How does Extra Credit work in the Gradebook?
If you would like to create an Extra Credit item in your Gradebook, there are two ways, depending on whether or not you weight the grades. 1. Adding Extra Credit items (Weighted) If your Gradebook is weighted, you can still add Extra Credit. If you want to give your students an extra 15 points, for example, the total course grade for completing some particular Extra Credit tasks, then you may simply create the New Item, set the Category to Extra Credit, make the Possible Points one (“1”), and set the Weighting to 1%. Make sure you modify the whole weighting point value to equal 100%. In the Gradebook, give all the students 1 point to avoid complaints that only a total of 99% is possible without the extra credit value. 2. Adding Extra Credit items (non-Weighted) To display Extra Credit items, create the New Item, set the Category to Extra Credit, make the Possible Points zero (0), and include the item in the Gradebook. While adding your Extra Credit items make sure that you give it an E
