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Jeong Cheol Ho - error on the case of deleting some problems

Jeong Cheol Ho - error on the case of deleting some problems

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inactiveTopicerror on the case of deleting some problems topic started 9/22/2006; 3:32:07 AM
last post 9/22/2006; 8:44:53 AM
userJeong Cheol Ho - error on the case of deleting some problems  blueArrow
9/22/2006; 3:32:07 AM (reads: 141, responses: 1)
I am servicing the WW1.8. now.

However, I have some error on the system.

I did delete one problem in problems, but the problem set was changed for the professor and practice users' ID. In result, the total score of each student is still 11, while the total score of professor and practice users is 10.

Let me know how to treat with this system error.

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userMichael Gage - Re: error on the case of deleting some problems  blueArrow
9/22/2006; 8:44:53 AM (reads: 229, responses: 0)
Deleting a problem from a problem set after it is assigned has always been somewhat risky. it changes the numbering of the problems and potentially changes how they are scored. The results can be unpredictable -- particularly in WeBWorK 1.x. WeBWorK2 behaves somewhat better -- but I haven't experimented a lot with deleting problems and it's affect on the scoring.

Usually we achieve the effect of deleting a problem by reassigning its weight to 0 so that the problem doesn't count. Another possibility is to mark all of the students answers to the problem correct (for students this is psychologically preferable :-) )

Hope this helps.

-- Mike

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