Are students reporting that they cannot see their grades in Moodle? Depending on the configuration of graded activities or grade columns, there are several possible reasons why a grade is not visible. This page details several troubleshooting steps to make sure that students can see their grades.
If you need help with assistance with Moodle grading or the Moodle gradebook, contact the Office of Instructional Design (InstructionalDesign@northcentral.edu).
Do Students Know Where to Find the Gradebook?
If some of your students report being unable to see their grades while others report otherwise, your students may not realize where to find the link that takes them to the gradebook. If possible, give your class a brief orientation to how you have set up the gradebook and how they can find it from your course's main page in Moodle. Alternately, you can direct students to the following help page: How To: Check Your Grades in Moodle.
Is the Gradebook Visible to Students?
If students are reporting that they cannot see grades for your course at all, then your course settings may be set to prevent students from viewing grades.
Is the Graded Activity Hidden?
If students report they can see some grades for your course, but not a particular graded activity, check to see if the activity is hidden from students. Hiding a graded activity on your course page also hides its grade from students.
- On your course page, click Turn editing on. Editing links and icons appear on the page.
- Locate the graded activity on your course page by opening all sections and scrolling down the page.
- If the text of the activity is grayed, it means the item is hidden from students. Click to open the Edit drop-down menu: Hidden items will have the option to select Show from the menu. (See example below)
- If the activity is hidden, click show. The link to the activity will no longer be grayed out, indicating the item is visible. The grades for the activity should become visible to students in the gradebook. If not, check the other troubleshooting questions on this page.
Are Restrict Access Settings Used?
Restrict Access settings allow you to control when an activity is available to students. When a graded activity is not only unavailable but also hidden from students using Restrict access settings, students cannot see the grade for the activity.
Note: To set a due date or cutoff date, look for Due date, End date, or Cut-off date options on the activity's Settings page. This is a preferred method for ending access.
- On your course page, click Turn editing on. Editing icons appear next to each editable item on the page.
- Locate the graded activity on your course page and click the Edit link for the activity, then Edit Settings. The Edit settings page opens.
- On the Edit settings page, scroll down and click the Restrict access heading to open the Restrict access options.
- If a date/time restriction is set, and a crossed-out Eye icon appears in front of the setting, students will not be able to see the activity (or its grades); click the Eye icon and it will change to show an eye without a line through it indicating the item and its grades are now visible to students.
Are Grade Items Set to Be Visible?
Instructors can control the visibility of individual grade items by adjusting settings on the Categories and Items page of the gradebook. From here, you can also show or hide category totals and the course total.
Are Category Totals or the Course Total Visible?
If students report that they can see individual grade items but cannot see a category total or the course total grade, and you have confirmed that the totals are set to visible on the Categories and Items page, then it is because the calculation for the totals involved certain grade items that are hidden from students. If you make the hidden items visible, then the total will display. However, if you want these items to remain hidden but want students to see the totals, then you need to adjust the following gradebook preferences:
- On your course page, in the Administration block, under the heading Course administration, click Grades. The gradebook will open.
- At the top of the page, click Setup from the available tabs. The Categories and items page will open.
- On the Setup sub-tabs, click Course grade settings. The Course grade settings page will open.
- Scroll down the page, under the heading for User report, change the Hide totals if they contain hidden items drop-down menu to the appropriate setting:
- To display the total grade including the values from the hidden grades, select Show totals including hidden items.
- To display the total grade excluding the values from the hidden grades, select Show totals excluding hidden items.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save changes.
Getting assistance with grades
If you need help with assistance with Moodle grading or the Moodle gradebook, contact the Office of Instructional Design (InstructionalDesign@northcentral.edu).