Using Letter Grades in Moodle

Letter grades cannot be entered into the Moodle gradebook in a manner that aggregates them into the course grade but it is possible to enter numerical grades and set them to display as letter grades to students. Letter grades can be set to display to students for individual grade items or the entire gradebook. Faculty may also customize the numeric-to-letter grade conversion scheme for the course.

Configure and Use Letter Grades:

Customize the Numeric-to-letter grade conversion

Note: The conversion scheme will apply course wide and cannot be customized for individual grade items.

1. Navigate to the gradebook for the course by selecting the “Grades” tab.
2. In the drop-down menu at the top left of the gradebook, select Grade letters.
   • The following page will display the various letter grades and what percentage grades will result in that letter grade. For example, an ‘A’ is set to display for a 93%-100% grade by default.
3. To customize the percentage range for each letter grade, click the [Edit] button.
4. Check the “Override site defaults” to apply the changes to the course
5. Set the desired percentage ranges
6. Click [Save changes]

Display Letter Grades for a Category or Grade Item

1. Navigate to the gradebook for the course by selecting the “Grades” tab.
2. In the drop-down menu at the top left of the gradebook, select Gradebook setup.
3. Under the Actions column, select “…” for a given grade item or category total and choose “Edit” from the drop-down menu
4. Expand the “Category total” and click “Show more…”
5. In “Grade display type” choose “Letter”
6. Click [Save changes]

Display Letter Grades for the Course

1. Navigate to the gradebook for the course by selecting the “Grades” tab.
2. In the drop-down menu at the top left of the gradebook, select Course grade settings.
3. In “Grade item settings” set “Grade display type” to “Letter”
4. In “User report” set “Show letter grades” to “Show”
5. Change additional settings as desired
6. Click [Save changes]