Simplifying the gradebook by changing permissions
The gradebook in Moodle 1.9 onwards may be simplified for teachers and non-editing teachers by changing permissions at the system, course category or course level.
Basic method
To change permissions at the system level:
- Login as an administrator.
- Access Administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles
- Edit the role(s) of teacher and/or non-editing teacher and change chosen capabilities from Allow to Not set.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Save changes" button.
To change permissions at the course category or course level:
- Login as an administrator.
- Follow the "Assign roles" link at the top right of the course category page or the link in the course administration block.
- Click the "Override permissions" tab.
- Select the role(s) of teacher and/or non-editing teacher and change chosen capabilities from Inherit to Prevent.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Save changes" button.
Removing the overview report link
The overview report lists all the courses a student is enrolled in with the total grade for each course, and teachers obtain the message "There are no courses yet".
To remove the overview report link, change the capability gradereport/overview:view.
Reducing the number of grade export types
By default, teachers can export grades to Excel spreadsheet (xls), OpenDocument spreadsheet (ods), plain text file (txt) or XML file (xml).
To remove grade export types which teachers aren't likely to use, change any/all of the following capabilities: gradeexport/xls:view, gradeexport/ods:view, gradeexport/txt:view, gradeexport/xml:view.
Reducing the number of grade import types
By default, teachers can import grades as a CSV or XML file.
To remove grade import types which teachers aren't likely to use, change either/both of the following capabilities: gradeimport/csv:view, gradeimport/xml:view.
Forcing grade letter site-level defaults
To remove the ability for teachers to edit grade letters in their courses, change the capability moodle/grade:manageletters.
Forcing standard scales
To remove the ability for teachers to create, edit and delete custom scales, change the capability moodle/course:managescales.
