[LON-CAPA-users] help overriding tolerance

[Stefan Bisitz]

Hi James,

this is most likely caused by the tolerance which is set directly in the 
problem source code. A parameter on this level takes precedence over 
your course parameter.

You can check this in the meta data "Source Available: ..." in your 
course at the problem. If the source code is available, you can check it 
by using "Browse Resources".

Assuming the tolerance is set in the problem:
If you think this should be changed in general for this specific problem 
so that the problem makes (more) sense, I suggest you directly contact 
the problem author to let him/her update the problem. Go to the problem 
in your course, click "Feedback" and choose "Feedback to resource author".

Stefan Bisitz


On 15.02.2011 03:05, James Mueller wrote:
> I have a problem assign to my class.  It uses a value
 > for the resistivity of copper that differs from the
 > value given in class by 2%.  Perhaps it is using the
 > value at 25 deg C rather than 20.  The numerical
 > tolerance for the problem appears to be set at 1%,
 > so my students will be marked wrong unless they know
 > the value the problem is using.  So I go to the page to
 > modify parameter settings and set the tolerance to 5%
 > for this problem in my course.  But then I check the
> range of allowed answers for some students and it still
 > looks like 1%.  Why does my setting of the tolerance
 > not override the default setting of the problem?
>  What do I need to do to fix it.
>
> -Jim