--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Hint_Tags.tex 2009/08/21 14:15:45 1.3 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Hint_Tags.tex 2011/01/10 00:06:25 1.4 @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ All of these tags must appear inside a \textbf{}response tag: \begin{itemize} -\item \textbf{hintgroup}\index{hintgroup}: tag that surrounds all of a +\item \textbf{hintgroup}\index{hintgroup}: Tag that surrounds all of a hint. -\item \textbf{hintpart}\index{hintpart}: required. Tag to implement conditional +\item \textbf{hintpart}\index{hintpart}: Tag to implement conditional hints. It has a required argument \textbf{on}. When a hint tag named the same as the \textbf{on} attribute evaluates to be correct, the \textbf{hintpart} will show. If no other \textbf{hintpart} is to @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ should be set to the value of which hint should be set to the value of which \textbf{hintpart} will be shown. \item \textbf{radiobuttonhint}\index{radiobuttonhint}: The required attribute \textbf{name} should be set to the value of which \textbf{hintpart} -will be shown, and the attribute \textbf{answer} should be a two element -list, first the type (\textbf{foil} or \textbf{concept}) and then -either the foil's name or the concept's string. +will be shown, and the attribute \textbf{answer} should be at least a two element +list: first the type (\textbf{foil} or \textbf{concept}) and then +either the foil name(s) or the concept string(s), e.g., ``('foil','greaterthan','equal')'' if the condition should be triggered by the foils named ``greaterthan'' or ``equal.'' \item \textbf{customhint}\index{customhint}: The required attribute \textbf{name} should be set to the value of which \textbf{hintpart} will be shown. Define the hint condition within an \textbf{answer} block inside of the \textbf{customhint} block. The condition is defined like how an answer is defined in \textbf{customresponse} where you need to return EXACT\_ANS to indicate when customhint criteria are met. \end{itemize}