{"id":1203,"date":"2020-07-31T16:26:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T15:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1203"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:19:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:19:46","slug":"how-to-create-an-online-submission-in-moodle-that-uses-pass-fail-marking","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/how-to-create-an-online-submission-in-moodle-that-uses-pass-fail-marking\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an online submission point in Moodle that uses pass\/fail marking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Scales are a way of evaluating or rating a students\u2019 performance. Scales may be used in\u00a0Forums,\u00a0Glossaries\u00a0and\u00a0Assignments\u00a0for rating and\/or\u00a0grading\u00a0a student\u2019s activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to create a scale on your DLE course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">Please note, you will not need to create a scale for \u2018Pass\u2019\/\u2019Fail\u2019 as this is by default added to all courses in the DLE\/Moodle. If you wisht to use different labels or scales, you can then follow the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please sign in to your DLE\/Moodle account and select the course where you would like to add a scale.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the course page, please select \u2018Grades\u2019 from the secondary navigation bar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095802.013.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the \u2018Grades\u2019 menu (highlighted).\" class=\"wp-image-8210\" style=\"width:462px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095802.013.png 532w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095802.013-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095802.013-50x6.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095802.013-60x8.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095802.013-100x13.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once you land on the page, please click on the drop-down list at the top-left corner and select \u2018Scales\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095840.422.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the the grader report dropdown highlighted\" class=\"wp-image-8211\" style=\"width:612px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095840.422.png 689w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095840.422-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095840.422-50x42.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095840.422-60x50.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T095840.422-100x83.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please click on the \u2018Add a new scale\u2019 blue button to create a new scale.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101626.960.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the \u2018Add a new scale\u2019 button (highlighted).\" class=\"wp-image-8212\" style=\"width:247px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101626.960.png 313w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101626.960-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101626.960-50x14.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101626.960-60x16.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101626.960-100x27.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You will need to enter the following information:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2018Name\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Scale\u2019 &#8211; You can use as many options here as you require. You must order the comma separated elements in increasing order of value. For example \u2018Fail, Pass\u2019; or \u2018Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Description &#8211; This might be useful for the tutors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To finalise your action, please click on the \u2018Save changes\u2019 button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101736.868-1024x526.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the process of adding a new scale in the DLE (highlighted).\" class=\"wp-image-8213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101736.868-1024x526.png 1024w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101736.868-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101736.868-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101736.868-50x26.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101736.868-60x31.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101736.868-100x51.png 100w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101736.868.png 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to attach your scale to a submission point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the scale is created or you wish to use an already existing scale (e.g. \u2018Pass\u2019\/\u2019Fail\u2019), you will need to create a <a href=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/creating-an-online-submission-in-moodle\/\">submission point<\/a> in the DLE. In the settings, you will need to follow the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please navigate to the \u2018Grade\u2019 section and change the grade \u2018Type\u2019 from \u2018Point\u2019 to \u2018Scale\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101819.145.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the grade \u2018Type\u2019 setting (highlighted).\" class=\"wp-image-8214\" style=\"width:602px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101819.145.png 708w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101819.145-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101819.145-50x17.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101819.145-60x20.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101819.145-100x34.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A new drop-down list will appear where you can select the scale you wish to use. In this case, we will use the \u2018Pass\u2019\/\u2019Fail\u2019 scale but any customised scale you created in the \u2018Grades\u2019 menu should also appear on this list which you can select.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101857.446.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the \u2018Scale\u2019 drop-down list (highlighted).\" class=\"wp-image-8215\" style=\"width:469px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101857.446.png 573w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101857.446-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101857.446-50x29.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101857.446-60x35.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/01-2025-06-03T101857.446-100x58.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once you selected the scale, please scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the \u2018Save and return to course\u2019 or \u2018Save and display\u2019 blue button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will show you how to create an online submission point in Moodle that uses pass\/fail marking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[30],"ht-kb-tag":[108,262,149,261],"class_list":["post-1203","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-online-submission","ht_kb_tag-assignment","ht_kb_tag-fail","ht_kb_tag-online-submission","ht_kb_tag-pass"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8216,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1203\/revisions\/8216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}