If every teacher posted grades on Moodle, motivation would be easy for me. There's just something about seeing where my grade ranks in the class that motivates me. I'm not happy unless I'm first; I like to reaffirm that I'm better than them. It's meaningless, especially in small classes (where a rank of 1 of 20 only means 5th percentile), but being second (or worse) would nag the hell out of me. This is probably one of the reasons my grades are so good in French. It's the only class that posts grades to Moodle this semester. For the first few weeks we only had participation, homework, and quiz grades (there are myriad grades* in the class) and I was ranked 4th-8th (except for one quiz where I was 17th of 46 - ouch) on each, but second overall. Last week was the first of the big grades and with a solid paper and a 98 on the test I moved into the lead. Anyone can do homework and quizzes. Papers and tests separate the wheat from the chaff.
*how's that for concision? :p
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