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
31 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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  • David Ha
    Thu, 19 Sept 2013, 2:09 AM
    Hi Fernando,

    Installed the latest version on Moodle 2.5.1 the error I get is
    Error reading from database

    Debug info: Incorrect syntax near '0'.
    SELECT * FROM mdl_assign LIMIT 0, 1
    [array (
    )]
    Error code: dmlreadexception

    Stack trace: •line 423 of \lib\dml\moodle_database.php: dml_read_exception thrown
    •line 256 of \lib\dml\mssql_native_moodle_database.php: call to moodle_database->query_end()
    •line 722 of \lib\dml\mssql_native_moodle_database.php: call to mssql_native_moodle_database->query_end()
    •line 756 of \lib\dml\mssql_native_moodle_database.php: call to mssql_native_moodle_database->get_recordset_sql()
    •line 1397 of \lib\dml\moodle_database.php: call to mssql_native_moodle_database->get_records_sql()
    •line 155 of \blocks\fn_marking\block_fn_marking.php: call to moodle_database->get_record_sql()
    •line 130 of \blocks\fn_marking\block_fn_marking.php: call to block_fn_marking->get_standard_content()
    •line 764 of \blocks\moodleblock.class.php: call to block_fn_marking->get_content()
    •line 238 of \blocks\moodleblock.class.php: call to block_list->formatted_contents()
    •line 951 of \lib\blocklib.php: call to block_base->get_content_for_output()
    •line 1003 of \lib\blocklib.php: call to block_manager->create_block_contents()
    •line 353 of \lib\blocklib.php: call to block_manager->ensure_content_created()
    •line 6 of \theme\leatherbound\layout\general.php: call to block_manager->region_has_content()
    •line 847 of \lib\outputrenderers.php: call to include()
    •line 777 of \lib\outputrenderers.php: call to core_renderer->render_page_layout()
    •line 243 of \course\view.php: call to core_renderer->header()
  • David Ha
    Thu, 19 Sept 2013, 2:20 AM
    Fernando,
    We are running MS SQL, and I think some of your query statement are only applicable to MySQL. For example, the statement like "SELECT * from
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Fri, 27 Sept 2013, 10:38 PM
    Hi David, unfortunately we have already spent our budget for this round of coding and, since this issue does not effect our schools (we use MySQL), it will have to wait until our next coding round. I have added this to our list and will let you know when we get around to it. Alternatively, if you are coder, feel free to tackle this on your own. If you want to you want to fund this fix, the coder we work estimates about $200. Thanks.
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Fri, 22 Nov 2013, 10:18 AM
    This block has been updated for MS SQL. Looking for testers. Also, if anyone has a MS SQL Moodle test site that we can use for testing, please let me know. You can download new code here:
    - Moodle 2.4: https://github.com/fernandooliveira/moodle-block_marking_manager/archive/MOODLE_24_STABLE.zip.
    - Moodle 2.5: https://github.com/fernandooliveira/moodle-block_marking_manager/archive/MOODLE_25_STABLE.zip.
  • llywelyn morgan
    Thu, 5 Dec 2013, 3:06 AM
    Hi. Great block. Very useful. Are there any plans to include Workshop activities? Thanks
  • Dan Olson
    Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 1:21 AM
    Hi Fernando, nice block. Thanks for the contribution. Really helps speed up assignment grading. I do have a question: we don't grade forums, yet in the block forum posts show up as "needs grading." This leads to some confusion. Is there any way to turn of forum grading as part of this block?
  • Gillian Hazel
    Mon, 24 Feb 2014, 9:03 AM
    Hi there, loving this block, thanks. Is there any way that 'No Grade' could be added to the grading scale? At the moment I only have Satisfactory or Non Satisfactory but when I mark the same course through Moodle Gradebook I have a 'No Grade' option. Thanks
  • Aster Blistok
    Sat, 17 May 2014, 2:21 PM
    Hi,

    can this tool be customized to work with quz type where manual grading is required (eg. essays)?

    Thanks
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Sat, 31 May 2014, 11:16 PM
    Yes, it can, but that would require further coding work. I'm currently trying to round up funds to upgrade this plug-in (for Moodle 2.7) . I've got 2 schools that have expressed interest so far. Let me know if you work for an organization that might be willing to pitch in. Cheers, Fernando.
  • Todd Diakow
    Tue, 12 Aug 2014, 12:37 AM
    Hi Fernando. Just looking for an update with progress on updating FN Marking Manager for 2.7. Is this work progressing, and if so when is an anticipated release date.
    Thanks,
  • John Provasnik at Moodle Moot US
    Thu, 11 Sept 2014, 4:25 AM
    This was amazing. Any plans to have this compatible for any 2.6 Moodle Version? We had to stop using it because the block now causes our course pages to take 1 minute or longer to load (we are using Moodle 2.6.2).
  • Aaron Hardy
    Thu, 2 Oct 2014, 10:55 PM
    Did an update for 2.6. Can be found here ... wasn't sure how to add changes to yours https://github.com/aaronhardy/moodlefn-marking
  • John Provasnik at Moodle Moot US
    Fri, 3 Oct 2014, 8:05 PM
    @ Aaron -- I'd love to update my sandbox with your version to see if it solves my problem -- what are the updates you did? Do you have any documentation outlining changes for this 2.6 version? I only saw info about 24 and 25 in the readme txt
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Thu, 30 Oct 2014, 3:41 AM
    Thanks for the update, Aaron. Unfortunately, this plugin requires a pretty major overhaul in order to deal with load times in Moodle 2.6+. Hopefully we can pull together some funds to get this done in the next few months.
  • Fredrik Wigdén
    Sat, 16 May 2015, 10:00 PM
    Thanks for a good plugin.
    I often use Assignment in practical exercises, I turn of the possibility for students to send information to the system. I just use it to grade the practical exercise. The problem is that Simple Gradebook don't show that I had grade the students exercise. In Moodles integrated gradebook i see it, but not in the Simple Gradebook. Is it possible to solve that i want to se that the student is graded, without that they have to send some files etc to the system?
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