Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Problem_Weight.tex, revision 1.3
1.2 bowersj2 1: \label{Spreadsheet_Problem_Weight}
1.3 ! bowersj2 2: Problem weight\index{problem weight}\index{weight, problem} is set on
! 3: the \textbf{Parm} screen. The \textbf{weight} of the problem is a
! 4: parameter that is attached to the problem that \emph{can} be used by
! 5: the spreadsheet to calculate the points a student will receive for a
! 6: problem.
1.1 bowersj2 7:
8: The default spreadsheet uses the ``weight'' parameter as the number of
9: points a student will receive for completing a problem
10: correctly. Custom spreadsheets can use many parameters to compute the
11: points a student will receive, such as \emph{status} (completed, not
12: solved, excused, etc.), \emph{partial credit}, \emph{number of tries},
13: etc., or \textbf{weight} as just another parameter.
14:
15: Thus, for a given course, the true effect of the \textbf{weight}
16: parameter can only be understood in the context of the spreadsheet the
17: course is using to determine the number of points a student will
18: receive for a given problem. (Using \textbf{weight} as part of the
19: spreadsheet calculation can provide an easy way to manipulate how the
20: problem distributes points without needing to edit the spreadsheet
21: directly.)
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