Introduction

Depending on your course, you may wish to add individual assignments, or grade items, into your Moodle gradebook.  This may be to identify in-person assignments or activities, extra credit, or assignments completed through different platforms that do not sync to the Moodle gradebook.   

  1. Locate and click on the Grades tab in your Moodle course

Moodle course page with the Grades tab denoted with an arrow

  1. Go to Gradebook Setup from the dropdown menu

Gradebook drop down menu with Gradebook setup highlighted

  1. Select Add Grade item from the add drop down menu

Add drop down menu from the gradebook setup page

  1. Fill out the appropriate fields in the popup window or click on show more for settings for the graded item.

popup window for new grade item.  Grade category feature is opened

Tip: you can assign your graded item to a grade category from the popup window or show more page.  This will remove the additional step of moving the grade item to the correct category later.

Note: If you create your assignment through the show more page, after you select the grade category, you will be able to mark the assignment as extra credit (if applicable). 

  1. Save changes