Partial credit on multiple answer quiz question

[kellygoforth]

According to the link below, there should be an option for partial credit, but there isn't one (see picture).  What am I doing wrong?  Thanks!

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-create-a-Multiple-Answer-question-in-Ne...

[rmurchshafer · Accepted solution]

This is a new feature that appears to only be available in beta right now.  I'm not having luck finding a reference to it in the release notes so I don't have more details.  I can just confirm that I see the same as you in my live instance of Canvas but in beta I see the feature.  @erinhmcmillan , do you have any insight about this feature and the guide page reference below?  I don't see anything on the page indicating it's a not yet released feature.

Rick

[kellygoforth]

Thanks, Rick.  I guess I'll just assume I don't have that feature, but hopefully I will one day!

[kellygoforth]

Apparently, "one day" is today!  I started working on a new quiz today, and lo and behold, the option for partial credit grading was there!  🙂

[erinhmcmillan]

Hi, Rick,

This feature was part of the Canvas Release Notes (2020-04-18).

Thanks!

Erin

[jgosser]

I am noticing an issue with partial credit for multiple answer questions. If the question has 3 choices that are correct (3 points for this question), the student chooses 2 correct answers and 1 incorrect answer, the student receives 1 out of 3 because the incorrect answer is lowering the grade by 1?? What if the teacher wants to provide the student with 2 out of 3 without the negative point. Is that possible without changing the grade manually? Here is an example of what I am talking about:

[costello613]

This is a huge pain point in my course as well.  Students are penalized twice - once for picking the wrong answer choice, and again for not picking the correct answer!  There should be an additional option to only award partial credit, with NO additional penalty.