If you only have one grade item, changing its weight will not have any effect. However, if you have two grade items, each with a different weight, the "heavier" item will have more influence on the total grade than the "lighter" one.

You can set the weights to any positive numerical value you choose. Usually, at least one of the weights will be 1 and serve as the baseline for other weights. If another item has a weight of 2, its grades will be multiplied by 2 compared with the grades of the first grade item, before being averaged. The denominator used for averaging is the sum of all the weights.

An example follows:
item 1 weight: 1
item 2 weight: 3
item 3 weight: 0.5

item 1 grade: 40/100
item 2 grade: 60/100
item 3 grade: 20/100

Calculation:
total = ((40 * 1) + (60 * 3) + (20 * 0.5)) / (1 + 3 + 0.5)
= (40 + 180 + 10) / (4.5)
= 230 / 4.5
= 51.11

The total for this category will then be 51.11 out of 100

===Do I have to put a value in each "weight" input box?===
No. If you do not put a value, it will default to 1. If all items are set to 1 then they all have equal weight. If you set a weight to 0, the item's grades will not count at all in the category or course average.

===Do all the weights have to add up to 100 or some similar value?===
No, the numbers you put as weights are completely arbitrary. They must be positive numbers, and can add up to anything you want. Note however that the following four sets of weights are identical in value:

(1 1.75 3)
(4 7 12)
(8 14 24)
(400 700 1200)

===What is the difference between Weight and Extra Credit?===
Weight is only available with "Weighted mean of grades". For the "Simple weighted mean of grades", the weight is taken from the grade item's maximum grade. A weight is used to give a grade item more or less importance in the computation of the category total or average, compared with the other items of the same category.

Extra credit replaces grade item weight if the aggregation method is "Mean of grades (with extra credits)" or "Sum of grades". The effect of extra credit is different for both methods, hence some confusion:

*Mean of grades (with extra credits): A value of 0 does nothing. Any other value is used to multiply the grade and add it to the total after the computation of the mean. This grade is not used in the computation of the mean, however, only added afterwards. Additionally, this cannot bring the category total over its maximum grade unless grades over 100% are enabled by the site administrator (since 1.9.5). This grade item is not counted either in the denominator used to compute the category mean.

*Sum of grades: Extra credit is a checkbox, not a number. Normally, with Sum of Grades, the category's maximum grade is the sum of the maximum grades of all its grade items. If one of them is set as "Extra Credit", however, its maximum grade is not added to the category's maximum grade, but its grades will be. This way it is possible to achieve maximum grade (or grades over maximum if enabled by the site administrator) in the category without getting the maximum grade in all the grade items.

===How do I create an assignment for which students can receive a grade higher than the maximum?===

In Moodle 1.9.5 onwards, a new unlimited grades setting in ''Administration > Grades > General settings'' enables administrators to allow teachers to enter grades over 100% directly in the gradebook.

In earlier versions of 1.9, it is possible for a student to get less than the maximum grade in some grade items, while still getting the maximum grade in the category or course total. The Extra Credit feature is used for this purpose, as described above.

==Formulas==

===How do I give a fixed score for a successful quiz attempt===

Suppose you want to give 5 points for a passing grade (say, 70) in a certain quiz. Possible scenario ([http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=148576]): extra credit points to every student that gets a "passing grade" in a "practice test" at the end of each chapter covered in the course, to encourage them to practice after the homework quizzes and to get familiar with a "test type" situation before the actual test.

The following formula should do the trick:

=round((||quiz||/70)-0.49,0)*5

The formula may be added to a designated grade item or category.

Sample calculations:
Score 70:
=round((70/70)-0.49,0)*5
=round(1-0.49,0)*5
=round(0.51,0)*5
=1*5
=5

Score 69:
=round((69/70)-0.49,0)*5
=round(0.98-0.49,0)*5
=round(0.49,0)*5
=0*5
=0

==See also==

*Gradebook Scenarios/Use Cases [https://docs.moodle.org/en/experimental:_gb_tutoring]
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=2122 Gradebook forum]

Using Moodle forum discussions:
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=123143 Excluding practice quizzes from gradebook]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=193705 Course total not sum of max grade column?]

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Grades FAQ

2012-10-05T03:31:16Z

Kanna: Re-wrote the How can I grade some of my activities without the results affecting my students' course total? article

{{Grades}}
== General ==

===How can I change how grades are displayed?===

Grades may be displayed as as actual grades, as percentages (in reference to the minimum and maximum grades) or as letters.

The default grade display type for the site is set by an administrator in ''Administration > Grades > [[Grade item settings]]''. However, this may be changed at course level.

To change how grades are displayed for particular [[Grade items|grade items]], or category and course summaries (called aggregations):

# Follow the grades link in the course administration block.
# Select "Categories and items" from the gradebook dropdown menu.
# Click the edit icon for the grade item, category total or course total.
# From the Grade display type menu, select real (for actual grades), percentage or letter.
# Click the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page.

Alternatively, to change how grades are displayed for the whole course:

# Follow the grades link in the course administration block.
# Select "Course settings" from the gradebook dropdown menu.
# From the Grade display type menu, select real (for actual grades), percentage or letter.
# Click the "Save changes" button.

===How can I hide entered grades until a specified date?===

To set a "Hidden until" date:

#Access the course gradebook via the grades link in the course administration block.
#Select "Categories and items" from the gradebook dropdown menu.
#Click on the edit icon opposite the activity for which a "Hidden until" date is to be set.
#On the edit grade item page, ensure that advanced settings are displayed. (Click the "Show advanced" button if not.)
#Enable the "Hidden until" setting by unchecking the disable checkbox, then set a date.
#Click the "Save changes" button.

=== Is it possible to show the teachers/administrators' grades in the grader report? ===
Yes, at the site level you can define which roles will appear in the grader report. This can be found in [[General_grade_settings#Graded_Roles|Administration > Grades > General settings]]. Also read [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=92612 this discussion] for some more ideas.

===Why can't I change a grade within an assignment after changing it in the gradebook?===

When you edit a grade directly in the gradebook, an "overridden" flag is set, meaning that the grade can no longer be changed from within the assignment.

However, the flag can be removed by turning editing on in the [[Grader report|grader report]], then clicking the [[Grade editing|edit grade]] icon, unchecking the overridden box and saving the changes.

===How do I get groups to show up in the grader report?===

For groups to show up in the grader report, group mode should be set to visible or separate groups in the [[Course settings|course settings]]. This will result in a groups dropdown menu being displayed, enabling a teacher to view the grades of all participants, or only the grades for a selected group.

===The quiz grades keep disappearing from the student view, even after I un-hide them!===

Check your quiz settings. Under the '''Review options''' heading, in the '''Later, while the quiz is still open''' and/or the '''After the quiz is closed''' columns, you probably have Scores un-checked. Each time a student completes a quiz, these settings are consulted and the scores will be hidden from ''all'' students. If your students don't all take the quiz at the same time, it can look like quiz scores reset themselves to 'hidden' randomly, even after you un-hide them.

===How can I make the gradebook simpler for teachers?===

See [[Simplifying the gradebook by changing permissions]].

==Advanced grading==

===Why can't I see the advanced grading option??===
To see the option for Advanced grading, you first have to create an assignment and choose Advanced grading/Rubric from the gGading method dropdown. Advanced grading will then appear in ''Settings>Assignment administration.''
===How can I allow teachers to save rubrics as templates for others?===
Create a new role and assign it in the system context. Give this role the capability ''moodle/grade:sharegradingforms'' (for sharing as a template) and if desired ''moodle/grade:managesharedforms'' (for editing or deleting templates created by others) Assign this role to those teachers you wish to have this ability.

===How do students see the Marking guide?===
Assuming the teacher has allowed this in the [[Marking guide]] settings, the student may click "submissions grading" under the assignment name in their navigation block:

[[File:submissionsgrading.png]]

== Reports ==
=== How do I create my own custom gradebook reports? ===
Here is a [[Development:Gradebook_Report_Tutorial|tutorial]] explaining all the main steps involved.
===How can I sort or change the order of column headings?===
Go to Grades link, then select one of the "Category & items" actions from the pulldown on the top left. Use the move icon to change the position of the graded item. And/or you could create categories for the items and move them into a category so they will be grouped that way first.

===How can I remove user ID numbers and/or email addresses from the grader report===

Go to ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > [[Roles settings|User policies]]'' and untick the 'ID number' and/or 'email address' checkboxes for 'Show user identity'.

== Aggregation ==
=== I can't find where to change the aggregation type for my gradebook categories! ===
Each category has an aggregation type, which can be changed through that category's "edit" page. To access that page, you must use one of 2 ways:

1. In the grader report, turn "Editing" on, then click the little "hand" icon next to the category whose aggregation you want to change
2. In the "Edit categories and Items" page (accessible through the "choose an action" menu, top left), you see a tree view of the categories and items in your gradebook. The top category is the course category. Each category also has a "hand" icon, which leads to the category edit page

=== How can I grade some of my activities without the results affecting my students' course total? ===
#Go to Grades and choose the "Category and items" tab.
#Add two [[Grade categories]], one for your "Graded activities" and one for your "Not graded activities". In the "Not graded activities" category choose "None" in grading type.
#Ensure that "Aggregate including subcategories" (an option visible only in "full view") is unchecked for your top level course grade category.
#If you want to completely hide the "Not graded activities" category from your students tick the "Hidden" icon too.
#Save your changes.
#Move all your normally graded activities into the "Graded activities" category.
#Move all your excluded from grading activities into "Not graded activities" category.

'''Note''': Following the above steps the not graded activities will be completely hidden from your students. So...

*'''IF''' you want the activity grades of the "Not graded activities" category, to remain visible to your student without their grades affecting their course total, simply click the eye to show the "Not graded activities" category.

*'''IF''' you want students to be able to see the activity grades and the category total of the "Not graded activities", then you have to let the category visible and also choose a grading type between value, scale or text, by editing the category.

In this case you can exclude the "Not graded activities" from course total using the "Weighted mean of grades" aggregation method in Course category and assigning 100 weight to the "Graded activities" and 0 weight to the "Not graded activities".

*'''IF''' you don't want to use grade categories, you can also exclude the grades of a specific activity by changing the "Multiplicator" (visible only in "full view") from 1.0 into 0.0.

*Last, '''IF''' you want to exclude the grade of an activity only to one or some specific students, then follow these steps:
#From the grader report "Turn editing on"
#Click the "Edit grade" icon of the activity of the student you want to exclude.
#In the Edit grade page, check the tick box next to the "Excluded" option and "Save changes".
=== My student completed only one activity out of 5, but his course total shows 100%. How do I show a more "progressive" course total? ===

==== Step-by-Step Explanation ====
# From the view menu in the gradeboook, select "Categories and items"
# At the top line there is a folder icon and an edit icon on the right, click the edit icon
# You'll then see the title "Grade category," the 3rd item is "Aggregate only non-empty grades."
# Uncheck this.
# Save.

==== Another Explanation ====
By default, only non-empty grades are aggregated, the others are ignored. However, you can change this setting as well as others that affect the course total, by turning "Editing" on in the grader report, and clicking the "Edit" icon next to the course category (the very top row of the grader report).

You can untick the box "Aggregate only non-empty grades" if you want to show a more "progressive" score for each student. Their empty grades will count as a 0 and will be counted in the course mean/total.

If you prefer to show a sum of points, rather than a percentage, you can change the course category's aggregation method to "Sum of grades".

=== How can I display the average grade for my course categories (not grade categories)? ===
In Moodle 1.9 there is no way to aggregate course totals within each category. The gradebook is course-centered, and there is currently no User Interface for showing grades within an entire course category at once.

=== How can I setup weighted assignments? ===
See [[Using "Weighted Mean of Grades" to weight categories containing assignments]].

== Categories ==
=== How many depths of categories/subcategories can I create? ===
There is no programmatic limit, but there are practical limits. Very deeply nested structures are difficult to manage. 3 levels of categories should be sufficient for most situations. Note that there is always at least one level of categories, since the Course category always encompasses all other categories and grade items, can cannot be deleted.

=== I can't find setting X in the grade category edit page! Where is it? ===
If a setting documented on the [[Grade categories]] page does not appear on your edit page, it may mean that it is set globally in your site. See [[Grade_category_settings#Forcing_settings|Forcing settings]] for more information.

== Outcomes ==
=== I want to set up an outcome item for my course. What are the steps required? ===
#The site administrator needs to have enabled outcomes via ''Settings>Site Aaministration > Advanced Features >Enable Outcomes''
#In your course, go to ''Settings>Course administration>Grades>Scales'' and create the scale you need.
#[[Scales#Creating_a_new_scale|Create a scale]]
#In Settings>Course administration>Outcomes, create a course outcome assigning it to the scale you just created.
#Read the [[Outcomes| outcomes documentation]] for instructions).
#You can now give your students a rating on the outcome dimension you just created. If you created a standard outcome, you will be able to use it in other courses and follow your students' performance across these courses.

===How can I remove an outcome from an activity?===

An outcome can be removed from an activity by deleting it on the gradebook edit categories and items page. This results in the outcomes being deselected on the update activity page.

== Modules ==
=== The activity module (Module name) doesn't support grading. How can I give my students a grade anyway? ===
You can create a [[Grade_items#Manual_grade_items|grade item]] manually in the gradebook. You will have to grade your students through the [[Grader report]] interface (in editing mode).

=== I just graded some of my students using the (Module name) interface, but the results aren't showing up in the grader report. What's going on? ===
Here are some of the possible reasons:
#The site settings>Grades>General settings may not have the correct graded roles checked off to appear in grade book. If you see no students in the Gradebook but do see columns for the graded activities, then check the graded role settings.
#The corresponding [[Grade items|grade item]] is [[Grade_locking#In_grade_items|locked]], or its parent [[Grade categories|category]] is [[Grade_locking#In_grade_categories|locked]].
#The module code is not using the [[Development:Grades#API_for_communication_with_modules.2Fblocks|gradebook API]] correctly

=== I just created a new assignment with the "Grade" setting set to "No grade", but it still appears in the gradebook ===
The reason is that the gradebook is now the place where both numerical and textual types of feedback are recorded for all activity modules. The word "Grading" in assignment relates only to numerical grades, but the ability to give text feedback remains, and must be recorded in the gradebook. This is why a grade item is created for it. You can hide the grade item if you do not want it to appear in the user reports.

==Weights and extra credits==

===How do weighted grades influence the category or course total?===
A weight (also called coefficient) only has meaning in reference to other weights. If you only have one grade item, changing its weight will not have any effect. However, if you have two grade items, each with a different weight, the "heavier" item will have more influence on the total grade than the "lighter" one.

You can set the weights to any positive numerical value you choose. Usually, at least one of the weights will be 1 and serve as the baseline for other weights. If another item has a weight of 2, its grades will be multiplied by 2 compared with the grades of the first grade item, before being averaged. The denominator used for averaging is the sum of all the weights.

An example follows:
item 1 weight: 1
item 2 weight: 3
item 3 weight: 0.5

item 1 grade: 40/100
item 2 grade: 60/100
item 3 grade: 20/100

Calculation:
total = ((40 * 1) + (60 * 3) + (20 * 0.5)) / (1 + 3 + 0.5)
= (40 + 180 + 10) / (4.5)
= 230 / 4.5
= 51.11

The total for this category will then be 51.11 out of 100

===Do I have to put a value in each "weight" input box?===
No. If you do not put a value, it will default to 1. If all items are set to 1 then they all have equal weight. If you set a weight to 0, the item's grades will not count at all in the category or course average.

===Do all the weights have to add up to 100 or some similar value?===
No, the numbers you put as weights are completely arbitrary. They must be positive numbers, and can add up to anything you want. Note however that the following four sets of weights are identical in value:

(1 1.75 3)
(4 7 12)
(8 14 24)
(400 700 1200)

===What is the difference between Weight and Extra Credit?===
Weight is only available with "Weighted mean of grades". For the "Simple weighted mean of grades", the weight is taken from the grade item's maximum grade. A weight is used to give a grade item more or less importance in the computation of the category total or average, compared with the other items of the same category.

Extra credit replaces grade item weight if the aggregation method is "Mean of grades (with extra credits)" or "Sum of grades". The effect of extra credit is different for both methods, hence some confusion:

*Mean of grades (with extra credits): A value of 0 does nothing. Any other value is used to multiply the grade and add it to the total after the computation of the mean. This grade is not used in the computation of the mean, however, only added afterwards. Additionally, this cannot bring the category total over its maximum grade unless grades over 100% are enabled by the site administrator (since 1.9.5). This grade item is not counted either in the denominator used to compute the category mean.

*Sum of grades: Extra credit is a checkbox, not a number. Normally, with Sum of Grades, the category's maximum grade is the sum of the maximum grades of all its grade items. If one of them is set as "Extra Credit", however, its maximum grade is not added to the category's maximum grade, but its grades will be. This way it is possible to achieve maximum grade (or grades over maximum if enabled by the site administrator) in the category without getting the maximum grade in all the grade items.

===How do I create an assignment for which students can receive a grade higher than the maximum?===

In Moodle 1.9.5 onwards, a new unlimited grades setting in ''Administration > Grades > General settings'' enables administrators to allow teachers to enter grades over 100% directly in the gradebook.

In earlier versions of 1.9, it is possible for a student to get less than the maximum grade in some grade items, while still getting the maximum grade in the category or course total. The Extra Credit feature is used for this purpose, as described above.

==Formulas==

===How do I give a fixed score for a successful quiz attempt===

Suppose you want to give 5 points for a passing grade (say, 70) in a certain quiz. Possible scenario ([http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=148576]): extra credit points to every student that gets a "passing grade" in a "practice test" at the end of each chapter covered in the course, to encourage them to practice after the homework quizzes and to get familiar with a "test type" situation before the actual test.

The following formula should do the trick:

=round((||quiz||/70)-0.49,0)*5

The formula may be added to a designated grade item or category.

Sample calculations:
Score 70:
=round((70/70)-0.49,0)*5
=round(1-0.49,0)*5
=round(0.51,0)*5
=1*5
=5

Score 69:
=round((69/70)-0.49,0)*5
=round(0.98-0.49,0)*5
=round(0.49,0)*5
=0*5
=0

==See also==

*Gradebook Scenarios/Use Cases [https://docs.moodle.org/en/experimental:_gb_tutoring]
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=2122 Gradebook forum]

Using Moodle forum discussions:
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=123143 Excluding practice quizzes from gradebook]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=193705 Course total not sum of max grade column?]

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Quiz results block

2006-08-08T08:22:37Z

Kanna:

The quiz results block displays the highest and/or lowest grades achieved on a quiz within your course. Therefore your course must have at least one quiz created in order to use this block.

When you first add this block you will not have selected which [[Quizzes|quiz]] you wish the results of to be displayed, generating the notice:

[[Image:QuizResultsBlock1.jpg]]

Clicking the Configuration icon allows you to choose which quiz you want to see the results for from a drop-down menu.

You will also set several other options such as the number of the lowest and highest grades displayed. If both the highest and lowest grades are set to zero then no results will be displayed; to display all grades you would need to set either of these to the number of participants in the course.

You can also determine whether grades will be displayed as percentages, fractions or absolute numbers.

If the quiz supports [[Groups|groups]] you can also show group results instead of students.

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Block]]

Courses block

2006-08-08T07:55:04Z

Kanna:

The '''Courses''' block lists and allows navigation between all of the courses on which you are a participant (tutor and/or student), allowing one-click access to another course home page. There is a also the option to list ''All courses...'' available within the Moodle site.

If you have not yet been assigned as a particpant on a course you will see a full list of all courses so that you can your course easily.

[[Image:CourseBlock.jpg]]

See also [[Create your own course]]

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[[Category:Block]]