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That is, students are not required to be graded for this item and any grade given to a student for this item can only positively affect their Course Grade.

Since the papers category is worth 50% of the Course Grade, the extra credit item (if given full credit) is worth 2.5% of the Course Grade (.05 x 50). For instance, in the example above the extra credit item is worth 5% of the Papers category. Note that this new item is located in an existing Category.Enter a Name for the Extra Credit item.Case 2: Adding an extra credit category.Case 1: Adding an extra credit item to an existing category.This becomes a bit more complex when working with a weighted categories gradebook because instructors have the option to add an extra credit item to an existing category (which affectes to overall grade only as much as the weighted category affects the overall grade) or they can add an "weighted" Extra Credit category and place extra credit items within it (which will affect the overall grade only as much as the extra credit weighted category affects the overall grade). In all instances of adding extra credit, it is important to look at the total number of possible points that can be awarded for the semester to a student and base your extra credit calculations on how will it affect the final Course Grade. It is also slightly dependent on whether the gradebook is scored by "points", "percentages" or "letter grades".

The method of adding extra credit is slightly different depending on whether the gradebook is "non-weighted" See " How do I add Extra Credit to a Non-weighted Gradebook?", "non-weighted categories" See " How do I add Extra Credit to a Non-Weighted Categories Gradebook?" or "weighted categories" Some instructors may want to award extra credit either as an addition to an existing grade or as a separate extra credit assignment. If grading by Letter Grade, you cannot assign a score of A++. If grading by Percentages, you cannot assign a score of 105%. For instance, if grading by Points, and the maximum point value is set to 150, you cannot assign a score of 155 points. The Gradebook2 tool does not allow scores above the maximum value.