Moodle 2.8

Moodle 2.8 Kaltura: Make a Video Quiz

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The CaptureSpace recorder for Moodle has the ability to embed quiz questions in videos. These quiz scores cannot be shared with the gradebook, but they are good to use as knowledge checks and as a way to make sure viewers watch the video.  

Access the Editor

  1. In “My Media,” click on the “Edit” button next to the video to which you want to add a quiz.
  2. To access the CaptureSpace editor, click on the “Launch Editor” button located just underneath the video in the Edit screen. This will take you to the web-based video editor.
  3. In the black sidebar click on the cube-shaped button to access the quiz editor.
  4. Click on the “Start” button to create a new quiz. It may take a few seconds to load the quiz editor.
  5. Once the quiz editor has loaded, you can customize the following:

Details

  • Quiz Name – automatically adds “quiz” to the end of your video title as the default. You can change this if you want.
  • Welcome Message – This can contain a brief welcome or your more
  • specific instructions.
  • Instructions – Check this box if you want the default instructions to show on the introduction screen. Scroll down to see the preview text.

Scores

  • Upon Submission – Do not show scores or Show scores.
  • Include Answers – check this box if you want students to be able to go back and review the answers to the quiz.

Experience

  • Question List – Check this box to allow students to download the question list before playing the video.
  • Edit Answer – Check this box to allow students to change their answers before submitting the quiz.
  • Skip for Now – Check this box to allow students to skip a question and go back to it later.

Add Quiz Question

  1. To add quiz questions, click on the divider button to the right of the Quiz header. This will slide the video out to a bigger view.
  • In the timeline, slide your mouse to where you want the question to appear. You could also watch the video and add questions as you go along.
  • Click on the hexagon-shaped button in the middle of the video.
  • Type in your question. For this example, I will use the following question: Which one of these items is not sold at the Hogwarts Express trolley?
  • By default, you already have 2 answer slots. If you want more, click on the hexagon-shaped add button. You can have 2-4 answer options.
  • Type the correct answer in the top answer slot labeled, “Add the CORRECT Answer Here.” The correct answer for this example is Ton-Tongue Toffee.
  • Then fill out the rest of your answer options. I’m going to add Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, and Pumpkin Pasties.
  • On the left of the answer slot is a set of tiny dots. When you roll your mouse over them your arrow should turn into a hand. Click on the answer slot to move it up or down the list of answer options or use the shuffle button in the left-hand corner to randomly place the correct answer.
  • Click on the “Save” button when you are finished with your question or you can add a hint and/or feedback.

Add Hint

  1. To add a hint, click on the light bulb icon in the top right-hand corner and select “Hint” from the options.
  • Type your hint in the text box.
  • Click on the “Apply” button.

Add Rationale or Feedback

  1. To add a Rationale or correct answer feedback, click on the light bulb icon in the top right-hand corner and select “Why” from the options.
  • Type your feedback in the text box.
  • Click on the “Apply” button.
  1. When you have finished creating the question, click on “Done”

Moodle 2.8 Kaltura: Save and Edit CaptureSpace Video

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Save a Video

  1. After making your edits, the recorder window will show the following options:

    • Create New – Save the edited video as a different file while preserving the original recording.
    • Edit Original – Save the changes to the original recording
    • Cancel – Cancel the edits and save the original recording.
  2. For this example, we are going to choose “Create New.”

Edit Video Details

  1. When you choose to create a new video, you’ll be taken to the screen with the video details.
  2. Type in the Video’s title.
  3. Add a description of the video.
  4. Include any tags associated with the video to help you search for the video later on. For example, if you have recorded a long lecture, you can use the tags to bullet point the topics covered in the lecture using only one or two words. Separate each tag with a comma.
  5. Click the “Save” button when finished.

Moodle 2.8 Kaltura: Edit a Video with Recorder

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  1. Once you have finished recording and click the “Done” button, the editing window will pop-up.
  2. Here you can:

    • Trim – cut off unwanted bits at the beginning or end of the video.
    • Chop – cut out bits in the middle of the video.
    • Titles – add one of 12 titles screens to your video.
    • Credits – add one of 12 credit screens to your video.
  3. To trim a video, click on the “Trim” button

    1. Look at the video timeline at the top of the editing window. You should see a blue box surrounding the full timeline and blue circular handles at each end.
    2. Move the handle at the beginning of the video to trim off any unwanted bits at the start of the video. The selected area will be shaded in black.
    3. Move the handle at the end of the video to trim off any unwanted bits at the towards the end of the video. The selected area will be shaded in black.
    4. Click “Apply” at the bottom right-hand corner of the recorder window.
  4. To chop parts of a video, click on the “Chop” button

    1. Look at the video timeline at the top of the editing window. You should see a blue box surrounding the full timeline and blue circular handles at each end. The whole timeline should be shaded in black to show that all the video at present is selected.
    2. Move the handle at the beginning of the video to the start of the unwanted clip you want to cut.
    3. Move the handle at the end of the video to the end of the unwanted clip you want to cut. The selected area for cutting will be shaded in black.
    4. Click “Apply” at the bottom right-hand corner of the recorder window.
  5. Make sure to click on the “Apply” button after each change. To make the changes permanent, click on “Done”. To cancel the changes and re-do the edit, click on “Cancel.”
  6. To add a title to the beginning of your video,

    1. Click on the “Title” button.
    2. Choose one of the 12 title screens.
    3. Highlight the text on the title line to type in your own.
    4. Highlight the text on the description line to type in your own.
    5. Click “Apply” to add the title screen to your video.
  7. To add credits to the end of your video,

    1. Click on the “Credits” button.
    2. Choose one of the 12 credit screens.
    3. Highlight the text on the credits line to type in your own.
    4. Highlight the text on the Call to Action line to type in your own.
    5. Click “Apply” to add the title screen to your video.
  8. When you have finished making all your edits, click on the “Done” button to save your work.

Moodle 2.8 Kaltura: Record a Video

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Record a Video

  1. The CaptureSpace Recorder has four options of videos to record:

    • Screen – Capture your screen along with voiceover audio.
    • Screen & Webcam – Capture your screen as well allow viewers to see you speaking in a picture-in-picture setup using your webcam.
    • Webcam – Record yourself speaking.
    • Voice – Record audio only, no video.
  2. For this example, we are going to choose the “Screen” option.

 

Record a Screen Capture

  1. Click on “Screen” in the recorder menu.
  2. Choose the screen you want to record.
  3. Choose to record the full desktop screen or just a selected portion.
    • If you choose to record the full desktop screen, then viewers will be able to see everything from your desktop background and desktop files to docks, tabs, and browser bars. If there is something you don’t want viewers to see then recording a selected area is the best option. You can place an outline around the window you want to record and everything outside that outline will not be seen in the final video.
  1. Click the record button at the bottom of the recorder window. A countdown will appear. You have 5 seconds to prepare.
  2. When you are finished with video content open the recorder again. The recorder will look different this time. It will be a bar at the bottom of the screen with a counter clock, draw button, play/pause, done (Save), and Cancel. Click “Done” if you are ready to move on.

 

Record a Screen Capture with Webcam

  1. Click on “Screen and Webcam” in the recorder menu.
  2. Choose the screen you want to record.
  3. Choose to record the full desktop screen or just a selected portion.

    • If you choose to record the full desktop screen, then viewers will be able to see everything from your desktop background and desktop files to docks, tabs, and browser bars. If there is something you don’t want viewers to see then recording a selected area is the best option. You can place an outline around the window you want to record and everything outside that outline will not be seen in the final video.
  4. Click the record button at the bottom of the recorder window. A countdown will appear. You have 5 seconds to prepare.
  5. You will see a smaller box with the webcam feed displayed. This is what the viewer will see in the final video.
  6. When you are finished with video content open the recorder again. The recorder will look different this time. It will be a bar at the bottom of the screen with a counter clock, draw button, play/pause, done (Save), and Cancel. Click “Done” if you are ready to move on.

Record with a Webcam

  1. Click on “Webcam” in the recorder menu.
  2. A small box with the webcam feed will take over the recorder application menu and a countdown will appear. You have 5 seconds to prepare.
  3. When you are finished with video content click “Done” if you are ready to move on.

 

Record an Audio File

  1. Click on “Voice” in the recorder menu. The recorder will look different this time. It will be a bar at the bottom of the screen with a counter clock, play/pause, done (Save), and Cancel.
  2. A countdown will appear. You have 5 seconds to prepare.
  3. When you are finished with the audio recording, click “Done” if you are ready to move on.

Use the Draw Tool

  1. Click on the “Draw” button in the recorder bar.
  2. Choose the tool you want to use, the color and the size where available.
  3. Draw on your screen.
  4. Click “done” when the recording is finished.

Moodle 2.8 Kaltura: Access & Download Recorder

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Conditional Release is a way to control access to certain sections or resources in the course. This prevents students from jumping around or moving ahead and releases the content when you, the instructor, are ready. This is helpful when the sequence of the sections are important. Or if you have an answer key to a quiz that you do not want to be seen before the students have taken the quiz.

Access the Recorder

  1. Log in with your user NetID and password.
  2. Roll your mouse over your name in the right-hand corner. This is the user menu.
  3. Choose “My Media” from the list. This will take you to the “My Media” page.

 

Download the CaptureSpace Recorder

  1. In ‘My Media,’ click on the “Add New” button to access the drop-down menu.
  2. Choose from one of the following options:

    • Media upload
    • Webcam recording
    • Record a presentation
    • Video Quiz
  3. For this example, we are going to choose “Record a Presentation.” This will take you to the download screen for the Kaltura CaptureSpace Recorder.
  4. Choose the appropriate download for your computer. If you have a PC or Windows running computer then you choose “Download for Windows.” If you have a Mac or OSX+ running computer, then you choose “Download for Mac.”
  5. Once you have downloaded the recorder, you can either open the application from the folder in which the download was stored or refresh the page and repeat the steps to access the download page. Then a pop-up will appear asking, “Open Kaltura CaptureSpace Desktop Recorder?”
  6. Select the “Open” button. You should see the recorder pop up on your screen.

Moodle 2.8: Completion Tracking

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Completion Tracking is a way to make sure students work through the course and offers the option to automate the completion checks. This feature helps the instructor determine which activities are most crucial to completing the course, connect to prerequisite courses, and saves time by setting up the system to automatically check off completed tasks or take required attendance based on the instructor’s needs without relying on students to remember to keep track or having to wait on someone else to go through and check completion.

Add Completion Tracking to Your Course

  1. Go into the course you want to edit.
  2. In the Administration block, select “Edit Settings.”
  3. Scroll down to the “Completion Tracking” section, and next to “Enable Completion Tracking” there is a drop-down menu.
  4. Choose “Yes” if it is not already visible in the box.
  5. Then click on the “Save Changes” button to exit.

Course Completion Tracking Settings

  1. Back at your course home screen, go back to the Administration block and select “Course Completion.” This will take you to the tracking settings.
  2. In the General section, you can choose between:

    • Course is complete when ALL conditions are met. Or…
    • Course is complete when ANY conditions are met.For this example, we are going to choose, “Course is complete when ALL conditions are met.”
  3. In the “Activity Completion” section, you can choose which activities are required to complete the course. You can choose as many or as few as you want. Or you can choose one of the other options:

    • Completion of Other Courses: Students have to complete other courses as well. It is as close to setting up prerequisite courses as you can get in Moodle. The courses listed are all the courses that have tracking enabled.
    • Date: Input the course close date and no matter how much work the student actually completed the course will still be marked complete. This is a good option if only attendance is required.
    • Enrollment Duration: You can also require the student to be enrolled for a certain number of days. This is a good option for courses that may only be a week long and grades are not important.
    • Unenrollment: If you want the course to be marked complete only when the student is unenrolled then you can check the box in the Unenrollment section.
    • Course Grade: There is the option to mark the course complete based on your choice of final grade. This is good to use in courses where the student must have a certain grade to get credit.
    • Manual Completion: You can also setup the course for manual completion tracking either by the student checking off activities as they go or by having someone else go through and mark the course complete. Use caution when choosing either option as you can either be creating quite a bit of work for someone else or relying on students not to forget.
  4. Click on Save Changes to exit.

Moodle 2.8: Create Groups

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Access Group Settings

  1. Log in with your NetID and password at moodle.rutgers.edu
  2. Find the course you want to edit.
  3. In the Administration Block, go to “Manage Users”
  4. Click on “Groups”

Groups Tab

  1. Under the Groups Tab, scroll down to the bottom and click on the “Create Group” button.
  2. Type in the group name
  3. The group ID number, description, and enrollment key (a password to access the group) are optional.
  4. You can add an image to represent the group and you have the option of hiding the picture. This step is completely optional.
  5. Click on “Save Changes” and this will take you back to the groups tab main menu.
  6. Click on the group name, then the “Add/Remove Users” button.
  7. You will see two columns, Group Members and Potential Members.
  8. Under Potential Members select the users you want to add to the group. To select multiple users, press & hold the ctrl button (command on a Mac) and click on the users’ names.
  9. Once you have the users selected, click on the “Add” button. The names will appear the the Group Members column.
  10. Then click on “Back to Groups”

Groupings Tab

  1. Groupings make a group out of pre-existing groups.
  2. Under the Groupings tab, click on the “Create Grouping” button.
  3. Type in the Grouping name.
  4. The grouping ID number and description are optional.
  5. Click on “Save Changes”
  6. Back in Groupings tab, click on the people icon on the far right of the grouping title. This will take you to the add users menu.
  7. You will see two columns, Existing members and Potential members.
  8. In the Potential members column, select the groups you want to add to the grouping.
  9. Once you have the groups selected, click on the “Add” button.
  10. The groups will appear under the Existing members column.
  11. Click on Back to groupings.

Overview Tab

The overview tab will show you members in each group and grouping and everyone who is not in a group.

Course Settings

  1. In the Administration Block, click on Edit Settings.
  2. Scroll down to the Groups section.
  3. Under Group Mode, this mode will allow you to make items in the course visible to certain groups.

    • No Groups: Everyone is part of one big community.
    • Separate groups: Groups can only see members in that group.
    • Visible Groups: Groups can see the other groups in the course.
  4. Do not use Force group mode.
  5. In Default Grouping, you can add students to a grouping if you created the grouping first.
  6. Click on the “Save and Display” button.

Make Items Available to Groups

  1. In your course, turn editing on.
  2. Find the assignment, quiz or forum you want to make available to a group.
  3. Click on the Edit dropdown menu, and then select “edit settings.”
  4. Scroll down to the Restrict Access section.

    1. Click on the “Add Restriction…” button.
    2. In the pop-up menu, click on the Group or Grouping button.

      • Student Must match the following.
      • Group (Choose the group)
  5. Click on “Save and Return to Course” button.

Moodle 2.8 Kaltura: My Media Editor

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Upload Video to “My Media”

  1. The library in the recorder is where all your videos are saved. Videos not yet uploaded to your media space on Moodle will have an orange not attached reading, “Not Uploaded. Upload now”
  2. Click on the pencil icon on the side of the video to access the details editor screen.
  3. At the bottom of the recorder window you should see the “Upload” button. Click on it.
  4. The video will upload and you will receive a website address for the video. You can copy this URL and paste it in emails, messages, or paste the link in your course.
  5. It may take a couple minutes for your video to appear on Moodle.
  6. Go back to “my Media” to see the video added to the top of your media list.

Edit Video in Media Editor

  1. In “My Media,” click on the “edit” button next to the video.
  2. On the Edit screen, you can customize the following features:
  • Details – Title, Description, and Tags.
  • Options – Comments and Clipping.
  • Collaboration – Media Owner and Media Collaborators.
  • Thumbnails – Upload Thumbnail, Capture (using webcam), and Auto-Generate.
  • Downloads – Available Formats.
  • Captions – Upload Captions File (SRT and DFXP formats).
  • Attachments – Upload File.
  • Timeline – Create chapters for the video, and upload slides to play along with video.
  1. To access the CaptureSpace editor, click on the “Launch Editor” button located just underneath the video in the Edit screen. This will take you to the web-based video editor where you can trim the video, hide the audio, and create a video loop.
  • Trim a video by sliding the grey bars (found at each end of the timeline) to the desired point.
  • You cannot chop the video in this editor.
  • To hide the audio, click on the audio button located just above the timeline. A pop-up menu will appear, choose “Hide Audio” from the list.
  • To change the video to a loop, click on the circular arrow button next to the audio button.
  • Use the slider to zoom into the timeline.
  1. When all the edits have been made, you can save the changes to the original video or save it as a copy and keep the original intact.

Details Menu

  1. Name: Type in the video’s title.
  2. Description (optional): Add a summary of the video.
  3. Tags: There are some default tags added to this box. Not all these tags are appropriate. Tags should be keywords that represent the content of the video using words and phrases students would use to search for the video.
  • Delete the tags that do not represent the video content.
  • Add new tags and follow each tag with a comma.
  1. Click on “Save” button.

Options Menu

  1. Comments: Choose to disable the comments or go in later on and close the discussion after a certain period has passed.
  2. Clipping: allow viewers to create clips from the video. Only enable this feature if you own all the content in the video. 

Collaboration Menu

  1. Media Owner: you can transfer ownership of the video to someone else.
  2. Media Collaborators: allow other users to edit the video and details.

Thumbnails Menu

  1. Upload Thumbnail: Add an image file you have prepared that will show in the video thumbnail on your My Media list.
  2. Capture: Use your webcam to take a photo to use as the thumbnail.
  3. Auto-Generate: The editor will choose a random frame from the video to use. An example of this would be the default thumbnail.
  4. Download: You can download the thumbnail to your computer. This is useful if you need the thumbnail for another video or if you need to edit the thumbnail.

Download Menu

  1. Source file: Download the original video file.
  2. Mobile-friendly: Download a compressed version of the file suitable for mobile devices or if the original file is too large.
  3. HD 720p – web compatible: This is a larger file size than the mobile-friendly version. This is good for website use, but may have trouble playing on mobile devices.

Captions Menu

  1. Upload a DFXP file for captions
  2. Change the file’s information by clicking in the pencil icon. You can change the language and the label.
  3. Delete the file by clicking on the X icon.
  4. Download the caption file by clicking on the downward arrow icon.

Attachments Menu

  1. Upload attachment documents  which can be transcripts, reading assignments, or other supplementary material.
  2. Pencil icon: edit file title and description.
  3. X icon: delete file.
  4. Downward arrow icon: download file.

Timeline Menu

  1. Bookmark icon: Create a new chapter. A chapter marks the start of a new section in the video. For example, you can create skipping points in the video to help viewers find certain parts of the video. So, if a video is 15 minutes long, you can have skipping points every 5 minutes to help students review material. You could also break the video up based on topics. If you cover only 2 topics in the video then you can have one chapter marker at the start of the second topic.
  2. Page icon: Upload slides (PPT, PPTX, or PDF files).
  3. View in Player: preview the video before saving the edits.

Moodle 2.8: Gradebook

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All the grades for students can be found in the gradebook. This is where various assessments are collected. They can be sorted with categories and the gradebook will calculate totals using chosen settings.

Access the Gradebook

  1. Log in with your NetID and password at moodle.rutgers.edu
  2. Find the course you want to access.
  3. Once in the course, go to the administration block.
  4. Click on Gradebook Setup. This will take you to the Gradebook Setup view.

 

Gradebook Setup View

The Gradebook Setup view is the place to go to add categories and items, or edit your gradebook.

Add a Category

  1. In the Gradebook Setup view, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
  1. Click on the “Add Category” button.

Grade Category

  1. Input the Category name.
  1. Aggregation: Determines how grades in the category are combined for the final grade. Choose an option from the drop-down menu. 
  1. You can exclude empty grades by checking the box, otherwise, the empty grades will count as zeros. 
  1. Drop the Lowest: Input the number of grades you would like to drop. For example, drop the lowest 3 grades. 

Category Total

  1. Grade Type: Choose the grade options. 
  1. Maximum Grade: Input the top grade. 
  1. Grade Display Type: Determines how the grades are displayed in the gradebook. 
  1. Overall decimal points: The number places after the decimal in a points type grade. For example, 65.7 or 48.667.
  1. You can also hide the grade from student view until a certain date (Hidden Until) or after a certain date (Lock After). Just check the box and input the date using the data boxes or the calendar icons. 

Parent Category

  1. If you want the category to be associated with another category you can choose that parent category in the drop-down menu. For example, if you have a category called, Participation, and you wanted that grade to include discussion forums, then you would create a discussion forums category and choose Participation as the parent category. 
  1. Weight: You can have the category’s weight adjusted based on how much of the parent category’s weight it is going to take up. If you set the parent category weight to 25% and check the Weight Adjusted box, then the new category’s weight will automatically be adjusted to only take up 25% of the Parent Category.

Add a Gradebook Item

  1. In the Gradebook Setup view, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
  1. Click on the “Add Grade Item” button.

Grade Item

  1. Input the item name.
  1. Item Info: Information about the item that will not be displayed to students. 
  1. Grade Type: Choose the options the grade. 
  1. Maximum Grade: Input the top grade. 
  1. Minimum Grade: Input the lowest grade a student can earn. The default is zero.
  1. Grade to pass: Input the grade a student needs to earn to pass.
  1. Grade Display Type: Determines how the grades are displayed in the gradebook. 
  1. Overall decimal points: The number places after the decimal in a points type grade. For example, 65.7 or 48.667.
  1. You can also hide the grade from student view until a certain date (Hidden Until) or after a certain date (Lock After). Just check the box and input the date using the data boxes or the calendar icons. 

Parent Category

  1. If you want the item to be associated with a category, you can choose that parent category in the drop-down menu. For example, if you have a category called, Quizzes, and you create a gradebook item for a paper quiz, then you would add it to the Quizzes category. 
  1. Item Weight: When you add an item to a category, you can determine the item’s weight compared to other items in that category. Though, you have to choose the category before setting the weight. 

Edit Your Gradebook

In the gradebook Setup View, you can:

  • Adjust gradebook item weights
  • Move items via selection or drag-and-drop
  • Edit item settings

Adjust Weights

  1.  Find the item or category you would like to edit. 
  2. Under the weights column, you will see the text box next to the category or item name. Input the weight.
  3. Click on the “Save Changes” button. 

Move a Category or Item

  1.  Find the item or category you would like to move. 
  1. There is a two-directional arrow icon next to the category or item name.
  1. Click on the icon and drag the item or category up or down the list.
  1. OR move the item to a category by checking box under the select column next to the item you want to move.
  1. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the “Move selected items to” drop-down menu.
  1. Choose the category and the item should move to that category. 
  1. Click on the “Save Changes” button. 

Edit Item Settings

  1.  Find the item you would like to edit. 
  1. Click on the Edit link. This will take you to the item’s settings page.
  1. Make your edits.
  1. Click on the “Save Changes” button.

The Different Views

The gradebook can be viewed in different ways. Click on the drop-down menu at the top of the page to see the menu. Under the View category you will see the following:

  1. Grader Report – See all students and gradebook items in one spreadsheet.
  2. Grade History – See modifications to any grades and search by the user. If an assignment has multiple attempts each grade can be seen here.
  3. Outcomes Report – See the course average.
  4. Overview Report – All your grades in every course you are enrolled. This is good for student use.
  5. Single View – Grades for a specific gradebook item.
  6. User Report – grades for a specific user.

Moodle 2.8: Manually Grade an Essay Question

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Most of the quiz question options are graded automatically, but essay questions require manual grading.

  1. Go to your course and navigate to Grades.
  2. In the Grader report, find the quiz you want to grade and click on the quiz name at the top of the grade column.
  3. Scroll down the page until you see the class roster.
  4. For each student, find the question marked with “Requires grade” and click on it. This will open the question in a separate window.
  5. Scroll down until you see “Make a comment or override points” and click on the link.
  6. You will be able to write a comment or give feedback in the text box.
  7. Under the text box is a box to input points. Type in the numbers of points earned.
  8. Click “Save”. Back in the grader report, you should see the question now has a point value.