Why are my students seeing different Course Total grades than I see?
Answer
Moodle offers the option to "Show totals excluding hidden items." This is intended to prevent students from determining their score on a hidden grade item by calculating it from the course total. However, when this option is selected in the settings, it excludes the hidden grade from the calculation on the students' view, but still includes it in the calculation in the instructor view. Therefore, if you have hidden columns, the grade seen by the instructor and student will be different.
To update the setting:
1. Click the Setup tab in the gradebook.
2. Click the Course grade settings tab on the second row of tabs at the top.
3. Scroll down to the User Report section.
4. Under "Hide totals if they contain hidden items," select the default option "Show totals including hidden items" to ensure that students see the same Course total grade you see.