Is it possible to modify and/or has anyone modified the grade entry fields? I would prefer to type grades in fields rather then select them from menus.
1. Because I can enter the grades faster that way. (75, tab, 86, tab, 94, tab, 88, tab, etc.)
2. Because some students with extra credit receive grades over 100.
Also, IF it is possible to change the entry method, would it be a problem if the grade exceeded the maximum points.
(Because extra credit technically would allow a student to get a score that is higher than the maximum score...)
(Because extra credit technically would allow a student to get a score that is higher than the maximum score...)
Oh yea, and some grades are decimal grades. (e.g. 87.6)
Your browser should allow you to tab between fields and type numbers anyway to select them from the menu.
Also see: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=1400
I doubt extra credit and decimal grades are going to be supported in the near future.
Also see: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=1400
I doubt extra credit and decimal grades are going to be supported in the near future.
Here at Ohio State, we have modified the Moodle source code so as to enable importing grades from a text file. The code also allows assignment of grades which are greater than 100. In fact we (ab)use one of the grade fields to contain a 5 digit registration code. If you are interested, I can send you our code modifications.
I am attaching the modified course/grades.php file that we use to bulk upload grades. Please note that we are still using version 1.0.8.1.
The modified script adds two buttons to the bottom of the page: Browse (for the input text file) and Import Grades.
The input text file is expected to have the following format. The first header line should have the form
user,id1,id2,id3,...
where id1, id2, id3, ... stand for assignment ids of the assignments for which you are submitting the grades. The subsequent data lines should read:
user id,grade1,grade2,grade3,...
There is a slight bug in the script, which I haven't had time to track down. The date shown as the submission date for the grades is wrong.
The modified script adds two buttons to the bottom of the page: Browse (for the input text file) and Import Grades.
The input text file is expected to have the following format. The first header line should have the form
user,id1,id2,id3,...
where id1, id2, id3, ... stand for assignment ids of the assignments for which you are submitting the grades. The subsequent data lines should read:
user id,grade1,grade2,grade3,...
There is a slight bug in the script, which I haven't had time to track down. The date shown as the submission date for the grades is wrong.
The input text file is expected to have the following format. The first header line should have the form
user,id1,id2,id3,...
where id1, id2, id3, ... stand for assignment ids of the assignments for which you are submitting the grades. The subsequent data lines should read:
user id,grade1,grade2,grade3,...
Actually I noticed that the script is buggy for multiple submissions (i.e. more than one assignment). It often fails in that situation. However it does work reliably when submitting grades for just a single assignment. As soon as we figure out what the problem is, I'll post a corrected script.
What is the "user" variable?
So it would be:
user,exam1
johndoe, 77
janedoe, 100
billsmith, 86
etc.
Do you know if this will accept decimals?
billsmith, 86.7
So it would be:
user,exam1
johndoe, 77
janedoe, 100
billsmith, 86
etc.
Do you know if this will accept decimals?
billsmith, 86.7
Sorry, not quite. It should be:
user,20 95, 77 121, 100 53, 86
The number 20 in the header line is what you might see in the url for exam1 if you clicked on it:
your_site/moodle/mod/assignment/view.php?id=20
Substitute the appropriate number in place of 20 for your particular assignment.
Similarly in the first data line 95 stands for what might see in the url by clicking on the user profile for johndoe:
your_site/moodle/user/view.php?id=95&course=3
Similarly 121 and 53 stand for the corresponding numbers for janedoe and billsmith.
The reason we use id numbers instead of student names is because students are allowed to edit their names (e.g. replace their legal first names by nicknames) and they do so at unpredictable times. Since some of our grades are generated automatically by other software, this would lead to confusion. By contrast the Moodle id numbers (indexes into the db user table) can't be editted, so they can be entered at the beginning of the course into the other software.
I believe that it is OK to enter decimal grades, but Moodle (or rather MySQL) rounds those to the nearest integer. At least that is the way it is displayed.
What is the first "user", then? (in the "user,20" line)
>> believe that it is OK to enter decimal grades, but Moodle (or rather MySQL) rounds those to the nearest integer.
It is the word "user" literally. It serves as a placeholder and sanity check, in case you click on the wrong file.
Some people are reporting problems with downloading ".php" files, so I am resubmitting grades.php with a "txt" extension.