Moodle displays a Course total (or final grade) to students. The Course total can be based on calculated or aggregated grade items from the Moodle gradebook or instructors can manually enter numeric grades to the Course total column. For more see Grade Calculation in Moodle.

At the end of the semester when grades are due, the letter grade associated with the Course total can be imported from Moodle into SPIRE on demand, in a single click.

Set Course Total Column to Show Five Decimal Places

To ensure your students see an un-rounded grade for their Course total, we recommend keeping the default setting for the Course total column of showing five (5) decimal places. If you see fewer than five decimal places for the Course total:

1. To open the Moodle gradebook, from your main course page go to the Administration block and click Gradebook Setup. The Gradebook Setup page will open.
2. In the top row on the Gradebook Setup page, under the Actions column, click Edit, the Edit drop-down menu will appread.
3. From Edit drop-down, choose Edit settings. The Edit category settings page will open.
4. Under Category total click Show more… to expand the available options.
5. From the Overall decimal points drop-down menu, select 5.
6. At the bottom of the page, click Save changes.

To Manually Input Grades in the Course Total Column

Moodle allows for manual input of the final course grade directly into the Course total column.

Please note: You must input numerical scores in this column.

1. Manually input the final course grade:
   1. To open the Moodle gradebook, from your main course page go to the Administration block and click Grades. The Grader report for the course will open.
   2. At the top-right corner click Turn Editing On.
   3. Scroll to the right to locate the Course total column, and enter a numeric grade for each student.
   4. Click Update at the bottom of the page.
2. Letter grades in Moodle are automatically set to coincide with university standards.  If you would like to input your own numeric to letter grade conversion, you will need to set up a Letter conversion scheme. For more, see Letter Grades in Moodle.