Grades Transfer between Moodle and Student record system

1. GRADE TRANSFER BETWEEN MOODLE AND SITS (STUDENT RECORDS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)
DR CHRISTOPHER BONFIELD AND MR HITTESH AHUJA
(TEL TEAM)
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2. Current Setup
Student Record
System (SAMIS)
Custom SAMIS Block
on Moodle Course
Courses created
automatically on
Moodle, and
enrollments brought
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3. The Background
Increase in online
summative
assessment
No easy way to
transfer grades from
Moodle to SITS
Leads to wasted time,
money and increased
staff frustration
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4. The Project Team
The TEL Team
Student Records
Academic
Registry
Academics
Professional
Services
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5. INITIAL PROTOTYPE
1 2 3
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6. ROAD BLOCK
Moodle HQ Gavin
Hendricks
Re-think is
required
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7. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
1. Using Activity Settings to Input Transfer
Configuration
2. Using a Grade Export Plugin under Grade
Administration
3. Using a Custom Grader Report to Input
Configuration Settings
4. Using the Activity Admin Panel to Link to
Transfer Confirmation Page
5. Using the Blog Configure Page to Link to
Input Configuration Settings
6. Using Course Grade Settings Under Grade
Administration
Options Better Usability? Core hack required?
Option 1 ✔ ✔
Option 2 ✗ ✗
Option 3 ✗ ✗
Option 4 ✔ ✔
Option 5 ✔ ✔ only if block displays by
default ( similar to
$CFG->defaultblocks )
Option 6 ✗ ✗
Better Usability: the user does not need to navigate outside the activity to
configure its transfer
Core hack required: development within Moodle core 7

8. WORKFLOW PROCESS
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9. PROPOSED SOLUTION (4 Steps)
1
Assignment / Quiz Settings Page
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10. PROPOSED
SOLUTION
2
Grader Report Page
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11. 3
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Grader Report Page
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12. WHERE NEXT …
Work with SITS Team Coding and Testing Trial Training Roll Out
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13. CONTACTS
Chris Bonfield
(c.a.bonfield@bath.ac.uk)
Hittesh Ahuja
(h.ahuja@bath.ac.uk)
@eatbath
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