Assign bonus marks to a Question in a Quiz
Bonus questions will not be counted towards a total score unless the student attempts them.
To mark a question as a Bonus question:
- Go to Assessments > Quizzes
- Open a Quiz to edit
- Check the box of the question(s) you want to make into Bonus questions
- Click the More Actions menu and select Toggle Bonus
- Click Save or Save and Close
Assign bonus marks to a quiz
In order to assign bonus marks to a quiz, you must first create a grade item with bonus marks.
- On the course home page, click Quizzes.
- From the context menu of the quiz you want to associate the bonus marks grade item with, click Edit.
- In the Assessment tab, from the Grade Item drop-down list, select the item that you have associated with bonus marks.
- Click Save and Close.
Assign bonus marks to an assignment
In order to assign bonus marks to an assignment, you must first create a grade item with bonus marks.
- On the course home page, click Assignments.
- From the context menu of the assignment you want to associate the bonus marks grade item with, click Edit Assignment .
- Select the item that you have associated with bonus marks from the Grade Item drop-down list.
- Click Save and Close.
Assign bonus marks to a discussion topic
In order to assign bonus marks to a discussion topic, you must first create a grade item with bonus marks.
Note: You cannot associate bonus, or other, grade item types with a discussion forum.
- On the course home page, click Discussions.
- From the context menu of the discussion topic you want to associate the bonus marks grade item with, click Edit Topic.
- In the Assessment tab, from the Grade Item drop-down list, select the item that you have associated with bonus marks.
- Click Save and Close.
Create bonus grade item
To turn a new grade item into a bonus grade
- On the course home page, click Grades.
- On the Manage Grades page, click Item from the New button.
- On the New Item page, select Numeric.
- Fill out the relevant information and click Save and Close.
To turn an existing grade item into a bonus grade
- On the course home page, click Grades.
- On the Manage Grades page, click Edit Grade Item from the context menu of the grade item you want to turn into a bonus grade.
- On the Edit Item page, select the Can Exceed and Bonus check boxes.
- Click Save and Close.