how to add answer tolerance for a numerical answer

HowtoAddAnswerToleranceforaNumericalAnswer

Whencreatinganewquestion,gotothe"MathTechEnhanced”tab

Clickonthe“Multipart”questiontype

Onceyouopenthequestiontype,enterthequestionstem.

Onceyouopenthequestiontype,enterthequestionstem.

Toenteramathematicalequationclickthesquarerooticon.

Theequationeditorwillpopup.

Usingtheequationeditor,writeinyourequation.

Next,click“Save”

Clickthe“Widget”tab

Clickthe“Numeric”widget

Enterthecorrectanswerinthebox

Thensetthe“Tolerance”level.Inthisexamplethetoleranceissetto0.4.Thismeansanyanswerresponseincludingandbetween15.6and15.68willbeautograded ascorrect.Any

responseoutsideofthatrangewillbeautograded asincorrect.

Allset?Click“Accept”

Nowyou’llseethecorrectanswerintheresponsebox.

Nowyou’llseethecorrectanswerintheresponsebox.

Ifyouhaveotherpartstoaddtoyourquestion,enterthemnow.Otherwise,deleteanyextratesttofinalizethequestion.

Click“PreviewQuestion”totestthequestion.

Hereyoucananswerandtestthequestionbypressingsubmit.Thispreviewshowsyouthequestionasthestudentwillseethe

question.

Goodtogo?Click“Save”andthen“Review”torevisitthecompleteassessmentortoaddmorequestions.