In Blackboard you can create extra credit questions to allow students to overachieve on an assessment or earn points lost on other assessments or activities.
A correct answer results in adding the extra credit question points to the overall grade of the assessment. Students are not penalized for incorrect extra credit answers to questions. Points are not deducted because the question is excluded from the assessment’s total possible points. If a student answers the extra credit questions correctly, it may be possible for the student to earn a score greater than 100% on the assessment. NEVER ADD YOUR EXTRA CREDIT POINTS TO THE MAX POINTS EARNED IN A TEST as this can give incorrect outcomes to your overall grade.
When adding extra credit to a test, remember not to add those extra credit points to your maximum grade points. If the maximum points allowed for a test is 100 and the extra credit questions allow for 10 extra points, keep the max points at 100 (see example below).
To add extra credit to an existing test question click on the 3 dots and select "edit."
When you select "edit" you will see the "extra credit" option. Check the extra credit box, adjust the points accordingly and hit save.
Once you click save you will see this "trophy" symbol to indicate that the question is an extra credit question (see below).
The same method applies to creating new questions as well. To do this, click the plus sign in your test page.
Choose the type of question you want to create.
Once you choose your question, you will see the option to convert that question into extra credit.
Click on the "extra credit" box, adjust the points accordingly, and hit save.
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You can also move your extra credit questions to a desired point in your test. Hover over the question you want to move with your mouse, when you do this, the up & down arrows will appear to the right. You can move the question by clicking and dragging the up & down arrows to your desired location (see below).
