Hi Stephannie: I think that it's probably true that the better students are the ones that will attempt all nthe opportnities to learn the material they can, and are the ones least in need of extra points. Which is kind of my perspective: Extra Credit has more to do with the awrading of points than it really does with learning. To be clear, I'm talking about slacker students who've missed assignments, had poor attendance and class participation, performed poorly on quizzes and tests. Now, they want to try to do something extra to earn points when they weren't willing to do what was required in the first place. Usually extra credit assignments award points on top of points for regular assignments. So, this is about points, and less about learning. Extra cfedit is a controversial topic, with no right or wrong answer. If we look at course assignments from a learning perspective, my opinion is EC just has no place. Regards, Barry