Gradebook

In the categories and items tab, click on the pencil under the actions column in the top most parent category. ie course total. Set the display to real. Even though real is the default it was using the min/max of 100. switching it from default to real-percentage in my case caused it to display total points. In the picture in my post you can see the setting (pencil) to click in the pink area of actions, row US Gov Q1 copy 1