[LON-CAPA-users] Importing library routines
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Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:39:44 -0400
<div>Last year I limited to 1 attempt per problem. The students wanted some=
way to determine what the actual answer was, so this year I will see what =
happens allowing 4 tries. <br><br>However, my scoring system only gives the=
m credit for problems they answer correctly on the first try. Incorrect ans=
wers, or correct answers after 3 or more tries result in negative scores, s=
o there is incentive to get it right the first time. Also, unanswered quest=
ions on a sheet where at least one problem has been attempted yield large n=
egative values, so students can't cherry pick the easy questions.<br><br>br=
ew<br></div><font color=3D"#990099">-----lon-capa-users-admin@mail.lon-capa=
.org wrote: -----<br><br></font><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 2px solid=
rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; mar=
gin-right: 0px;">To: <lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org><br>From: "Rob=
ley Light" <rlight@chemmail.chem.fsu.edu><br>Sent by: lon-capa-users-=
admin@mail.lon-capa.org<br>Date: 08/29/2006 04:35PM<br>Subject: RE: [LON-CA=
PA-users] Importing library routines<br><br>
<div dir=3D"ltr" align=3D"left"><span class=3D"812133619-29082006"><font co=
lor=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">An interesting way to group probl=
ems. Thanks for=20
making the code available so others can see how you do this.
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lor=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font></span>
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lor=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Since each question is a separate=
part, I presume you limit=20
the tries to 1 per part?
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<div dir=3D"ltr" align=3D"left"><span class=3D"812133619-29082006"><font co=
lor=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Robley Light
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<font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><b>From:
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<b>On Behalf Of=20
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</b>Robert=5FBrewington@er.monroe.edu<br><b>Sent:
</b> Tuesday, August 29, 2006=20
12:54 PM<br><b>To:
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[LON-CAPA-users] Importing library routines<br></font><br></div>
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<div>My setup constructs a randomized set of problems for students. It does=
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construct like
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<div> <part><import> prob7.librar=
y=20
</import></part><br> =20
<part><import> prob5.library=20
</import></part><br> =20
<part><import> prob72.library=20
</import></part><br> =20
<part><import> prob14.library=20
</import></part><br> =20
<part><import> prob23.library=20
</import></part><br> =20
<part><import> prob53.library=20
</import></part><br> =20
<part><import> prob11.library=20
</import></part><br></div>
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<div>where each of 15 problem numbers is generated by a piece of=20
code.
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<div>Using problems instead of the library did not work; I think it was=20
because I cannot import problems, they have to be libraries. I have tried=
to=20
make all my code available to everyone; you can look at=20
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<div>brewington/Chemistry/RegentsReview/FinalMaster.problem
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<div>to see how it works.=20
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<div>I can then set up a series of problem sheets (say, 50 of them). E=
ach=20
student then sees 50 sheets of 15 problems each, where the problems have =
been=20
randomly selected from the main pool of several hundred problems. Each st=
udent=20
sees different problems with different randomizations.
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<div>It works pretty well, although it unfortunately does not allow statist=
ics=20
on the problems. I guess problems are indexed by their positions on seque=
nces,=20
not by an actual problem or part id.=20
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<div>Last spring I had to have Guy manually move/rename stuff, partly =
due=20
to my learning curve and partly because I do not have the access to do th=
ese=20
operations. I am reluctant to keep bugging him for my problem=20
manipulations. He has lots of serious stuff to do. On the other hand, I d=
on't=20
know if I have enough time in the day to do this through the web interfac=
e...=20
Only a few days now until school starts!
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<div>I expect to add more problems to the pool twice a year, a couple of=20
hundred each time. It is very awkward not having the ability to do m=
ass=20
deletes, moves, renames, and so on. Apparently people running t=
heir=20
own servers have root access, so they routinely go in and do th=
ings=20
with shell scripts. I have the knowledge & experience to do this, but=
do=20
not have that access since I am hosted on the educog machine. In addition=
, I=20
am perhaps unusual in my structure and overall number of problems.=20
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<div>Thanks,
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<div>brew
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x; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;">To:=20
lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org<br>From: Gerd Kortemeyer=20
<korte@lite.msu.edu><br>Sent by:=20
lon-capa-users-admin@mail.lon-capa.org<br>Date: 08/29/2006=20
10:46AM<br>Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] Importing library=20
routines<br><br><font face=3D"Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,mon=
ospace" size=3D"2">Hi Brew,<br><br>On Aug 29, 2006, at 10:38 AM,=20
Robert=5FBrewington@er.monroe.edu wrote:<br><br>> I am importing a c=
ouple=20
of hundred questions into LonCapa.<br>><br>> For my system, I nee=
d=20
these to come in as libraries, not as <br>> problems. Currentl=
y, I=20
have to do several thousand mouse clicks to <br>> 1) rename ea=
ch=20
file to library, and 2) replace the <problem> tags <br>>=
with=20
<library>. I just did 50 questions, and it took 600 mouse=20
<br>> clicks and 250 screen loads just to rename the=20
files.<br><br>I am not sure ... why "library"?<br><br>-=20
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