Forum Not Visible in Gradebook

Problem

If you do not see your discussion forums showing the course gradebook, the settings for the forum are probably set to “none”. Simply edit the settings for the forum(s).

Here’s how:

1. Turn editing on in your course.
2. Go to the Forum(s) that is not visible in the gradebook and click the ellipse (3 dots on the right of the Forum title to Edit.
3. On the drop down menu, choose Edit Settings.
4. Scroll down in the forum settings to the Whole Forum Grade area and click the arrow to the left of Grade. If you see None for the Grade Type, but want the grades included in the gradebook you will need to change this setting.

5. However, there are several options for getting Forum Discussion grades to the Gradebook. Choosing either option below will resolve your issue.

Forums can be graded either by Whole forum grading or Ratings

Whole Forum Grading Choose either Point or Scale, depending on your grade preferences explained to students in the syllabus and/or rubric. The Points and Grading Method are another choice to make.	Rating Posts in a Forum Another way to grade students is by rating the posts as you read them. The aggregate type and scale are two other settings here.

No matter which option you choose, if you have set up Grade Categories, the Forum will automatically fall into place in the Gradebook Report. View this brief video on category set up.

Category Setup

See more about Forum Grading in the Bookstack article Moodle: Whole forum vs Rating
See detailed information for Forums in the Moodle Help & Documentation