Consider if you want to track extra credit and the method to use. You can use a few different methods to award extra points to specific students.
Enter Points Over the Assignment’s Maximum Points
You can enter more than the maximum points for an assignment to award extra credit.
Enter Points for an Assignment with Zero Maximum Points
If you calculate grades based on total points, you can enter zero as the maximum points of an assignment. Any points you enter for the assignment grade count as extra credit. You should enter numeric grades only. In this case, letter grades do not translate to numeric grades. A letter grade for an assignment with zero maximum points equals a 0/0 grade.
This method is possible only if (1) you use only assignment grades to calculate the marking column grade average or (2) you use category averages to calculate the marking column average and the calculation type for the category is Using Total Points.
The program does not drop assignments with zero maximum points. If all assignments in a category have zero maximum points, such as in an extra credit category, you can enter a number to drop but no grades will drop.
Create a Category to Track Extra Credit
If you use category averages to calculate marking column grade averages, you can create a graded category to track extra credit points, regardless of whether the calculation type is “Using Total Points” or “Using Percentages”. With this method, you must manually track the points in the category average and add them to the marking column grade at the end of the marking column.
To exclude a category from automatic calculations, enter a factor of zero for the category. You can create assignments in the category to track extra credit tasks, and enter extra credit points as assignment grades. After you enter the points in an assignment grade column, manually update the total number of extra credit points in the category average column. At the end of the marking column, manually update the category average of the extra credit category a final time and manually adjust the marking column grade to reflect extra credit.