Set up grade outcomes

Outcomes allow you to grade learners' work against specific learning goals, rather than just numeric grades or overall completion of activities. The default outcome grading scale measures whether a learner is, 'Not yet competent' or 'Competent' regarding an outcome. As outcomes are a measure of a learners' skills they are similar to skills.

Additionally you can create grade scales to be used in outcomes in courses.

Before you can create outcomes at either a course or site level they must first be enabled on the site. This must be done by a Site Administrator by ticking Enable outcomes under Quick-access menu > Configure features > Learn settings. You can then either create Custom outcomes (course-level) or Standard outcomes which are available across the site.

Creating outcomes at a course-level

1. In a course, click on Outcomes from the Course administration menu.

2. Click Edit outcomes tab. 

3. Click Add new outcome. 

4. Configure the settings:

   Setting	Description	Notes
   Full name	The name of the outcome.	-
   Short name	A shortname, this is not displayed.	-
   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.	-
   Description	Optionally you can add a description of the outcome.	-

5. Click Save changes. 

Creating outcomes at a site-level

As a Site Administrator you can create an outcome at a site level, this will be available to all users. 

1. Go to Quick-access menu > Grades > Outcomes.  

2. Click Add new outcome. 

3. Configure the settings. 

4. Click Save changes.