You can give bonus points for submitting questions early to encourage
your students to start working on the assignment right away instead of
procrastinating. This often helps student performance, since students
are less likely to forget material that was covered in the reading or
lecture, and they have sufficient time to ask for help if they need it.
Best Practice Use this method only for the easy
questions on your assignment. This encourages your students to start
the assignment early while allowing them to take more time if needed
on difficult questions.
Open the Conditional Points window.
From here
Do this
From assignment settings (Assignment Editor, Assignment Templates
Manager)
Under Automatic Point Adjustments > Bonus or Penalty, click add or
edit.
From a single question (Assignment Editor)
In the Bonus or Penalty column, click
add or edit.
Under Select a Condition, select Assign
credit based on early submission.
Enter how much additional credit to award and the minimum number of
hours before the due date that the submission must be made in order to
receive additional credit.
For example, if you specify to add 10% for answers submitted more than 24 hours
before the due date, your students will receive a 10% bonus for any correct responses
submitted more than 24 hours before the assignment is due. Correct responses submitted
after that time receive full credit but no bonus.
If available, click Calculate Points
Breakdown. This feature is not available when editing
conditional points for assignment settings.
Review the displayed points relative to the time before due date that the question
would be
submitted. If needed, change the bonus or time frame values and click Calculate
Points Breakdown again.
When the conditional points settings are correct, update the assignment.
To update this
Do this
A single question
Click Update Question.
All questions currently on the assignment
Click Update All Questions.
Assignment settings
In the Assignment Editor, click Update.
The Conditional Points window closes and your assignment is updated.
The automatic bonus or penalty is applied
immediately when your students submit answers that meet the specified
conditions.
Remember to save your changes in the Assignment Editor.
Important Because
granting an extension changes the student's due date, automatic bonus or penalty points
based on the
due date will be applied based on the student's extended due date. If needed, adjust
the student's
assignment score after the extension period ends.
