Dropping the lowest score allows students to recover from a low score and provides a more accurate representation of their understanding of the course material.
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.
Open Gradebook Setup
Step 1
Go to the course homepage.
Step 2
Click the Admin settings gear icon
Step 3
Click Course administration
Step 4
Click Gradebook setup
Add Categories
Step 1
Click Add category, at the top of the page
Step 2
Name your category (e.g. Discussions)
Step 3
Click Save changes
Step 4
Scroll to locate your newly created category and enter a Weight or Point Value
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 weights (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 the 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 total, you should see the applied formula.
