Q: I set up a Quercus quiz for my in-person final exam just so I could enter the grades in the Gradebook – the students didn’t submit anything in Quercus. However, the grades aren’t counting toward the final grade calculation in Quercus. Can you help me figure out why not?
A: This usually happens because the quiz has no questions, which means its total point value is zero. Even if you manually enter grades in the Gradebook, a 0-point quiz cannot contribute any points or percentage toward students’ final grades.
The easiest way to fix this is to add at least one question to the quiz so that it has a non-zero total point value. Once the quiz has points assigned, it will count toward the final grade calculation.
How to make the quiz count toward the final grade
Here are the recommended steps:
- Navigate to the final exam quiz and open the Edit page.
- Add a new question to the quiz.
- For example, you can use a File Upload question type and include text such as: “This question is for the in person final exam, no submission is required.”
- Assign the appropriate total point value for this question.
- Save the question and then save the update for the quiz.
- Go to the course Gradebook. You should now see the final exam quiz contributing to students’ final grades.
For more details, see: How do I create a Quiz with individual questions?
A tip for future in-person exam
If students are not submitting anything in Quercus, we recommend setting up in-person exams as a Quercus Assignment, not a Quiz. With a Quercus Assignment, you can:
- assign a point value directly
- enter grades manually
- avoid needing to create placeholder questions
For more details, see: How do I create assignment columns for non-submission assignments in the Gradebook?
In this case, since the quiz has already been created and grades have been entered, adding a single question to give the quiz a non-zero point value is the simplest solution.
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