It’s that extra credit time of the semester, and here’s my workflow.
To add an extra credit assignment to a class, I first create an Assignment (offline) called EC. I select the maximum points (5) as the Grade, then select the category I use for graded items (mine is called Graded). I save.
Then I click on Grades (Grader Report) and be sure to “Turn editing on”. I click Control (writing hand) for that item, scroll to the bottom, and under “extra credit” put the total maximum points (5). That adds a column to the Gradebook in which I can manually enter the points and any comments, and add that number of points without affecting anyone else’s grades.
Seem unnecessarily cumbersome? Yup, to me too.
And the thing is, I just tried following my own instructions, and this time it doesn’t work.