NED - Marking Manager

Blocks ::: block_fn_marking
Maintained by Fern Oliveira
Part of set NED.
This block allows teachers to grade assignments, quizzes and forums within a single interface.
Latest release:
408 sites
34 downloads
45 fans
Current versions available: 4
Changes in Marking Manager version 3.3.2 (2017101000):

In previous versions of the Marking Manager, the cronjob was used to calculate the number of activities that require grading in all courses. For sites with many courses and/or students, this sometimes meant that the cron job would run for a long time and, as a result, put a strain on server resources. In this latest version, we have made the following changes to address this problem:

  1. The cron job method has been replaced with a “Manual” option, which allows users to refresh the block only when needed.
  2. When counting activities, the block will only scan courses where the user has teaching privileges.
  3. It is now possible to only include courses that 1) reside inside preselected course categories AND 2) have the block installed at the course level. Previously, it was one or the other.
  4. There is a new option that allows admins to only see courses where they have teaching privileges.
  5. There is a new option to skip hidden courses when counting activities
  6. Various bug and format fixes

Even with these changes, calculating ungraded activities across many courses is still a resource-intensive task. We will continue to work on improvements and we welcome the input of other developers that have other ideas/suggestions on how to increase efficiency.
 



Marking Manager Screenshot

At the site level (front page) the Marking Manager block lists all Assignments, Forums and Quizzes that require grading. At the course level, the Marking Manager has 2 parts:

Block: provides quick overview of the number of Assignments, Quizzes and Forums with the following status:

  • Requires Grading
  • Graded 
  • Not Submitted

Clicking on these status links  will open the marking Interface. The block also contains links to a custom Progress Report (see screenshot below). At the bottom part of the block, a status report shows the number of students that:

  • have not logged in for x days
  • not submitted actities for x days
  • have a overall grade less than x percent

Marking Interface: allows teachers to grade Assignments, Quizzes and Forums within a single interface. This interface consists of a left section, where activites are selected, and and right section, where activties are graded. See screen shots below for more info.


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Contributors

Fern Oliveira (Lead maintainer)
Fernando Oliveira: Original maintainer
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  • Fernando Oliveira
    Sat, 6 June 2015, 12:04 AM
    Hi Fredrik, which version of Moodle are you using?
  • Shawn Peters
    Tue, 7 July 2015, 3:04 AM
    So when is the support for the latest versions of Moodle coming out? (for 2.9, etc...)
    -Shawn
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Wed, 15 July 2015, 2:07 AM
    Next version of the Marking Manager block should be ready by mid September.
  • Rachel Epler
    Tue, 1 Sept 2015, 9:04 AM
    What versions of Moodle is the next update going to cover and will it also alert for quiz essay responses?
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Wed, 2 Sept 2015, 2:19 AM
    Next version will work in Moodle 2.7 -2.9. Yes, quiz tracking will be included. It should be ready by next week.
  • Александр Козлов
    Thu, 3 Sept 2015, 5:32 PM
    good plugin, but it is very much load the system, I have 2 cores and 4 GB of RAM and after installing the plugin page of the course with 400-700 students loaded 2-3 minutes
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Mon, 7 Sept 2015, 12:20 AM
    Hello Александр, some performance improvement were made. Please download latest code and test. Thanks.
  • Александр Козлов
    Fri, 11 Sept 2015, 2:23 PM
    no positive effect, I have Moodle 2.8.7+ (Build: 20150820)
  • Rachel Epler
    Wed, 16 Sept 2015, 6:37 PM
    Very thrilled to have this now for 2.8, but we're experiencing some issues with quizzes that have both multiple choice questions and essay questions in the same quiz, not being notified. If there's a quick fix or something in our quiz settings, I'm open to suggestions. Thanks!
    Here's a screenshot - https://goo.gl/photos/ncRFLZDzp9Tg7fqz7
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Wed, 16 Sept 2015, 10:42 PM
    Hi Rachel, I am unable to reproduce this problem. Can you provide more info? I'd be glad to take a look at your course, if you can send me login details or I could set you up in a test course so you can reproduce the issue. Either is fine on my end.
  • Megan Murphy
    Thu, 17 Sept 2015, 9:46 PM
    We currently have version 2015080903 installed and we were having errors so i was excited to see that a new version came out 2015080904 (or at least that's what it says in our plugin overview should be the new version.) However when we download the new version from this page, the version.php file still have it listed at 2015080903.
  • Al Beal
    Fri, 18 Sept 2015, 5:09 PM
    It's great the have this plugin support again with newer Moodles, many thanks for your work.

    I've just installed 2.7 (2015091600) on Moodle 2.9+ (Build: 20150604), everything is ok, just one small bug I've found. If I select Separate Groups, every 2 I mark the groups reset to All Participants.

    Al
  • It's only an avatar...
    Sat, 19 Sept 2015, 7:09 PM
    Hi Fernando, I see in your master branch that you have fixed the bug that was causing a problem in Lesson (with the left menu) where .menuwrapper is a css class selector in Lesson. https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320024 I see that you have added a prefix 'fn-menuwrapper'. Thanks for that. I have not checked out the latest version yet, but can you clarify that the fix is in that?
    Thanks - Mary
  • It's only an avatar...
    Sat, 19 Sept 2015, 9:40 PM
    OK...it looks like the .menuwrapper has NOT been updated in the 2015 September 16th update. In which case I will open a Tracker issue for this Lesson Left menu BUG.
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