Scales
Scales are a list of words or characters that can be used to grade work. Each scale needs at least two choices, but you can have as many options in the scale as you want. You can also use lots of different scales within one course. Examples of scales could include:
Refer, pass
Unsatisfactory, satisfactory, good, outstanding
Reviewed, feedback given
A, B, C, D, E, F
Fail, pass, merit, distinction
The scale is created prior to the graded activity being added to the course and, when an activity is added to the course, the required scale can be selected. When marking work, the teacher is given the scale options in a drop-down list, so that they can select the grade to be awarded.
Scales are useful when work is assessed using words or phrases or when a course needs to use a range of grades to provide feedback to learners (as letter grades will only let you have one option per course).
Scales can still be used for calculating final grades, but the scores are based on the number of items in the...
