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How to add extra credit or a penalty to an entire lesson

Updated on Jun 27, 2023

Extra credit or penalties can be applied to the grade of a lesson as desired.

1. In the Gradebook dashboard page, hover over the indicator bar of a completed lesson

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2. Select "Credit & Penalty"

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3. Enter the credit or penalty value, reason, and an additional comment

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3.1. Enter a point value (including a minus sign if you are assigning a penalty)

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The "+" and "-" buttons can be used to increase or decrease the point value in increments of one-tenth.

3.2. Select a reason from the "Reason" list

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3.3. Add any additional comments

This is optional.

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4. Select "Save"

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Add extra credit or a penalty in a lesson

When Grading by Student, you can add extra credit or a penalty in the same way as above by following the same steps in the bottom toolbar.

1. Select "Credit & Penalty" at the bottom of the page

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2. Enter the point value, reason, and comments as the steps above

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3. Select "Save"

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