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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.

Overview

• Including extra credit into a Weighted Overall grade is more complicated because the the weighted calculation is performed using both by using assessment item point values and percentages.

• Even if the An extra credit column that is included in a Category, has 0% weight in that category because it has “0” points, it has zero weight in that categorymaximum points. As such it is not included in the overall calculation.
  

  

• In order to include extra credit, the extra credit column needs to be part of a Total calculation with another assessment item/category that has a point value. That Total calculation is then assigned a percentage of the Overall grade.

Instructions:

1. First, determine which category or assessment or category the extra credit will be attached tocombined with. Change the extra credit column category if needed.

2. From the Gradebook, move hover your cursor between two columns and click the “+” sign that appears. Then click Add Total Calculation.
   

   

3. From the Points Calculation screen, deselect the other categories by clicking on the “∅” null symbol. A purple “∅” indicates it has been removed from the calculation.
   

   

4. Only the category containing the extra credit should be part of the calculation. You can check Confirm by checking the total points at the bottom of the page.

5. Once you are finished, click Save.

6. This will create a new Calculation column which includes the extra credit.

7. Return to the Overall Grade calculation page.

8. At the bottom of the list, locate the Calculations tab. Click the tab to see the Total calculation columnscolumn.

9. Then click Click the “unlink” icon next to the previously created Total column.

   

10. The calculation column will pop out and can now be assigned the percentage that the category (including the extra credit) should receive.
    

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11. Then be sure to scroll back up to the category area and null that percentage so that the category is not being calculated included in the weighted calculation twice.