[LON-CAPA-admin] Computer not Returning Feedback

Mark Lucas lucasm at ohio.edu
Mon Sep 22 11:49:21 EDT 2008


Stefan,

I do use a very simple style file that puts the due date and the title
on each problem. Could you enlighten me as to the nature of the bug?
I do not use css files.

Thanks!
Mark

On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 16:46 +0200, Stefan Bisitz wrote:
> Mark Lucas wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > We've had a rash of complaints that the computer is not accepting answers.
> > 
> > I had a problem for which the second answer could be entered, but when 
> > submit answer was hit, it wouldn't do anything.
> > No incorrect box, no correct, no tries deducted. Nothing. This was 
> > observed by two instructors and a student.
> 
> Just out of curiosity:
> Are you using
> a) LON-CAPA style files (.sty)
> or/and
> b) CSS files (cascading style sheet)
> in your course?
> 
> There might be a relation. I'm still working on a bug concerning this
> kind of combination.
> 
> Stefan Bisitz
> 
> 
> 
> > I poked at the problem in construction space (where it worked), tweaked 
> > a few things and republished. It then worked for me and the other 
> > instructor, but the student still says it doesn't work.
> > 
> > We've had another question (one from msuchemlib) that is optionresponse. 
> > A couple students have had issues with it not accepting
> > answers. It took the first answer, but then complains that the answer is 
> > one of a previous try or doesn't provide any feedback.
> > 
> > I also had a student who had issues with a feedback question. No response.
> > 
> > (1) Have other people had issues like this? I'm using 2.7.0
> > 
> > (2) Are there browser issues with new versions of IE, Vista, Firefox? 
> > Does anyone know of a standard 'operator error' that could cause this? 
> > (browser configuration, etc...)
> > 
> > (3) Any bugs that have been fixed?
> > 
> > Later,
> > Mark
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