Full credit and extra credit items
Updated 19 Feb 2024
Full credit is a built-in quality of some assignment items. Full credit is not a setting that instructors can add or change after an item has been assigned. At your instructor's discretion, some or all items in an assignment may be for extra credit. Items for practice versus for credit
When you complete an item on time, you gain all possible credit ("full credit") for the item, even if you answer some part questions incorrectly. The purpose is for you to complete the item. The most common full credit items are in the introductory assignment.
How to identify full credit (for credit) items
When you open an assignment and its items are listed, the label (full credit) appears to the right of any point value or extra credit label.
For example:
Item name is for 2 point(s) extra credit (full credit)"
Loss of credit for late completion of a full credit (for credit) item
When a late penalty is in effect, you can lose credit on a full credit item if you complete it after the assignment due date.
Hint bonus or penalty has no effect on the total score for full credit(for credit) items
Any bonus you receive for not opening hints or penalty for opening hints in a full credit item is recorded on the Item Score Summary page. However, as long as you complete the item on time, your total score for a full credit item is still 100%.
Besides any extra credit you may earn on assignment items, your instructor can give you more credit by adding a grade adjustment for an assignment.
Assignment items for extra credit
To identify extra credit items:
When you open an assignment and its items are listed, the extra credit label appears to the right of the point value. For example: "Item name is for 2 point(s) extra credit"
- You cannot lose points for completing extra credit items. They're always worth doing.
- Instructors control whether an item is for extra credit and its credit value.
- An extra credit item can also be for "full credit". More info on full credit items
When you review your score for an extra credit item on the Assignment Grade page:
The Points column shows the amount of extra credit you have earned, such as "2.00/2.00 extra credit".
When an assignment contains one or more extra credit items:
You need to also complete the extra credit items to complete the assignment.
Assignments for extra credit
An extra credit assignment is one in which ALL of its items are for extra credit. See above section for more info on extra credit items.
When you review your scores from the Scores page:
Any extra credit assignment contains a message similar to the following in the Notes column. "This assignment is extra credit, worth x points."