Formulas: Parts' placeholders
Placeholders are useful for inserting the text of parts and answer boxes at specific points in the question. There are two types of placeholders:
- part's text placeholder (discussed below)
- answer box placeholder (discussed on the next page)
The part's text placeholder allows inserting the text of a part at a particular point in the main question. The placeholder name is a string starting with # and followed by a string of alphanumeric characters [A-Z a-z 0-9], such as #1, #a, #a1, #1a, #SubQuestion01, etc. Note that although the designation of the part's text placeholders is quite flexible, a simple designation such as #1, #2, #3, etc. is often sufficient.
At the point of insertion into the main question text, the placeholder name must be enclosed by curly braces { }. In the parts, the placeholder name is specified in the field called Placeholder name.
Use part's text placeholders in the main question to insert the text of three parts.
General Question name* A formulas question with three parts and part's text placeholders Main question Question text* With part's text placeholders Two subquestions on addition: {#1a} {#1b} One subquestion on subtraction: {#2} Part 1 Part's mark* 1 Answer type Number Answer* 7 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Placeholder name #1a Part's text What is 3 + 4? Part 2 Part's mark* 1 Answer type Number Answer* 9 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Placeholder name #1b Part's text What is 4 + 5? Part 3 Part's mark* 1 Answer type Number Answer* 3 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Placeholder name #2 Part's text What is 9 − 6?
The formulas question should look like this:
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The same question can be obtained as follows. However, it is usually easier to use placeholders as above.
General Question name* A formulas question with three parts and no part's text placeholders Main question Question text* Without part's text placeholders Note: In general, it is more convenient to use placeholders as is done above. Part 1 Part's mark* 1 Answer type Number Answer* 7 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Placeholder name Part's text Two subquestions on the addition: What is 3 + 4? Part 2 Part's mark* 1 Answer type Number Answer* 9 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Placeholder name Part's text What is 4 + 5? Part 3 Part's mark* 1 Answer type Number Answer* 3 Grading criteria* Absolute error == 0 Placeholder name Part's text One subquestion on the subtraction: What is 9 − 6?