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Posted by Dochian Thomas
Dochian Thomas
4,846 Points

Extra Credit

How can you acquire the bonus or extra credit offered after some of the objectives? Do you complete them in the code objectives even if you are not asked to do it?

4 Answers

Ricardo Diaz
Ricardo Diaz
30,415 Points
Ricardo Diaz
Ricardo Diaz
30,415 Points

I'm not sure but I think its just there for you to try and reinforce what you have learned. Could be wrong though

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

You are spot on.

Stan Day
Stan Day
36,802 Points
Stan Day
Stan Day
36,802 Points

They do not give any extra points they are just optional if you want to try them.

Thomas MacFarlane
Thomas MacFarlane
2,430 Points
Thomas MacFarlane
Thomas MacFarlane
2,430 Points

Little note to the Treehouse staff that currently Extra Credit appears as grey in the track, as though it is incomplete. A simple click mechanism that could mark it as complete would be handy to have :)

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I'm confused, there's no such thing as "completing" the extra credit as it's ungraded. Maybe a screen shot would help clarify.

Stan Day
Stan Day
36,802 Points
Stan Day
Stan Day
36,802 Points

I believe he was trying to say that it confuses people and makes them think that it is something to earn extra treehouse points from rather than it just being to reinforce their knowledge. Personally I think its fine as it is.

Thomas MacFarlane
Thomas MacFarlane
2,430 Points
Thomas MacFarlane
Thomas MacFarlane
2,430 Points

The icon is grey, it gives the impression that it is incomplete in comparison to the green icons. If there was a simple button that the user could click to turn the icon green (perhaps in the circled area?) and mark to themselves that they have completed it, I feel that would round off the UX design of the tracks. I don't particularly care either, although I did care enough to do a search on the forum to find if I could "Complete" extra credits. I thought I'd just let the staff know that it appears this way in case they were unaware.

http://www.screencast.com/t/7Jdla8ppD29u