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Adding Extra Credit
Adding Extra Credit
There are a few ways to set up extra credit in the Moodle gradebook. If using the aggregation of Natural Grading (TLT's recommendation) or Simple weighted mean of grades, then Extra credit is a checkbox, not a number.
Option 1: Add an Extra Credit Grade (Manual Grade Item) in a Category
Option 1: Add an Extra Credit Grade (Manual Grade Item) in a Category
NOTE: With Natural aggregation, a category's maximum grade is a sum of the maximum grades in that category. If one item is checked as "Extra Credit" its maximum grade is not added to the category's maximum grade.
Step 1: From the Gradebook Setup screen, click Add Grade item.
Step 2: Next to the item name, type Extra Credit.
Step 3: Scroll to the bottom, and click Save Changes.
NOTE: Extra Credit is seen under the parent category, but greyed out until changes are saved.
Step 4: From the Gradebook Setup screen, click Edit on the newly added Extra Credit item.
Step 5: Select, Edit Settings
Step 6: Click the chevron arrow next to Parent Category.
Step 7: Check Extra Credit.
Step 8: From the Gradebook setup screen, a + symbol will indicate an assignment is extra credit.
Option 2: Creating an Extra Credit Category
Option 2: Creating an Extra Credit Category
Step 1: From the Gradebook Setup screen, click Add Category.
Step 2: Next to the category item, type Extra Credit.
Step 3: Follow steps 3-8 from above.
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