You can inspect and change an evaluation stage by clicking on it. The single-line summary expands into a form.
The first part of the form specifies the criteria to match this stage. The second part defines the result in case the criterium does or does not match.
There are two types of evaluation criteria: equality or condition.
Equality criterium
You can specify that the input must be compared to one or more predefined answers. Use the evaluation mode to specify what kind of equivalence should be applied.
| Evaluation mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Mathematically equal |
Two expressions are mathematically equal if
their difference is equal to
zero. Example \left|x\right| \sqrt{1+x} is mathematically equal to \sqrt{x^2+x^3} |
|
Mathematically equal, solve for variable |
Applies to relations. Two relations are equal if
their solutions for the given variable are
mathematically
equal. Example x+y=1 is equivalent to y=1-x |
| Same expression, commutative |
The expressions must have the same form, except
for the order of commutative operations, such as
+, -, and
=. Example 1+x\cdot y^2+x^2 and x^2+y^2\cdot x+1 are equal up to commutativity. |
| Same expression, literal |
The expressions must be exactly the same. This
is in fact a textual comparison, where only
extra spaces are neglected. Note: The expression does not have to be valid mathematics. Example The expected answer could be something like “y=“, which is not a valid mathematical expression. |
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Conditional criterium
A more general criterium than equality checking is the criterium based on a condition. Such a condition could be: “the input must be a positive number”. This can be written mathematically as var>0, where var represents the student input.
The following example shows a stage that matches if the student input is an integer and even number.
You can define multiple conditions. The evaluation criterium matches when all conditions are valid.
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Next, you define the result of the stage, based on the output of the criterium. The following options are available:
| Final answer | The student input is accepted as the final answer for this question. |
| Intermediate step | The student input is evaluated as correct, but not finished. |
| Error | The student input is incorrect. You must specify a feedback message which will be shown to the student. |
| No action | Proceed to the next stage. |
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