Tests & Quizzes - Add assessment setting to decide impact of extra credit on total points possible
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Alan Regan August 27, 2024 at 6:40 PMEdited
Hi, Mark. Yes, this feature request would still benefit the latest versions of Sakai. Some professors want a ceiling on extra credit (to not inflate the grade above the total points possible) while others allow more that the total points possible. Providing a setting for professors to manage this functionality in Tests & Quizzes would help professors with this level of control or choice.
I updated the affects versions. Thank you!
Mark Golbeck August 27, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Does this affect the current versions of Sakai?
Laura Gekeler March 1, 2018 at 10:14 AM
The new Gradebook is also affected, isn't it? If a weighted category is %30 of the grade, does extra credit need its own category? What if the extra credit is supposed to be extra credit for the homework category, so the category should be allowed to go over 30%? Is that an institutional setting as well? Perhaps one setting should rule in both places? Just trying to think this through...
Tiffany Stull November 10, 2017 at 8:33 AM
This feature request will only come into play if is created. Changing the link to dependency.
REFERENCE: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAM-1113
OVERVIEW
With the ability of an instructor to mark a question as "extra credit," the question remains – how does this impact the total points earned in relation to the total points possible? Should an assessment's total points earned cap at 100% or allow for greater than 100%?
REQUEST
Please allow an assessment-level setting where a professor can select whether the total points earned by students can exceed (or not) the total points possible. I would imagine a setting under "Grading and Feedback" with a heading of "Extra Credit" and a radio button option for either "Allow extra credit to exceed the total points possible (students can earn more than 100%)" or "Do not allow extra credit to exceed the total points possible (students cannot earn more than 100%)." NOTE: I could also see a checkbox with only one option. I feel that having clear options with explanations may be more user-friendly for an instructor, but I am totally open to community feedback whether radio buttons with the two options or a single checkbox with only one option is best for user experience.
In addition, please allow the institution to set a flag to establish the default behavior for this setting. I would recommend that the "out of the box" (OOTB) default value should be set to exceed 100% (no cap). I can see the institutional flag(s) offering to either select option A (more than 100%), option B (cap at 100%), disable instructor selection (institution makes the grading choice; setting not displayed in Settings for instructor at all), or even disable extra credit as an option (option to flag question as extra credit removed, no setting for calculation preference). This may be too many options, so I defer to wisdom of others here.