- 1. Introduction
- 2. Enrolling Lab instructor in the Lecture Course (Optional)
- 3. Accessing LMS and SMS
- 4. Activity-based grade items
- 5. Adjusting Course aggregation settings
- 6. Planning Grading outline activities
- 7. Adding Lab Assignments
- 8. Placing Lab assignments the Gradebook
- 9. Adding Quizzes
- 10. Placing Quizzes in the Gradebook
- 11. Adding Midterm Exam (Practical)
- 12. Adding Final Exam (Practical)
- 13. Adding Midterm Exam (Theoretical)
- 14. Adding Final Exam (Theoretical)
- 15. Adding a Bonus activity (Optional)
- 16. Confirming Gradebook based on student view
Adding activities to the LMS beforehand will help you as an instructor to place those activities in their correct category in the course gradebook. In addition, it will help you better prepare for the course in general. Please head to the SMS and make note of the grading outline mentioned in the Syllabus. Based on the course, the type of activities to be added will differ.
Most IST courses contain the following activities:
- Quizzes (Type: Quiz Activity)
- Labs (Type: Assignment Activity)
- Midterm Exam (Practical) (Type: Assignment Activity)
- Midterm Exam (Theoretical) (Type: Quiz Activity)
- Final Exam (Practical) (Type: Assignment Activity)
- Final Exam (Theoretical) (Type: Quiz Activity)
- Other Assignments (Type: Assignment Activity)
I'm going to use IST207 Database Management course as an example. This is how my finalized grading outline should look like in the LMS:
| IST207-01-Lecture-SPR2025_Database Management - Aggregation: Natural - Include Empty Grades | |
| Activity | Student Grade |
| Quizzes (20%) - Aggregation: Simple weighted mean of grades - Include Empty Grades | |
| Quiz 1 - 10 marks | - |
| Quiz 2 - 10 marks | - |
| Quiz 3 - 10 marks | - |
| Category Total | 20 |
| Labs (20%) - Aggregation: Simple weighted mean of grades - Include Empty Grades | |
| Lab 1 - 10 marks | - |
| Lab 2 - 10 marks | - |
| Lab 3 - 10 marks | - |
| Lab 4 - 10 marks | - |
| Lab 5 - 10 marks | - |
| Category Total | 20 |
| Midterm Exam (Practical) 15% - Aggregation: Highest grade - Include Empty Grades | |
| Midterm Exam (Practical) | - |
| Category Total | 15 |
| Midterm Exam (Theoretical) 10% - Aggregation: Highest grade - Include Empty Grades | |
| Midterm Exam (Theoretical) | - |
| Category Total | 10 |
| Final Exam (Practical) 20% - Aggregation: Highest grade - Include Empty Grades | |
| Final Exam (Practical) | - |
| Category Total | 20 |
| Final Exam (Theoretical) 15% - Aggregation: Highest grade - Include Empty Grades | |
| Final Exam (Theoretical) | - |
| Category Total | 15 |
| Bonus Assignment 5% - Extra Credit | - |
| Course Total | 100 |
Based on this grading outline, let us start setting up our course.
Notes before we start:
- Regardless of the activity type, the settings described should be a good starting point.
- Those settings will ensure that the Assignment/Quiz is configured properly and no student can submit any assignment or attempt any Quiz unless the instructor allows them to do so.
- First, we will explain the steps in detail for Labs abd Quizzes. Then we will summarize for the rest of the activities as you'll be more familiar with the process.
In Moodle LMS, head to the Course page, then enable the Edit Mode.
Enabling Edit Mode