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Instructors can add extra credit questions to

assessments

tests, create an entire assessment that is extra credit, or create ungraded assignments.

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titleCreate Extra Credit Questions
Instructors

Instructors can assign one or more questions as extra credit in

an assessment

a test. A correct answer results in adding the extra credit question points to the points earned for the

assessment

test. Students are not penalized for incorrect answers to an extra credit question. If a student answers extra credit questions correctly, it may be possible for the student to earn a score greater than 100% on the

assessment

test.

You can build a test

or assignment

with one or more extra credit questions.

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  1. Access your Ultra course and create

an assessment
  1. a test.

  2. Select a question type or use question banks to build a pool. 

  3. Check the Extra Credit box for the specific question that will be marked as extra credit. 

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    Note:

 You
  1.  You can use Extra Credit on any question type except those displayed as question pools.

  2. Save the test.

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titleCreate Extra Credit Assignments

If you want an entire assessment to count as extra credit, you must you must have at least ONE question on an extra credit assignment test to mark the question as extra credit. All questions on the assessment test must be extra credit for the activity to be counted as such. In  In this example, there are 2 questions each worth 25 points. However, because they are extra credit, the overall assessment is worth zero points.

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When the student completes the extra credit activity, all points either count or don't count toward the final grade.

What will students see?

Students can discern how many extra credit points are available on the assessmenttest. While students are taking an assessmenta test, they can identify questions designated as extra credit. Students can also filter the test to find extra credit questions if present.

Before starting the assessment, students will see how may points the assessment test is worth and how many extra points are possible.

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While completing the assessment, the extra credit question will be easily identified. Here the student can see the essay question is marked as extra credit.

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When viewing the graded item in the student's gradebook, students will see the total of the points possible and the extra credit earned. Here the student earned 10 points extra credit on top of the 100 points for the test itself.

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titleCreate Ungraded Assignments

1. Access your Ultra course and create an Assignment. See → How do I create an Ultra assignment?

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2. On In the assignment page, click the purple (+) and select Add Essay Question. This will serve as the directions for the ungraded activity.

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3. Enter the directions for the ungraded activity. Set settings, set the value of the essay question assignment to ZERO points. 

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4. Click SAVE.

5. In the left panel of the assignment page, you

 You can set the due date, number of attempts, and availability for the Assignment.

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 Modify advanced settings to add a rubric and goals by clicking on the gear icon. 

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You may notice that the overall assignment grade is still set to 100 points. This will reset to zero after you save the assignment.

6. Click DONE to save.

What will students see?

Before starting the assignment:

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While completing the assignment:

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3. Save.