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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Happy Fall -- it seems to be arriving here in Champaign Urbana at least.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">I am wondering: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">(1) Is there a parameter that can be coded into a problem to refresh variables after x number of attempts? I know this can be done in the content parameters and that that is the preferred Lon-Capa approach,
giving instructors greater autonomy over such decisions, but for specific problems in a specific course, the instructors are interested in after, say 3 tries, giving the student the answer to the current version of the problem and presenting a re-randomized
version. Which leads to my second question:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">(2) If in the scenario above we randomize a problem after x number of tries, is there a way to refer to the previous randomized values so that in addition to the new version the student can be shown something
like "The problem you were trying to solve was ... and the correct answer to that problem is ..." ? There are so many possibilities for creative implementations in Lon-Capa I'm pretty sure I can figure out a way of accomplishing this, but thought I'd go ahead
and ask first since there are also so many ways of accessing behind-the-scenes information in Lon-Capa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Thanks all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#13294B">Doug<span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B;text-transform:uppercase">DOUGLAS G MILLS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B">Director of Instructional Technology</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B">Department of Chemistry</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B">Chemistry Annex Box A2</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B">601 S. Mathews | M/C 712</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B">Urbana, IL 61801</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#13294B">217.244.5739 | <i>fax</i>: 217.244.8029 | </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:dmills@illinois.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">dmills@illinois.edu</span></a><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:#13294B"><a href="http://chemistry.illinois.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">chemistry.illinois.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><br>
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</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#666666">Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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