Create an Extra Credit Assignment

A common question we get asked is how can I add extra credit? The only difference in creating a extra credit assignment to creating a normal assignment is that you do not enter a value in the points possible textbox.

To create an extra credit assignment click on the Assignments tool in the navigation panel.

If you want to add the extra credit assignment to a particular group click on the Add Assignment (Plus sign) to the right of the Assignment group name.

Fill in the information about the assignment, it is also a good idea to indicate in the assignment name that this is extra credit.
 You can enter a due date if desired in the due: textbox or you can click the more options link below the points: textbox to make additional changes like adding a description. If no other changes are needed you can click the Update button to save your assignment.

The extra credit assignment will be added to the total points possible for the course but will not count against the students.

Graded and Ungraded Surveys

Surveys are created the same way a quiz would be, in fact, they are quizzes with additional settings.

Start out by creating a new quiz and under the Quiz Options panel click the This is a: drop down box. There are several new options that appear for surveys.

Both survey types can be anonymous or attached to the student. To make the survey anonymous check the box next to Keep Submissions Anonymous.

Graded surveys have a additional textbox to specify how many points to award to the student for submitting the survey. To change the point value of the survey enter it into the Score: textbox.

For graded surveys, students are awarded points for submitting the survey even if they did not answer all or any of the questions. Graded surveys can be combined along with the Keep Submissions Anonymous setting for students to receive points for submitting a survey and keeping it anonymous at the same time.

View the results of the survey

When you are ready to view the survey click on the survey from the Surveys section of the Quizzes list.

To view overall survey results click the Survey Statistics button.

Each question in the survey is graphed for easy comparison and further analysis can be performed by clicking the Download CSV button to export the results as a CSV file.

Click this button for a file you can open with Excel or other statistical software for further analysis.

To view individual survey results click the Show Student Survey Results button.

If the survey was anonymous the students names will be replaced with student 1,2,3, etc… If it was not anonymous the students name is displayed.

When you click on each student their survey results are displayed similarly to what the individual results of a quiz would be.