You might want to add extra points to everyone's grade in order to compensate for an especially difficult assignment. The easiest way to add extra points to everyone's grade for that specific assignment is to add an extra grade item to a category and then give everyone points for that item.
In the following screenshot, you can see that the teacher has added a grade item worth two points to the Quizzes category and designated it as Extra credit.
At the bottom of the Categories and items page, click on the Add grade item button. This brings you to a page where you can create an item that has the sole purpose of holding a grade in the grade book.
When you add a grade item instead of an activity, you must ...
