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Set Assignment and Question Points

Each question on your assignment is assigned by default 1 point for each question part; question pools are assigned 1 point for each question used in the pool. The point value of the assignment is the sum of the points for each question part and question pool. If needed, change point values for question parts, questions, question pools, and the assignment.

Note This information describes how to use the new Assignment Editor.

If needed, click Try the New Assignment Editor in the original Assignment Editor to enable this improved experience now.

For example, these would be the default point values for an assignment with the following questions and question pools:

Question or Question Pool Points
1. Question with 1 part 1
2. Question with 4 parts 4
3. Question with 2 parts 2
4. Pool (use 3 of 7) 3
TOTAL 10

The total number of points for an assignment is important for your gradebook only if you weight assignments by points.

Best Practice Do not change assignments that your students are already working on. You are likely to cost your students points, submissions, or both. Instead, consider creating a copy of the scheduled assignment and making your changes to the copy.

If you must change a scheduled assignment, notify your students of the change and rescore the assignment. See Rescore Assignments.

Adding or removing questions or question pools changes the assignment points. Usually, you should do this before setting points.

Settings at the assignment level apply to all assignment questions except questions whose settings you specifically change in Questions. Question-level settings override assignment or template settings.

Set Assignment Points

If you do this:

  • Your previous settings for question points, question part points, and question pool points are discarded.
  • All assignment questions are weighted equally regardless of the number of question parts.
  • Assignment questions might be worth fractional points, for example, 2.333.
  1. In the Assignment Editor, expand the Questions section.
  2. At the top of the list of questions, set Points to the total number of points for the assignment.
  3. Click Save at the top of the assignment.

Set Question Points

If you do this:

  • Your previous settings for the question part points for the question are discarded.
  • All question parts for the question are weighted equally.
  • Question part points for the question might be fractional, for example, 2.333.
  • The number of points for the assignment is updated.
  1. In the Assignment Editor, expand the Questions section.
  2. In the question heading, set the point value in the Points column.
  3. Click Save at the top of the assignment.

Set Question Part Points

If you do this:

  • The number of points for the question is updated.
  • The number of points for the assignment is updated.
  1. In the Assignment Editor, expand the Questions section, then expand the question.
  2. In the Question tab, review the parts of the question to determine how you want to assign points.

    Question parts are not labeled but are displayed sequentially.

  3. Click the Points tab and set the point values for each part.

    Parts are listed as Part 1, Part 2, and so on. The question is not displayed.

  4. Click Save at the top of the assignment.

Set Question Pool Points

If you do this:

  • The total points for the pool are divided evenly among all the used questions from the pool.
  • Points for questions in the pool might be fractional, for example, 2.333.
  • The number of points for the assignment is updated.

You cannot set points differently for individual questions or question parts in a question pool.

  1. In the Assignment Editor, expand the Questions section.
  2. In the pool heading, set the point value for the pool in the Points column.
  3. Click Save at the top of the assignment.