Formulas question Tutorial

Simple question

In order to create a simple formulas question, you need to fill out at least all the required fields, that is, marked with an asterisk (*). These fields are the following five:

• General
  • Question name*
• Main question
  • Question text*
• Part 1
  • Part's mark*
  • Answer*
  • Grading criteria*

Example

Create your first formulas question as follows:

• General
  • Question name:    Example
• Main question
  • Question text:        What is 3 + 4?
• Part 1
  • Part's mark:            1
  • Answer:                   7
  • Grading criteria:    Absolute errror == 0

Great, you just created your first formulas question!

The "Editing a formulas question" page should look like this:

and the resulting question should look like this:

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More than one questions

It there are more than one question in a Formulas question, we call them subquestions and you have to define the mark, answer and grading criteria for each subquestion in a separate part.

Example

• General
  • Question name:    Example
• Main question
  • Question text:        What is 3 + 4? (place your answer in the first box below) and what is 4 + 5? (place your answer in the second box below)
• Part 1
  • Part's mark:            1
  • Answer:                   7
  • Grading criteria:    Absolute errror == 0
• Part 2
  • Part's mark:            1
  • Answer:                   9
  • Grading criteria:    Absolute errror == 0

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