Custom calculation for individual students

Custom calculation for individual students

by Sally Bourque -
Number of replies: 2

Hi,

I think this question is along the same line as Steve C's from earlier this month, but here it goes anyway!

Is there any practical way to use grade-book to calculate grades for students who have all selected different weightings for various assignments?

Example:

Assignment 1- each student may choose a weighting between 24% - 30%

Assignment 2-  each student may choose a weighting between 45-51%

Assignment 3 - each student may choose a weighting between 31 - 19%

Essentially this means you could have 15 students in a single course all with different weighting schemes.


From what I understand of gradebook, this MAY be possible with ALOT of categories but not truly practical.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,


In reply to Sally Bourque

Re: Custom calculation for individual students

by Mark McKay -

Hi Sally,

I think your assessment is accurate. I wonder, however, what the thinking is behind this request. Why would you want to do this? It seems like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. Can you provide a use case?

Mark McKay
University of Minnesota

In reply to Mark McKay

Re: Custom calculation for individual students

by Sally Bourque -

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the confirmation.

I'm afraid I don't have the specific contextual details; I'm assisting an instructor with this scenario and will have to ferret out more details to see if there is a better solution that Moodle can accommodate.

Truly appreciate the reply, thanks.