Grade Book

I have been managing Moodle for 3 years in our school and the one area that I really struggle to get staff, students and parents to use is the gradebook. Is there anyway it can be made to look less techy and more visual? Although the gradebook has a lot of functionality in the way it can be set up, the presentation does not do it justice. Many of the online gradbooks now provide clear presentation of info in a much larger formation. Along with this graphics show progress and highlight issues such as failure to submit work.
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