[LON-CAPA-users] Variable sig figs (not a range)

Mills, Douglas G dmills at illinois.edu
Tue Oct 2 09:51:30 EDT 2012


Thank you. 


On 10/2/12 8:48 AM, "Stuart Raeburn" <raeburn at msu.edu> wrote:

> Doug,
> 
>>> There is a preprocessor function, too.
> 
> Note: pre-processing of numerical, formula, and string response using
> the "preprocess" attribute was first included in LON-CAPA 2.10.1
> 
> So to be able to use that in your domain your library server (and
> access servers) need to be updated from 2.10.0 to 2.10.1
> 
> Release notes for 2.10.1 are here:
> http://mail.lon-capa.org/pipermail/lon-capa-announce/2011/000077.html
> 
> In the meantime you may wish to explore this functionality on the
> standalone testdrive cluster:
> 
> https://testdrive.loncapa.org
> 
> Create an account, author space, and course in the testdrive domain,
> if you have not done so before, using your e-mail address as username.
> 
> 
> Stuart Raeburn
> MSU LON-CAPA group
> 
> 
> Quoting "Mills, Douglas G" <dmills at illinois.edu>:
> 
>> Whoa!
>> 
>> Again I say, versatility and power! I'll look into this too.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Doug
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/2/12 8:16 AM, "Gerd Kortemeyer" <korte at lite.msu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Again,
>>> 
>>> On Oct 2, 2012, at 9:11 AM, "Mills, Douglas G" <dmills at illinois.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Is it
>>>>> possible to insert a script in a numerical response
>>>>> somewhat like the answer
>>>>> block in a customresponse?
>>> 
>>> There is a preprocessor function, too. You can specify a subroutine to be
>>> called before <numericalresponse> gets to see the student input.
>>> 
>>> Or, as I wrote, use <customresponse> to begin with.
>>> 
>>> - Gerd.
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>> 
>> 
>> Doug
>> 
>> Douglas Mills
>> Director of Instructional Technologies
>> Department of Chemistry
>> University of Illinois
>> dmills at illinois.edu
>> (217) 244-5739
> 
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Doug

Douglas Mills
Director of Instructional Technologies
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
dmills at illinois.edu
(217) 244-5739 




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