Instructors,
I had previously reported on the problem of Natural aggregation method not excluding empty scores in the student view:
Nov 13th -Â https://classes.lanecc.edu/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=281758
Oct 14th -Â https://classes.lanecc.edu/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=276187Â
The problem is that when the gradebook is set to Natural aggregation method with the setting "exclude empty grades" enabled - this works for the instructors view of the grades, however it does not work for the student view. Â The students view does not exclude the empty grades so their grade is much lower than the instructors view. Â The instructors view is the correct view.
We had hoped the Winter upgrade would have resolved this issue. Â Unfortunately, it does not appear the upgrade had any impact on this issue. Â This is a known Moodle core issue and they are working to resolve this issue -Â https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-51398Â
Once this issue has been resolved I will make sure to update faculty.
A work around is to remove the "exclude empty grade" setting or change the aggregation method to simple weighted mean of grades. Â The ATC can help with either of these workarounds if needed.
We apologize for the continued inconvenience. Â The Natural aggregation method is a wonderful method that has taken the place of Sum of Grades. Â However, it does have this one flaw that we hope will be resolved soon.
Kevin