Hi John
Each activity has an Activity Completion section (turn editing on > update ) where you can set the completion criteria. The criteria available are
- activity needs to be viewed
- user must receive a grade
- expect to be completed on a date
The activity will be marked as completed when the selected conditions are met. The completion status will be passed through to the gradebook.
There is also an option for manual completion of activiities if you can't make a rule that fits the criteria above.
You don't need to do anything in the gradebook to activate this.
Craig