Drop Lowest Quiz Score
March 26th, 2020
Moodle allows you to drop the lowest grade(s) from a category of activities/items in the gradebook.
Requirements:
- The activities/items MUST ALL BE OF EQUAL MAXIMUM VALUE.
- The items must be contained in one category.
Warning:
- At the end of the semester, fill any empty cells with zeros; otherwise, those cells will not be counted as a score when used with the Exclude Empty Grades option.
- Do not have activities with weights of Zero. While this is a common technique to not count an activity, it breaks the rule that all grade items must be of equal value for this option to be available.
Open Gradebook Setup
Step 1
Go to the course homepage.
- Click the Admin settings gear icon
- Click Course administration
- Click Gradebook setup
Add categories
Step 1
Click Add category, at the bottom of the page
Step 2
Name your category (e.g. Discussions)
Step 3
Click Save changes
Step 4
Enter a Weight or Point Value for the Category
Step 5
Press Enter after entering a value
Step 6
Move activities into your category
- Click the Move icon
- Click the space under the category
- After moving all of your activities, set them to equal parts (if they are all worth the same)
- Press Enter after setting the last value
Set the Category to Drop the Lowest Score
Step 1
Click teh Edit drop-down next to the category
Step 2
Click Edit settings from the drop-down menu
Step 3
Click Show more...
Step 4
Enter the number of lowest scores you wish to drop in the Drop the Lowest textbox
Step 5
Click the Save changes button
Step 6
In the category, under the Discussion total, you should see the formula
