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academy:extra-credit
There are several ways to award extra credit:
• Create an extra credit assignment on Settings > Manage Assignments
• Add extra points to an assignment grade on Grades > Assignment Grades
• Add extra points to the cycle average on Grades > Cycle & Semester Grades
Create extra credit assignment:
| Extra Credit | Select if the assignment is for extra credit. NOTE: If the assignment is for extra credit, the Total Points is set to zero and cannot be changed.
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For extra credit assignments, the Max on Grades > Assignment Grades is 0.
Calculations for extra credit assignment:
IMPORTANT: See Calculate Averages for additional information.
Percent-based weighting:
If the student has extra credit points, include the extra credit (EC) points in the Total Points Earned.
(Points Earned 1 + Points Earned 2 + Points Earned 3 + EC) = Total Points Earned
For example:
The Homework category has three assignments. The student earned a 70/100, 80/100, and 90/95 for those assignments. He also has 10 points for the extra credit assignment.
(70 + 80 + 90 + 10) = 250
In this case, the Total Possible Points for the Homework category is 295.
250 / 295 = .847
The student's average for the Homework Category is 85.
Points-based weighting:
If the student has an extra credit assignment, add the points for the extra credit (EC) assignment to the Category Points:
Category Points + EC = new Category Points
For example:
The Homework category has three assignments, each worth 50 points. The student earned a 40, 45, and 50 for those assignments.
40 + 45 + 50 = 135
The student’s Homework Category Points is 135. The student was awarded 5 points for a homework extra credit assignment.
135 + 5 = 140
In this case, the Total Possible Points for the Homework category is 150.
140 / 150 = .933
The student's average for the Homework Category is 93.
Multiplier-based weighting:
If the student has an extra credit assignment, add the points for the extra credit (EC) assignment to the Actual Category Points:
Actual Category Points + EC = new Actual Category Points
For example:
The student’s Homework Actual Category Points is 240. The student was awarded 5 points for a homework extra credit assignment.
240 + 5 = 245
In this case, the multiplier for the Homework category is 2.
245 x 2 = 490
The Homework category has three assignments, each worth 100 points.
100 + 100 + 100 = 300
300 x 2 = 600
490 / 600 = .816
The student's average for the Homework category is 82.
ANOTHER OPTION: If you want to give an extra credit assignment that will be included in the cycle average for the students who do the assignment (but not for those who do not do it), create a regular assignment (not extra credit), and then exclude the grade for all students who do not complete the assignment.
Add extra points to an assignment:
Grades > Assignment Grades
If you enter an assignment with the Total Points field set to 100, you can enter a grade that is greater than 100. In this case, it is not necessary to enter an extra credit assignment.
Add extra points to cycle average:
| Override |
This field allows you to override a student's working semester average with a different grade (e.g., if the student's working cycle average is 69, you may give the student a cycle grade of 70, depending on district policy). |
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academy/extra-credit.txt · Last modified: 2020/05/14 18:41 by jstanford