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In both cases, instructors should start by creating an extra credit column.
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Creating an Extra Credit Column
From within your Ultra course, click on the Gradebook tab.
Hover your cursor between 2 columns of your Gradebook and click the “+” sign that appears.
Select Add Item to create a column where extra credit can be entered manually.
Provide a name for the column.
To remove the due date, click on the date field, highlight the date, then hit delete on your keyboard.
Use Grade using Points.
Then assign the maximum points to “0”. This allows any points entered to be additive.
🚨Under Grade category, choose the category you would like the extra credit to be included in.
Overall Grade “Points”: The category selection is not very important, so long as the selected category is included in the Overall calculation.
Overall Grade “Weighted”: The category selection is very important, since the extra credit will need to be totaled up with other category assessment items. See Weighed Weighted section below for more information.
Click Save when finished.
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To enter extra credit, click on the cell for any student and input the number of extra credit points that they have earned.
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If your Overall Grade uses a Points calculation, the Extra credit will automatically be included in the calculation via the assigned category. This image shows the Overall grade calculation with the 3 components of the Assignment category totaling up to 200 overall points. The extra credit is included, but since it has a max points of “0”, it is not reflected in the overall points. This image shows an individual student’s Overall Grade and their scores on the Assignment category items, including extra credit. |
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Overview
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For more information or assistance with UltraHuskyCT, please contact CETL the Educational Technologies Technology Office at edtech@uconn.edu or (860-) 486-5052 (M-F 9am-4pm). |