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Letter grade display

Grades in Moodle can be displayed in a number of different formats.

Real - Actual grades (based on the total possible marks given for assessment items)
Percentage - Actual grades scaled out of 100
Letter - Letters used to represent a range of grades. Letter grades are based on the Monash default ranges. Custom letter grades can be created, but this is NOT recommended.
A Combination of two of the above types with the secondary grade type displayed in brackets. For example, Letter (Percentage).

By default, the grade display type is Letter (real).

Change default display settings in Moodle

You may wish to display the letter grade to students instead of the default numerical grade. You can do this for the unit total, individual assessment items or for all assessments during the semester in a unit. This guide will cover how to change the Moodle unit settings to display letter grades at a unit or activity level.

Note: Numerical grades are still calculated and stored for each student in Moodle. The letter grade displayed to students is based on Monash’s standard scale (HD/D/C/P/N). You will still be able to see the numerical value for assessment tasks.

You can change the default Grade type display settings for your Moodle unit. This will determine how grades are displayed in the grader and user reports and will affect all assessments grades and the unit total display.
1. Click on Grades in the top menu banner.
2. Click Grader report and then select Unit grade settings from the dropdown list.
3. In the Grade item settings section, select your desired grade display type from the drop down list.
4. Scroll down and click Save changes.
1. Click on Grades in the top menu banner.
2. Click on Grader report and then select Gradebook setup from the dropdown list.
3. From the Gradebook setup page, click on the edit/administration cog for the UNIT SETTINGS block.
4. In the Unit Total section, for Student view select Letter from the drop down list.
5. When finished, click Save changes.
  Note: This will not affect the student view of graded Moodle activities, only the unit total.
1. Click on Grades in the top banner menu.
2. Click Grader report and then select Gradebook setup from the dropdown list.
3. Click on the edit cog for the assessment task you are wanting to change.
4. Change the Student view from Default (real) to Letter from the drop down list.
5. Click on Save changes.

Release the numerical results after the board of examiners

At the conclusion of the Board of Examiners process, you must release the final numerical marks for all assessments to students. This means for any graded activities that display letter grades, you MUST change the Student view from Letter back to Default (real) in the Moodle activity settings. You must do this for each grade item for which marks must be released.

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Letter grade display

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