Gradebook views in Moodle: An Overview of Gradebook Features

Open the Course Gradebook in Moodle

With the Moodle gradebook open, select the View tab for the Grader report, one of several views you can use to track student progress and manage gradebook functions. Use the navigation tabs or the drop down box to change the report views.

View tab

Under the View  tab, you will see:

  • Course Grade Breakdown allows instructors to customize grades for activities in Moodle.
  • Grader report shows the complete gradebook for the entire class, including all graded activities created for the course. Click Turn editing on to manually enter or edit grades. Some activities provide a separate grading interface that automatically updates grades in the gradebook.
  • Grade history shows a complete report of all grades entered and changed for the course. This can be particularly useful if there are multiple people grading in one course.
  • Outcomes report lists what a student has demonstrated and understood at the completion of an activity or course.
  • Overview report lists all the courses a student is enrolled in together with the total grade for each course. Use the drop-down (top-right) to select a particular student.
  • Quick Edit
  • Single view allows you to enter grades for all students for a particular activity, or grades for a particular student for all activities.
  • User report shows a grade report for a particular student. This is the same view that students have of their grades. Use the drop-down (top-right) to select a particular student.

Setup tab

Under the Setup  tab, you will see:

  • Gradebook setup controls the arrangement of your gradebook columns and how grades are calculated.
  • Course grade settings determine how the gradebook appears for all participants in the course.
  • Preferences: Grader report lets you customize your personal view of the Grader report (e.g., how many students are shown per page).
     Note: Settings made under Preferences: Grader report apply to all courses you teach.

Scales tab

Under the Scales tab set up custom scales.

Standard & Custom Grading Scales in Moodle

Outcomes tab


Outcomes are specific descriptions of what a student has demonstrated and understood at the completion of an activity or course. Each outcome is set up to be rated by some sort of scale.

Letters tab


Under the Letter tab set up custom Letter grade scales.

Letter Grades in Moodle

Import and Export tab

Under the Import and Export tabs, you can import gradebook data from a spreadsheet or export data to a spreadsheet.

Import Tab

Import Student Data to the Moodle Gradebook

Export Tab

Export Gradebook Data from Moodle