Blackboard Tests: Extra Credit, Negative Points, Partial Credit Questions

Blackboard allows you to create extra credit questions, penalize students for incorrect answers and give partial credit for incorrect answers.

Enabling Question Settings

1. Go to your Test Canvas.
2. Click Question Settings in the right corner.
   
3. Enable the following scoring options:
   
4. Click Submit

Creating Extra Credit Questions

1. Find your question in the test canvas.
2. Click the point value box on the right.
   
3. Check the Extra Credit box and enter a point value.
   
4. Click Submit.

Creating Negative Point Questions

1. Create a question using the standard workflow.
2. Check the Allow Partial Credit and Allow Negative Scores for Incorrect Answers.
   
3. Enter the negative credit percentage in the Partial Credit % box.
   
   Please note this is the percentage of points the student will loose, not the number of points they will loose.  (ex. Loose half credit = -50)

Creating Partial Credit Questions

1. Create a question using the standard workflow.
2. Check the Allow Partial Credit box.
   
3. Enter the partial credit percentage in the Partial Credit % box.
   
   Please note this is the percentage of points the student will get back, not the number of points they will get back. (ex. Earn half credit = 50)