[LON-CAPA-users] Conditional Sequence Help

[Todd Ruskell]

Gerd and Ray,

Thanks for the advice.  I've gotten them to do just what I want now.
Not sure why I didn't think of the multiple paths.  I guess I should
have gone to the Illinois conference.

Todd

Ray Batchelor wrote:
> Todd,
>             I did a poster on just this kind of thing at the UIUC
> Conference.  We used it a couple of semesters in an Organic Chemistry
> Lab report.
> I can't say that it provoked much interest.  Maybe I'll just use the
> same poster again this year. :-)
> 
> What you want to do is  have a   branch from the same point where you
> have set your existing condition but with the complementay condition
> (i.e. "take this route whenever the question has not been answered"),
> and which leads directly to end of the enclosing sequence, so that
> there is always a single continuous path to the subsequent sequence...
> etc.... etc...
> 
> I can give you the /res URL if you are interested.... if I haven't
> already done so, I suppose I could make it open source.
> 
> But I think you get the idea.... right?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ray
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Todd Ruskell <truskell@mines.edu> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>  We are doing some work with conditional sequences in LON-CAPA 2.6.2, and
>>  have run into some unexpected, and for us unfortunate, behavior.  The
>>  sequences consist of 3 or 4 resources, each some kind of problem except
>>  for the last resource, which is an html page.
>>
>>  In the RAT, I've tried labeling each intermediate problem as "Regular",
>>  "Mandatory" and "Optional."
>>
>>  The conditionals are all "Blocking this link if false" and simply check
>>  to see if the previous problem has been answered.
>>
>>  When the sequence is imported into a course, the sequence itself works
>>  great.
>>
>>  The problem is that the rest of the course "below" the sequence (as
>>  viewed in the Navigation page) also becomes conditionally hidden until
>>  the last condition is met.  Is this expected behavior?  Is it possible
>>  to not have this happen (so I don't have to change the course structure
>>  to keep things visible to students)?  What's the magic incantation?
>>
>>  Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>
>>  Todd
>>
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Dr. Todd Ruskell
Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics       Office:  Meyer Hall 326
Colorado School of Mines                     Phone: 303-384-2080
1523 Illinois Street                         Fax: 303-273-3919
Golden, CO 80401