{"id":167,"date":"2024-01-25T18:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T18:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/?p=167"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:07:20","slug":"extra-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/2024\/01\/25\/extra-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We often get asked how to create extra credit opportunities with the Moodle Gradebook. Ryan was kind enough to put together this set of instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s use the following grading structure as an example and assume you would like to add a Grade Item as extra credit for the course.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Paper 15%<\/li>\n<li>Quizzes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10%<\/li>\n<li>Exam 1 25%<\/li>\n<li>Exam 2 25%<\/li>\n<li>Exam 3 25%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In your Moodle course go to <strong>Grades &gt; Gradebook Setup<\/strong>. Click the edit link to the right of the overall default gradebook category (<em>Dev: Ryan Test Course<\/em>) and select <strong>Edit Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-168\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture1-300x131.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Moodle Gradebook Setup Screen\" width=\"341\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture1-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture1.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the <strong>Edit Category<\/strong> screen choose <strong>Natural <\/strong>for the <strong>Aggregation<\/strong> method. Moodle only allows extra credit to be applied to Natural &amp; Simple Weighted Mean Aggregation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture2-300x132.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Moodle Category Edit screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture2-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture2.png 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Save and go back to the <strong>Gradebook setup<\/strong> screen.<\/p>\n<p>Add a new <strong>category <\/strong>called <em>Course Raw Score<\/em> and choose <strong>Weighted Mean of Grades<\/strong> for the <strong>Aggregation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-170\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture3-300x54.png\" alt=\"screenshot of Moodle gradebook setup to add a category\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture3-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture3.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-171\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture4-300x246.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Moodle edit grade category screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture4-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture4.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Save and go back to the <strong>Gradebook setup<\/strong> screen.<\/p>\n<p>Use the <em>Course Raw Score<\/em> category and add the <strong>3 exams and research paper as Grade Items<\/strong>. Add a <strong>Quiz category<\/strong> with <strong>Simple Weighted Mean aggregation<\/strong> and the <strong>quiz grade items<\/strong> to the category. Input the weights and save. Your gradebook should look something like the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-172\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture5-289x300.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Moodle gradebook calculation screen\" width=\"326\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture5-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture5.png 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next add the <strong>grade item<\/strong> for extra credit. Enter the total number of extra credit points available in the <strong>Maximum Grade<\/strong> field. Be sure to add it to the main course category (<em>DEV: Ryan Test Course<\/em>) and not in the <em>Course Raw Score <\/em>category. At this point the <strong>Extra Credit check box will be greyed out<\/strong> and not clickable. <strong>Leave it unchecked<\/strong> and Save Changes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-173\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture6-197x300.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of edit grade item screen in moodle\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture6-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture6.png 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the Gradebook setup page, you will notice the weights have been changed. Ignore this and click <strong>Edit <\/strong>on the <strong>Extra Credit item<\/strong> and select <strong>Edit Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-174\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture7-256x300.png\" alt=\"screenshot showing where to click to edit settings of grade item\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture7-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture7.png 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the <strong>Edit grade item<\/strong> page, the <strong>Extra Credit checkbox<\/strong> is clickable. Put a check in the box and Save Changes.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>gradebook setup<\/strong> should look like the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-175\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture9-272x300.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of gradebook setup screen with extra credit\" width=\"416\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture9-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/academic-technology\/files\/2024\/01\/Picture9.png 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it! You can now add extra credit points to students&#8217; final grades in the gradebook.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Course Raw Score<\/em> category will calculate the score and you can add up to 5 points of extra credit to the final Course Total using the extra credit item. Decimals work as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often get asked how to create extra credit opportunities with the Moodle Gradebook. Ryan was kind enough to put together this set of instructions. Let&#8217;s use the following grading structure as an example and assume you would like to add a Grade Item as extra credit for the course. 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