Assign Partial or Negative Credit on a Test

This guide pertains to Ultra Course View.

If your course is in Original Course View, see the Original Course View tutorial collection.
 

Partial Credit Overview

When you enable partial credit, a portion of the total points for a test question is awarded when an answer isn't entirely correct.

You can enable partial credit when you create or edit some question types.  Partial credit is available only for Multiple Answer or Matching question types.

The partial credit option doesn't appear for pools and surveys.

Adding the Partial Credit Option

To access and modify any question settings first edit the test as shown below.

Select the 3 dots menu to edit a specific question:

 

Instructors can turn on partial and negative credit. This option allows instructors to:

  • Define a positive percentage value to award credit for a correct answer(s)
  • Enter a negative percentage value to subtract for an incorrect answer(s)
  • Allow a negative overall score for the question

Image 1: Instructor view of the improved partial and negative credit scoring options

Instructor view of the improved partial and negative credit scoring options

More on Multiple Choice Questions

More on Matching Question Creation