Item Weighting

When creating assessments, the test creator can adjust the weight of an individual item. This is done in order to increase or decrease the raw value which, in turn, changes the percent value of that item within the overall percent score. 

Note: The weight of an item can be adjusted to 0 in order to omit or remove the raw value of an item from a test. 

Editing Item Weight

Item weight may be edited from within the question editor or the Test Key tab of the assessment.

Item Weight per Scoring Method

Editing the item weight will affect item scores differently depending on which scoring method you’ve applied.

Correct/Incorrect
Students receive either 1 point or no points for correct and incorrect answers respectively. For 3 correct answers, getting a single answer incorrect will result in the student receiving no points. Selecting all 3 correct answers gives them 1 point. If the item weight is set to 2, then the item score will be either 0 x 2 = 0 or 1 x 2 = 2.

Point per Task
Adjusting the item weight doubles the amount of possible points a student can receive. For example, if there are 3 correct answer choices and you set the item weight to 2, then the item score will be set to 6. 

Partial Credit (0-1-2)
For 3 correct answer choices, the maximum they can receive is 2 points. If the item weight is set to 2, then the item score will be set to 4. If a student receives partial credit of 1 point and the item weight is set to 2, then they will receive 2 points.