Your choices for how students submit answers and which submissions are scored change how your students' scores are calculated.
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The available scoring methods depend on how you allow your students to submit answers.
| Submit answer by | Available scoring methods |
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Example Scenario
- Your assignment has two questions.
- Question 1 has 3 parts.
- Question 2 has 2 parts.
- Each question part is worth 1 point.
- You allow 3 submissions.
Your student's answers for each question part and submission are shown in the following table. To better illustrate the effects of different scoring methods, correct answers for two question parts were changed in subsequent submissions.
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Scenario scores by scoring method (submit by Question Parts)
- Last submission: 3
In their third submission, the student earned 3 points.
- Best answer for each question part: 5
Each of 5 question parts was answered correctly at least once.
This scoring method will always result in the highest possible score.
Scenario scores by scoring method (submit by Question)
- Last submission: 3
In their third submission, the student earned 3 points.
- Best answer for each question part: 5
Each of 5 question parts was answered correctly at least once.
This scoring method will always result in the highest possible score.
- Best question score: 4
The most points earned for question 1 was 2 (2nd/3rd submissions).
The most points earned for question 2 was 2 (2nd submission).
Scenario scores by scoring method (submit by Assignment)
- Last submission: 3
In their third submission, the student earned 3 points.
- Best answer for each question part: 5
Each of 5 question parts was answered correctly at least once.
This scoring method will always result in the highest possible score.
- Best question score: 4
The most points earned for question 1 was 2 (2nd/3rd submissions).
The most points earned for question 2 was 2 (2nd submission).
- Best assignment score: 4
The most points earned for the assignment in a single submission was 4 (2nd submission).