Grade outcome settings

Full name

The name of the outcome.

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Short name

A shortname, this is not displayed. 

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Standard outcome

A standard outcome is one that is available across the site. 

This is selected by default when creating at a site-level and cannot be changed. 

Scale

Select a grade scale to use with the outcome. Clicking the Add new scale link will take you to a new screen to create a grade scale. 

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Description

Optionally you can add a description of the outcome. 

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Item name

The name of the custom grade calculate outcome item. 

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Item info

This setting provides space for entering information about the item. The information is not displayed anywhere else.

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ID number

Setting an ID number provides a way of identifying the activity for grade calculation purposes.

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Outcome

Use the dropdown menu to select another outcome to associate with this grade outcome item. 

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Linked activity

Use the dropdown menu to select an activity from the course to link to this outcome. You can also use the Assign another outcome to this course link to make other outcomes available. 

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Hidden

Determines whether grades are hidden from learners. 

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Hidden until

If the item has been set to hidden then a hidden until date may be set if desired, to release grades after grading is completed.

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Locked

Determines whether grades are locked. Locked grades can no longer be automatically updated by the related activity.

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Lock after

If you wish to lock the item at a later date then you can set when you wish the grades to be locked. 

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Grade category

The name of the parent category this item sits in. This cannot be edited here as it is tied to where the grade item activity sits. 

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Import as custom outcomes (only this course)

If selected the imported outcomes will only be available on this course. 

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Import as standard outcomes

If selected the imported outcomes will be available across the site. 

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Import outcomes

This is where you should upload your outcomes file by either browsing for it or dragging and dropping it into the upload area. 

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