General info on Grades
All student grades are stored in the "Grader report" of the course room. This overview is accessed via the link "Grades" on the left in the navigation menu.
In the grader report, all evaluation aspects can be found and as a manager, you can view the associated grades, change them, structure them using evaluation categories and combine grades with different aggregation types. When an graded activity is created in RWTHmoodle, a corresponding placeholder for the associated student grades is automatically created in the grader report. The grades are automatically entered into the overview and can be changed manually by managers.
The grades are initially taken and displayed as raw grades directly from the graded activities, so they depend on the settings in the respective activities. For example, if there is a maximum of 30 points for a task submission, then the respective rating is displayed as a score and not as a percentage value.
Table of contents
The grader report is a table with several columns. At the top is the name of the lcourse room and the evaluation category(ies), followed by columns for each graded activity in the course sorted by evaluation category. Graded activities that are not categorized are assigned to the default category (course room name).
You can add a row that displays the range of each score (Minimum Points- Maximum Points) by clicking the drop-down menu at the top of the page in the grader report, and then selecting "Preferences: Grader report" in the Setup section. Then set the "Show ranges" option to "Yes". Apply the changes by clicking "Save changes". The area will then be inserted at the bottom of the table.
There are three options for displaying ratings of rating categories:
- "Show grades only" - points only, without column for overall category rating
- "Show totals only" - only the column for the overall rating of the category.
- "Show grades and totals" - points all rating aspects of a category and column for the overall rating of the category.
You can switch between the three views by selecting the corresponding option in the context menu of the rating category.
2. Scrolling in the grader report
You can easily scroll horizontally and vertically in the rating overview. The entire browser window width is used, so scrolling works on all displays. The name column remains if you scroll far to the right. This way you keep the assignment of the individual grades to the students.
Note
You can sort any column. To do so, open the context menu next to the column you want to sort. Then an arrow symbol appears. Clicking it again will re-sort.
If you click on the option "Single view for this item" in the context menu, then you can switch to the single view.
You can also sort the participants (alphabetically) by clicking on the "Last Name" or "First Name" link in the header. A repeated click will reverse the sort order. If you open the context menu next to the name, you can click into the assessment overview of the corresponding student.
Search and filter assessments
If you set the group mode to "Visible groups" or "Separated groups" in the course settings, then a drop-down menu will appear at the top of the scorer overview from which you can select a group. The table will then show only the ratings of the members of the selected group.
You can also search for individual students by entering their name or matriculation number in the search field, for example. Alternatively, you can filter the table entries via "Filter by name" using the first letter of the first name and/or the last name of the person you are looking for.
4.1. Change grades
Switch the page to edit mode via the slider at the top right of the page. A context menu appears next to each rating via which you can select the option "Edit grade. Clicking on it will take you to a new page where you can edit the corresponding grade, enter feedback and more.
Alternatively, you can enable the options "Quick assessment" (already enabled by default in RWTHmoodle) and "Show quick feedback". To do this, click on the drop-down menu at the top of the page in the assessment overview and then in the "Setup" section on "Preferences: Grader report". If these options are activated, then input fields for evaluations will appear directly in the evaluation overview, so that you can evaluate several students at once. This procedure saves you a lot of time.
Save your changes by clicking on the button "Save changes".
If you change ratings directly in the grader report, the "Overridden" symbol appears after saving.
4.2. Change grades in the single view
There is also the possibility to change grades in the single view: To do this, click on the "Single view" tab in the grader report.
Note
The single view allows you to enter multiple grades at once: either for one evaluation aspect or for one person. To change one or more grades, select the corresponding checkbox in the "Override" column or, in the "Actions" menu, select the option "Override all". If you want to enter the same grade everywhere, select the option "Bulk insert grades" and enter the desired score in the "Insert new grade" field. By marking the appropriate option, you can choose whether the score should be entered only for "Empty grades" or for "All grades". If you click on the "Save" button, then the grader report with the overwritten grades for the selected evaluation aspect or person will be displayed.
4.3. Hide columns or individual evaluations
When you switch the page with the grader report to edit mode, a context menu appears behind each rating and in the header, which you can use to show or hide the rating.
4.4. Calculate revaluation
If you make any changes to the grades, for example, adjust the maximum score for a quiz question, then the grade table may not yet properly reflect this change. In this case, click the "Turn on edit" button twice (turn edit mode on and off again) to update the table.
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