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Creating Bonus Grade Items in D2L

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As seen in the 'Changing/Editing Grades' guide, you can choose to make assignments into bonus items (extra credit) for your students/users.

1. Starting at the course home page, click on the 'Grades' tab within the navbar.

Image of the Example Course Homepage with the Assessment tab highlighted and labeled 1, and the Grades option under the Assessment tab highlighted and labeled 2

2. Make sure you are on the 'Manage Grades' page using the Grades Navigation bar (below the D2L navigation bar, as shown in the image below).

Image of the manage grades page with the manage grade menu tab highlighted on the Grade navigation bar

3. If you want to have a grade item be an extra credit item, click on the 'edit' option on the specific assignment menu (right of the assignment name).

Image of the Manage Grades page with an arrow labeled 1 pointing to an assignment drop down menu, the Edit button highlighted and labeled 2

4. On the 'Grading' pop-up window, find and click on the 'bonus' checkbox under the Grading section to make it an extra credit assignment.

Image of the Grading page labeled 1 with the highlighted bonus text box and an image of the Bonus checkbox checked

5. The below image is an image of the entire page, showing you where the Grading area is located on the page (about center page). The 'Grading' heading is highlighted, and the 'bonus' option is highlighted.

Image of the entire Edit Item: Example Assignment page, showing you where the Grading area is located on the page (about center page). The 'Grading' heading is highlighted, and the 'bonus' option is highlighted

6. Once you click 'Save and Close,' there should be a golden star next to the assignment to show you it is now extra credit.

Image of the Save and Close button labeled 1, and an image of the Manage Grades page with the Example Assignment highlighted and showing a gold star labeled 2

7. The bonus item will be excluded from the total Final Calculated Grade, with no "out of" points denominator like the other assignments. The below image shows a comparison of the bonus item (highlighted and labeled 1) with a normal grade item (highlighted and labeled 2).

Image of the Grade page showing a comparison of the bonus item (highlighted and labeled 1) with a normal grade item (highlighted and labeled 2)

Congratulations! Your assignment is now a bonus assignment!

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