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Moodle Gradebook

By : Rebecca Barrington
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Moodle Gradebook

By: Rebecca Barrington

Overview of this book

Moodle, as a learning management system, is used to provide resources, interactive activities and assessments to students. Through the use of the gradebook, Moodle can also be used to store grades, calculate final marks and track student achievement and progress to help the teacher manage the learning process.Through the use of the gradebook, Moodle can also be used to store grades, making it much easier for you to organize your work and relay information to your students. This book provides examples of practical uses of the gradebook to demystify the terminology and options available, allowing you to make full use of the assessment tracking features and, most importantly, customize it to meet your needs. Moodle Gradebook will introduce you to the core functions of the gradebook as you will learn how to add your own graded activities before marking this work. You will customize how you view the grades and organize the activities so that your course needs are met. You will also use the new completion functions within Moodle 2.x to track progress further. Make the gradebook accommodate your requirements by adding your own grading options and setting it up to present the information you need.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Moodle Gradebook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

About the Author

Rebecca Barrington has been using Moodle for over seven years while working at South Devon College. She provides a range of support, training, and information guides for teaching staff. She uses Moodle in her own teaching, including a qualification about virtual learning environments. Rebecca has a keen interest in using technologies to support learning and is continually developing new ways of using Moodle and applying these to online courses for use with students.

South Devon College has a reputation for its use of technology, and Rebecca also travelled around the country to deliver training and advice on using Moodle to other organizations as well as at regional and national events. She is also a regular contributor to online VLE forums to share ideas and advice.

Follow Rebecca on Twitter: @bbarrington