project: Moodle
summary: Gradebook wishlist 3.0
description: Gradebook Priorities in 3.0

1.summary: Enable scales to be mapped to numerical grades
description: We have a number of professors who would like to evaluate some of their students assignments with a non-numeric grade using a custom scale, but would like to have the Moodle gradebook appropriately calculate the values. Obviously Moodle cannot know what numeric value to assign when the grade assigned is non-numeric, so Id like to request an improvement/feature to allow custom non-numeric scales to be created while also offering the option to provide numeric equivalents for each of the non-numeric items. I understand this process can be achieved by providing a non-numeric equivalent for numeric grades, but some professors would rather enter a B+ for example instead of having to remember that a B+ is actually the potential numeric equivalent of 4.33. This feature of assigning numeric values to non-numeric grades is available in Blackboard. Thanks so much for your consideration.
2.summary: Scales and letter grade changes coming out of the Gradebook Workshop
description: Moodle doesn t allow you to enforce University standard letter grades, i.e., if your ERP only allows A, B, C, D, and F (no + or -) then anything outside what it accepts blows up LSU allows defining of letter grades at a site level -- Instead of drop down of numbers from 1-100, allows text field entry so allows decimals -- Tracker issue -- This scale would work with aggregation Similar UI as letters for configurable scales -- Go into Letters -- Clone to a scale -- Define your scale terms -- Define your scale boundaries Scales would need to be revamped/rewritten (new tables, etc) -- Scales has not changed since Moodle 1.1 Bug with letter grading rounding tracker issue: . Marked as Not a bug .
3.summary: Rank fixes
description: Rank has numerous areas where it doesnt calculate correctly like, when users are excluded from some grades et. al. Admin needs the ability to show or hide at the course level. This enables policy decisions to be enforced site wide. Can t disable/remove because there are certain use cases where its used as a competition rank; more relevant outside education sector
4.summary: Gradebook Settings Standardization
description: Standardize all of the gradebook default settings at the admin level - should be forcible and hideable. Similar to what is done for the site admin > Grades > Grade category settings - ex: Drop the lowest - Default values should be called checked or unchecked instead of Default:Yes or Default:No unless the values are Yes/No - Dropdowns that contain 2 or 3 items should be radio buttons or a checkbox depending on the options. If a yes/no, checkbox Additionally, modify the default settings for - Recover grades default should be set to Yes - Remove setting: Aggregate including sub-cat (forever) - Scales: Include scales in aggregation - do not make default, disable b/c assignments allow an integer vs. a pulldown menu that can be set at a max by admin
5.summary: Simplify Gradebook Report Settings/Preferences
description: Re-organize the user report admin settings: Each report needs a cog that takes you straight to the settings and preferences for that report instead of having a settings tab with all report settings. Delineate between reports settings - let the user know who the settings effect. (ie. my preferences, and user settings)
6.summary: Gradebook Plugin Order/Visibility Settings
description: Allow the administrator to change the order and visibility of Gradebook plugin (Reports, Export, Import)
7.summary: Add a contribution column on Gradebook Setup page
description: The Setup page could show a column describing the contribution each grade item will make towards the overall grade. This will allow the Setup page to more closely match the User report. There are some differences between the User report and the Setup page that will make the contents of this column different. Where there are visibility, exclusions and empty grade items that can be handled individually (per-student) on the User report, these might need to be generalised or replaced with an indefinite value (such as an asterisk ) in the Setup page.

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1.summary: Enable scales to be mapped to numerical grades
description: We have a number of professors who would like to evaluate some of their students assignments with a non-numeric grade using a custom scale, but would like to have the Moodle gradebook appropriately calculate the values. Obviously Moodle cannot know what numeric value to assign when the grade assigned is non-numeric, so Id like to request an improvement/feature to allow custom non-numeric scales to be created while also offering the option to provide numeric equivalents for each of the non-numeric items. I understand this process can be achieved by providing a non-numeric equivalent for numeric grades, but some professors would rather enter a B+ for example instead of having to remember that a B+ is actually the potential numeric equivalent of 4.33. This feature of assigning numeric values to non-numeric grades is available in Blackboard. Thanks so much for your consideration.
2.summary: Scales and letter grade changes coming out of the Gradebook Workshop
description: Moodle doesn t allow you to enforce University standard letter grades, i.e., if your ERP only allows A, B, C, D, and F (no + or -) then anything outside what it accepts blows up LSU allows defining of letter grades at a site level -- Instead of drop down of numbers from 1-100, allows text field entry so allows decimals -- Tracker issue -- This scale would work with aggregation Similar UI as letters for configurable scales -- Go into Letters -- Clone to a scale -- Define your scale terms -- Define your scale boundaries Scales would need to be revamped/rewritten (new tables, etc) -- Scales has not changed since Moodle 1.1 Bug with letter grading rounding tracker issue: . Marked as Not a bug .
3.summary: Rank fixes
description: Rank has numerous areas where it doesnt calculate correctly like, when users are excluded from some grades et. al. Admin needs the ability to show or hide at the course level. This enables policy decisions to be enforced site wide. Can t disable/remove because there are certain use cases where its used as a competition rank; more relevant outside education sector
4.summary: Gradebook Settings Standardization
description: Standardize all of the gradebook default settings at the admin level - should be forcible and hideable. Similar to what is done for the site admin > Grades > Grade category settings - ex: Drop the lowest - Default values should be called checked or unchecked instead of Default:Yes or Default:No unless the values are Yes/No - Dropdowns that contain 2 or 3 items should be radio buttons or a checkbox depending on the options. If a yes/no, checkbox Additionally, modify the default settings for - Recover grades default should be set to Yes - Remove setting: Aggregate including sub-cat (forever) - Scales: Include scales in aggregation - do not make default, disable b/c assignments allow an integer vs. a pulldown menu that can be set at a max by admin
5.summary: Simplify Gradebook Report Settings/Preferences
description: Re-organize the user report admin settings: Each report needs a cog that takes you straight to the settings and preferences for that report instead of having a settings tab with all report settings. Delineate between reports settings - let the user know who the settings effect. (ie. my preferences, and user settings)
6.summary: Gradebook Plugin Order/Visibility Settings
description: Allow the administrator to change the order and visibility of Gradebook plugin (Reports, Export, Import)
7.summary: Add a contribution column on Gradebook Setup page
description: The Setup page could show a column describing the contribution each grade item will make towards the overall grade. This will allow the Setup page to more closely match the User report. There are some differences between the User report and the Setup page that will make the contents of this column different. Where there are visibility, exclusions and empty grade items that can be handled individually (per-student) on the User report, these might need to be generalised or replaced with an indefinite value (such as an asterisk ) in the Setup page.
