Formulas question tutorial: Difference between revisions
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== Single question == | == Single question == | ||
Let's start by considering the simple case of a single question. We will see how the text of the question can be placed in the Main question, or in a Part if we treat the question as a subquestion. Better yet, we will show how to use a placeholder. | |||
=== Question text in the Main question === | === Question text in the Main question === | ||
The most basic form of a formulas question is having the text of the question in the Question text field of the Main question section. To create such a simple formulas question, you must complete at least all the required fields, that is, the five below marked with ❗ and ✱: | The most basic form of a formulas question is having the text of the question in the Question text field of the Main question section. To create such a simple formulas question, you must complete at least all the required fields, that is, the five below marked with ❗ and ✱: | ||
<pre style="font-size:113%;"> | |||
General | |||
Question name ❗ | |||
Main question | |||
Question text ❗ | |||
Part 1 | |||
Part's mark✱ | |||
Answer✱ | |||
Grading criteria✱ | |||
</pre> | |||
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<div style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode;font-size:113%;color:#6c336d;margin:10px 0 10px;> Example</div> | |||
Create your first formulas question as follows: | Create your first formulas question as follows: | ||
<pre style="font-size:113%;"> | |||
General | |||
Question name* My first formulas question | |||
Main question | |||
Question text* What is 3 + 4? | |||
Part 1 | |||
Part's mark* 1 | |||
Answer* 7 | |||
Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 | |||
</pre> | |||
Congratulations, you just created your first | Congratulations, you just created your first '''Formulas question'''! The '''Editing a formulas question''' page should look like this: | ||
[[File:FormulasTutorialQuestion01a.png|400px|thumb|center]] | [[File:FormulasTutorialQuestion01a.png|400px|thumb|center]] | ||
and the formulas question should look like this: | and the formulas question should look like this: | ||
[[File:FormulasTutorialQuestion01b.png|400px]] | [[File:FormulasTutorialQuestion01b.png|400px]] | ||
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=== Question text in a Part === | === Question text in a Part === |
Revision as of 05:03, 4 November 2017
Single question
Let's start by considering the simple case of a single question. We will see how the text of the question can be placed in the Main question, or in a Part if we treat the question as a subquestion. Better yet, we will show how to use a placeholder.
Question text in the Main question
The most basic form of a formulas question is having the text of the question in the Question text field of the Main question section. To create such a simple formulas question, you must complete at least all the required fields, that is, the five below marked with ❗ and ✱:
General Question name ❗ Main question Question text ❗ Part 1 Part's mark✱ Answer✱ Grading criteria✱
Create your first formulas question as follows:
General Question name* My first formulas question Main question Question text* What is 3 + 4? Part 1 Part's mark* 1 Answer* 7 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0
Congratulations, you just created your first Formulas question! The Editing a formulas question page should look like this:
and the formulas question should look like this:
Question text in a Part
For a single question, it makes almost no difference if the question text is put in the Main question or in a Part.
Example
Modify the previous example and place the text of the question this time in the Part's text field of Part 1:
General Question name* Question text in Part 1 Main question Question text* A question on the addition Part 1 Part's mark* 1 Answer* 7 Grading criteria* Absolute errror == 0 Part's text What is 3 + 4?
The formulas question should look like this:
Notice that some text has to appear in the Question text field of the Main question because this is a required field.
Using a placeholder
Placeholders are used to insert the text of subquestions in the Main question. We will see later that they are very convenient. Note that each subquestion being assigned to a part, we will use interchangeably the terms subquestion and part.
Example
Modify the previous example and use a placeholder to insert the text of the subquestion in the main question:
General Question name* Using a placeholder Main question Question text* A question on the addition {#01} Part 1 Part's mark* 1 Answer* 7 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Placeholder name #01 Part's text What is 3 + 4?
The formulas question will look the same as in the previous example.
Multiple questions, i.e. subquestions
If there is more than one question in a formulas question, we will treat them as subquestions. It is then necessary to define the mark, answer and grading criteria in a part for each subquestion.
Without placeholders
If you don't use subquestion placeholders, the answer boxes of the subquestions will simply be stacked one above the other.
Example
Create a formulas question that has three sub-questions. Do not use placeholders.
General Question name* A formulas question with three subquestions Main question Question text* What is 3 + 4? What is 4 + 5? What is 5 + 5? Please enter your answers below in the same order as the questions: Part 1 Part's mark* 1 Answer* 7 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Part 2 Part's mark* 1 Answer* 9 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Part 3 Part's mark* 1 Answer* 10 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0
The formulas question should look like this:
Obviously, we can do better by placing the three questions each one in a part.