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Moodle 3 Administration, Third Edition

You're reading from   Moodle 3 Administration, Third Edition An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783289714
Length 492 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Preface 1. Moodle Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. The Moodle System 3. Courses, Users, and Roles 4. Course Management 5. User Management 6. Managing Permissions – Roles and Capabilities 7. Moodle Look and Feel 8. Moodle Plugins 9. Moodle Configuration 10. Moodle Logging and Reporting 11. Moodle Security and Privacy 12. Moodle Performance and Optimization 13. Backup and Restore 14. Moodle Admin Tools 15. Moodle Integration 16. Moodle Networking A. Configuration Settings Index

Grades and gradebook settings


The gradebook is one of the most important constructs of any virtual-learning environment. If it's formal, any form of assessment (formative, interim, or summative) is supported and Moodle is no exception. A gradebook is a container that holds grades for all the learners in Moodle. The flexibility and customizability of the Moodle gradebook results in a very high degree of complexity. As a consequence, there are a huge number of administrator settings at your disposal that affect the way teachers, trainers, and assessors use grades throughout the system.

The majority of settings are tightly linked to the gradebook and the related reports are dealt with by teachers at course level. A site-wide agreement on default values and global settings for grades should be in place for your organization.

Additionally, the inline help for each setting is very comprehensive, as is the accompanying area in the Moodle Docs at https://docs.moodle.org/en/Grader_report, which contains...

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