Extra Credit in Moodle

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There are two main ways to setup extra credit in the Moodle gradebook. If your extra credit grade items are in a category of their own, the category should be marked as extra credit, but the individual grade items should not. Instructions for this can be found beneath the **Using an Extra Credit Category** heading below.

If you have extra credit items inside of a category that also contains non-extra credit grade items, only the extra credit grade items should be marked as extra credit. Instructions for this can be found beneath the **Using Extra Credit Grade Items in a Category with Non-Extra Credit Grade** Items heading.

Using an Extra Credit Category

If all of the extra credit items in your Gradebook are placed in one category, only the category should be marked as extra credit. The individual grade items should not be marked as extra credit.

A partial screenshot of the gradebook setup, showing the "NAUT 420: Advanced Nautical Nonsense" course. The display shows the Course total is 320.00, and there are weighted aggregation settings for Extra Credit (0.0%) and Tests (50.0%).

To use an extra credit category in this manner, the category needs to be set to count as extra credit. To do this, go to the Grades link in the Course Menu on the course home page. In the grade dropdown menu, select Gradebook Setup.

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Locate the extra credit category. In the Edit menu for the extra credit category, select **Edit Settings**:

A dropdown menu from the **Gradebook setup** link is open, showing options like **Grader report**, **Grade history**, and **Overview report**, with **Gradebook setup** itself selected and highlighted by a green arrow pointing to it.

On this page, expand the **Parent category** heading to locate the **Extra credit** checkbox and check this box. When finished, used the Save button to save the settings.

A screenshot of the **Edit category** pop-up window within the gradebook. The category is named "**Extra Credit**," uses the **Natural** aggregation method, and has the "**Extra credit**" checkbox selected. The parent category is listed as "**NAUT 420: Advanced Nautical Nonsense**".

Next, each grade item in the category needs to be set as not extra credit. To do this, select the **Edit settings** link in the Edit menu for the first grade item in the category (Extra Credit Grade 1 in this example):

A close-up view of the gradebook settings for an "Extra Credit 1" grade item. A context menu is open with options to **Edit grade item**, **Edit calculation**, and **Delete**, with a green arrow pointing to the **Edit grade item** option.

On the page which loads, be sure that the **Extra credit** option under the Parent category heading is unchecked. When finished, use the Save button to save the setting. Repeat this for each grade item in the extra credit category.

A close-up view of the gradebook setup, showing the "Extra Credit 1" and "Extra Credit 2" grade items, both weighted at 50.0%. A context menu is open on the right, with a green arrow pointing to the **Edit grade item** option.

Note: Categories and grade items are easily identified as being set as extra credit by the “±” symbol next to their point totals.

Using Extra Credit Grade Items in a Category with Non-Extra Credit Grade Items

If your Gradebook is setup so that extra credit items are mixed into categories that also contain non-extra credit grade items, only the extra credit items should be marked as such.

To set this up, the category should not be set to count as extra credit. To verify this, go to the Grades link in the Course Menu on the course home page, and select the Setup tab in the Gradebook.

A screenshot of the course gradebook setup for "NAUT 420: Advanced Nautical Nonsense." A context menu for the **Extra Credit** category is open, with a green arrow pointing to the **Edit category** option. The course total is **320.00**, the **Extra Credit** weight is **0.0%**, and **Tests** is **50.0%**.

Locate the category which contains both extra credit and regular grade items. In the Edit menu for the category, select **Edit Settings**.

A screenshot of the course gradebook setup for "NAUT 420: Advanced Nautical Nonsense." The total points are **320.00**. The image shows two categories: **Extra Credit** with a weight of **0.0%** and **Tests** with a weight of **50.0%**. A context menu is open for the **Extra Credit** category, with a green arrow pointing to the **Edit category** option.

On this page, expand the Parent category heading to locate the **Extra credit** checkbox. Be sure that this box is unchecked. When finished, use the Save changes button at the bottom of the page to save the setting.

A close-up of the gradebook setup, showing the **Homework** category with a weight of **40.0%**. A context menu is open for the Homework category, with a red box highlighting the **Edit category** option.

Next, verify that the extra credit items in the category are marked as extra credit. To do this, select the **Edit settings** link in the Edit menu for the first grade item in the category that is extra credit.

A close-up screenshot of the **Edit grade item** page settings for a grade item, showing the unchecked **Extra credit** checkbox below the weight field and above the parent category, with a green arrow pointing to the checkbox.

On the page which loads, be sure that the Extra credit option under the Parent category heading is checked. When finished, use the Save changes button to save the setting. Repeat this for each extra credit grade item in the category.

A screenshot of the **Edit grade item** pop-up window for the "Meme Analysis Paper." The grade item's **Extra credit** checkbox is checked with a green arrow pointing to it, indicating it is set as an extra credit assignment with a **Maximum grade** of 100.00.

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