[LON-CAPA-users] Alternate answer

Guy Albertelli II lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:56:02 -0400 (EDT)


Hi Gerd,

> Somebody else should verify this, but I believe regrading an exam  
> does not take away existing credit.

Grading an exam always assigns whatever the proper status should be to
a problem.

> So (but don't do this until somebody else verifies):
> 
> * change that question to accept the other answer as correct
> * run Scantron grading again
> 
> Now both the people with the initially correct answer and the people  
> with the new correct answer should have credit.

Nope.

> 
> As a last step, republish that question as "obsolete" :-)
> 
> - Gerd.
> 
> On Apr 10, 2007, at 2:22 PM, H. K. Ng wrote:
> 
> > Hi Gerd,
> >
> > Yes, I should have clarify the situation. One of the prof gave a  
> > randomized exam and due to some complaints , would like to accept  
> > one of the wrong answers as the correct answer. The wrong answer is  
> > present in all copies and it is always calculated in the same way.  
> > So this is after the fact.
> >
> > -hk
> >
> >
> > At 02:14 PM 4/10/2007, you wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I guess we need more background:
> >>
> >> * is this after the fact, i.e., has the exam already been given?
> >> * if not, do you want both answers to show up, or just one of them?
> >>
> >> - Gerd.
> >>
> >> On Apr 10, 2007, at 2:01 PM, H. K. Ng wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is there a way to specify two correct answers in the randomized
> >>> exam mode?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> -hk
> >>>
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