When creating a graded activity, you will choose how the activity will be scored and this score will automatically be added into the course's grades area.
The default grading options in a Moodle site are number grades (0–100) and a preset scale called Separate and connected ways of knowing.
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Scales are an option to grade assignments or rate forum posts with words rather than numbers. You can find out more about scales at https://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Separate_and_Connected_ways_of_knowing.
Different courses will use different grading conventions, and the ability to customize grades to meet specific course requirements is sometimes required. Letter grades can be customized and scales can be created by teachers within a course and site-wide scales, known as Standard scales, can be created by a Moodle administrator.
In this chapter, the different grading options will be outlined and you will be given some uses of each grade type. You will create your own custom scales using words or statements, customize the letter grades, and set up outcomes. The considerations for calculating final grades and adding grades together will also be outlined in relation to each grade type.
100 is the default grade for all assessments in Moodle. When setting up a graded activity, you will choose the highest grade possible for that assignment (such as 50), and when marking the assignment, you will assign the grade achieved. No other changes need to be made in order to use numerical grades from 0–100. However, if you want to grade assignments with scores higher than 100, an administrator can change the maximum grade possible within Site administration area.
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Site administrators can change the highest numerical grade possible by navigating to Site Administration | Grades | General settings. Find the Grade point maximum section and add the maximum number for assignments across the site.
Numeric grades are the simplest type of grading used to calculate course scores. Numbers are always easier to add than words!