Be aware that the gradebook feature allows you to grade materials and give feedback to students. It also enables students to keep track of their performance on individual assignments and for how well they are doing in the overall course. After understanding this, proceed to do the following:
Be aware that a rubric allows you to set up grading criteria and evaluate student levels of achievement in each area. You can allow students to preview the rubric so they understand how they will be evaluated on the assignment. After understanding this, proceed to the following:
Be aware that you can use a marking guide (also known as grading guide) instead of a rubric. Marking guides and rubrics are similar, but grading guides do not have different rankings for the assignment's criteria. This makes marking guides simpler to create than rubrics. You can provide a score and a comment to the student. For a more detailed explanation, see the Moodle.org help site on this topic.
Understand you can utilize several methods to add extra credit to the Moodle gradebook. These include creating an extra credit category for multiple items and adding individual extra credit activities or grade items. After understanding this, do the following:
Adding an Extra Credit Category in the Gradebook (For Multiple Items):
Adding Individual Extra Credit Activities or Grade Items
To learn more about how extra credit is calculated in Moodle, click this link.
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