Can I make the percentage column go away?
Number of replies: 16
This is probably going to sound like a stupid question, but can I "undisplay" the percentage column in the grade book of Moodle 1.9? We are using a scale with only text ratings, but it keeps giving a percentage of 50 percent if the instructor chooses the second rating on the scale. This upsets the participants because they are getting a rating of "satisfactory," but a percentage that looks like they're failing. If there's some simple way to fix this, can someone please help? I am a math moron. 
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Hi Elaine,
This should work:
Hope this helps,
Mark.
Mark Drechsler
NetSpot Pty Ltd
Australian Moodle Partner
This should work:
- While viewing the gradebook for the course (and logged on with enough rights - teacher should do), click on the 'turn editing on' button.
- For the column you want to hide, click on the writing-hand icon to edit that column
- Click on the 'hidden' check box
- Save changes, then exit from the gradebook and log in as a student - the column should be hidden for students but still available for you as a teacher.
Hope this helps,
Mark.
Mark Drechsler
NetSpot Pty Ltd
Australian Moodle Partner
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I cannot find a 'turn editing on' button in the "User report" window (which is where the Percent column she was referring to appears). Turning editing on while in the "Grader report" has no effect when you switch to "User report."
On a related note, when I look at the user report, I find no indication of how many points an item was out of, the weight of the item, or if that item was dropped. Likewise I don't see any indication of the weight of a category. Is there any way to display these values?
On a related note, when I look at the user report, I find no indication of how many points an item was out of, the weight of the item, or if that item was dropped. Likewise I don't see any indication of the weight of a category. Is there any way to display these values?
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Hey Mark,
Thanks so much for trying to help. The procedure you are describing works with the grade book for my view but there seems to be no option for altering the user report that the student sees...at least not that I can find.
--Elaine
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Hi Elaine,
As far as I can see, it's not possible to remove the percentage column in the user report. There are only two user report settings to show/hide rank and hidden items.
Since removing the percentage column seems to be a popular request, I've created an issue in the tracker - MDL-15887. Please vote for it if you would like it to be fixed. (You will need to create a tracker account and login in order to vote.)
As far as I can see, it's not possible to remove the percentage column in the user report. There are only two user report settings to show/hide rank and hidden items.
Since removing the percentage column seems to be a popular request, I've created an issue in the tracker - MDL-15887. Please vote for it if you would like it to be fixed. (You will need to create a tracker account and login in order to vote.)
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Thanks Helen, I will...
Elaine...
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Hi Helen, Elaine and anyone else interested,
I had a similar requirement when I wanted to remove the pts column so that I was left with % only for each assessment. I couldn't find any tick boxes or settings, so I had a look in the files and found it very straight forward.
Look in yourMoodle/grade/lib.php. You should find this code very near the top of the file. I have commented out 2 lines in red and indicated what effect that has. You can comment out a line by putting '//' at the beginning.
$GRADEPREFSDEFAULTS = array('use_advanced' => 0,
'use_weighted_for_letter' => 0,
'display_weighted' => 0,
//CHANGE 1 removes pts from gradebook 'display_points' => 2,
//CHANGE 2 removes % from gradebook 'display_percent' => 1,
'display_letters' => 0,
'reprint_headers' => 0,
'show_hidden' => 1
);
Hope that helps.
Now for for my problem. I am trying to upgrade from 1.8.2 to 1.9.2, but have found that the gradebook doesn't show grades anymore in 1.9.2. The information is still there, but it will not show. Anybody know how to fix this?
Phil
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Hi Phil,
I hope this thread is still alive...I have located the lib.php file, but the code in your post is nowhere to be found. I am using an Ubuntu server and Moodle 1.9.4.
We do not use percentages at our school and students are getting confused.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Mike
I hope this thread is still alive...I have located the lib.php file, but the code in your post is nowhere to be found. I am using an Ubuntu server and Moodle 1.9.4.
We do not use percentages at our school and students are getting confused.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Mike
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Found it - /var/www/moodle/grade/report/user/lib.php
The syntax is different is 1.9
Need to comment out:
// var $showpercentage;
and
//$this->showpercentage = grade_get_setting($this->courseid, 'report_user_showpercentage', $CFG->grade_report_user_showpercentage);
It's all good now.
BTW - this was found by using this:
http://xref.moodle.org/nav.html?lang/en_utf8/error.php.source.html
Really helpful search powers
Mike
The syntax is different is 1.9
Need to comment out:
// var $showpercentage;
and
//$this->showpercentage = grade_get_setting($this->courseid, 'report_user_showpercentage', $CFG->grade_report_user_showpercentage);
It's all good now.
BTW - this was found by using this:
http://xref.moodle.org/nav.html?lang/en_utf8/error.php.source.html
Really helpful search powers
Mike
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Hey everyone,
If you are still trying to solve this problem. Here is an easy fix until an improved release.
Access your moodle root directory and navigate to the following file:
/grade/report/user/lib.php
Comment out the following lines;
save the file, restart you web server.
The percentage column does not appear any more now.
This is a hack for Moodle 1.9 so when you upgrade please check if they have included a frontend solution.
Cheers,
Nipuna
If you are still trying to solve this problem. Here is an easy fix until an improved release.
Access your moodle root directory and navigate to the following file:
/grade/report/user/lib.php
Comment out the following lines;
var $showpercentage; (line 65)$this->showpercentage = grade_get_setting($this->courseid, 'report_user_showpercentage', $CFG->grade_report_user_showpercentage); (line 84)
save the file, restart you web server.
The percentage column does not appear any more now.
This is a hack for Moodle 1.9 so when you upgrade please check if they have included a frontend solution.
Cheers,
Nipuna
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
For those that want to keep the option of hiding/showing the percentage column: Hiding the percentage column for the user report is now an option under 'Course Settings' (the last option under the 'choose and action' dropdown menu in the gradebook).
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
This is a thanks for the fix, for the link to the tracker, and for the fix for those of us who have not yet upgraded to 1.9.3.
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Barry: What specifically is the name of the option to do this? I see General Settings, Grade Item Settings, Overview Report, and User Report. I don't have anything under those menus that clearly indicates I can hide the percentage column in the student view.
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
To hide the % in the user report Change the Course settings then untick the 'Show percentage' box in Administration > Grades > Choose an action (Course Settings) > Report Settings > User report.
I hope this helps
Cheers
Teresa
I hope this helps
Cheers
Teresa
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
I'd like to be able to turn off the ranges column as it clutters up the user report and students find it confusing
By this I mean the range of possible marks column (to the right of the grades column),not the range of actually achieved marks row.
I see from the above postings that there were various hacks to do this for the percentages column (now fixed) but I'd rather avoid this.
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
Thank you, Teresa, for solving my maddening problem of the morning!
In Moodle 1.9.10, I found the fix you point to here...
Courses > Site Administration > Grades > Report Settings > User report
Once on the User Report page, untick the Show Percentage box.
Done.
It's easy once one knows where to look. Knowing where to look is the hard part.
Re: Can I make the percentage column go away?
We're using 1.9.1, and my IT person says Nipuna's lines are not in /grade/report/user/lib.php in 1.9.1.
So, I'm wondering where I can have a look at 1.9.1's source code?
http://72.15.209.135/ gives me 1.9.3
For obvious reasons, I wouldn't want to go cruising thru our site's live code (I'm not a programmer).
So, I'm wondering where I can have a look at 1.9.1's source code?
http://72.15.209.135/ gives me 1.9.3
For obvious reasons, I wouldn't want to go cruising thru our site's live code (I'm not a programmer).