Check the assignment grading policy
Updated 12 May 2023
To get the most credit on an assignment, check its grading policy. The policy states how many times you can answer a question, whether you get credit for items submitted after the due date, and other grading details. The grading policy can vary by assignment.
Instructors control the grading policy for an assignment and can make changes to it at any time, including after you've started work on an assignment. Interactive Lab assignments (
) do not provide a grading policy.
Show/hide the grading policy of an assignment
- Select an assignment from the Course Home.
If you’ve already completed one or more items — You can also open the grading policy from the Item Score Details page.
- Select Grading Policy (top right).
Depending on the items in the assignment, some of the policy details may not apply. For example, not all items contain Hints.- Details about credit loss for each incorrect answer:
For details about possible credit loss for different kinds of questions, select Some credit for the details to appear. These same settings apply to any wrong answers on hint questions. About the number of answer attempts
- Grading details for opening Hints: If the grading policy says "Hints do not affect your score", you can open hints feely. If the grading policy says "Hints can affect your score", select this to see whether it's worth opening hints.
- Details about Adaptive Follow-Up test-out score:
For more details about testing out of an Adaptive Follow-Up, select More about testing out.
- Details about credit loss for each incorrect answer:
- If the assignment is an Adaptive Follow-Up, select About Adaptive Follow-Ups (top right) for some basic info about this kind of assignment.
- Select X in the upper right to close the grading policy or the Adaptive Follow-Up details.
Possible score impact when the grading policy changes
Your assignment score may change a bit if your instructor changes the grading policy while you're working on the assignment or after you've completed it.
For example, your instructor might increase or decrease the deduction for incorrect answers. This is normal, and should not be cause for concern. However, when in doubt about an assignment score, please contact your instructor.