How to customize Scale

An example of a customized Scale

 

Overview:

This guide will show you how to customize your Scale.

 

What to know:

Scales provide a means to assess or rate student submissions and monitor activity completion. Instructors can design custom scales unique to their own courses. These scales can be applied in various activities, including forums and assignments, to evaluate and grade student participation and performance.

 

Table of Contents

 

Step 1: Open Scales in the Gradebook
  1. Open Grades tab on the course-level menu
  2. Open Grader report dropdown list
  3. Choose Scales

 

 

Step 2:  Define Scales
  1. Click Add a new scale
  2. Input Name, Scale
  3. Save changes

The scale values from low point to high. Please be careful with the sequence of the scale items.

 

Step 3:  Choose Scale in the settings of gradable activities
  1. In the settings of gradable activity, choose the grade type to Scale.
  2. Choose the scale you've created.

 

Step 4:  [Optional] Set Grade to pass

According to the course aggregation method, set the Grade to Pass value.

In this example, if the course aggregation method is Natural. With Grade to Pass=3, "Average, Good, Very good, Excellent!" will be counted as pass.

Check the aggregation method in gradebook

  1. Turn on Edit mode
  2. Click the gear icon under the main category
  3. Check the aggregation method. The default method is Natural. You can switch to other aggregation methods.

Step 5: Save

Save the settings.

 

Reference:
https://docs.moodle.org/405/en/Scales
https://portal.cca.edu/teaching/teaching-lab/teaching-resources/teaching-and-learning-technologies/moodle/grading-tracking/using-scales-when-grading-faculty/

 

 


Article Number: 398
Author: Mon, Oct 28, 2024
Last Updated: Wed, Oct 30, 2024
Author: Chenhui Li

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