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Feature Request: same random number seed for all assigned students

Re: Feature Request: same random number seed for all assigned students

by Gavin LaRose -
Number of replies: 0
Hi Debbie,

If (1) the problems are only in the set that one wants to have be the same for all students, and (2) one is able or willing to edit the problems in the set, this is easy enough to do just by specifying the seed in the problems or by creating problems that aren't randomized. The first can be done with a call to SRAND() at the beginning of the problem(s), which sets the seed; the second obviously just requires specifying fixed values for different questions in the problem(s).

Of course, these aren't as useful if the review assignment is drawn from the same problem bank as other assignments, because then the same problems need to both be randomized (for one set) and not (for the review set).

For what it's worth, in any event,
Gavin