I'm trying to expand the hints in some of the problems I'm using and it isn't clear to me how you control when they appear.
In the wiki I find Hints are shown after a certain number of tries, and solutions are shown after the answers available date."
What is the default "certain number" and how is an alternate number specified?
Ken Levasseur
UMass Lowell
Hi Ken,
If in the .pg code for the problem you set
$showHint = 3;
the checkbox for the hint will show up after the student has submitted 3 attempts. The default is $showHint = 1;
In general I find a good way to search for specific information on the webwork.maa.org site is to use Google's advanced search and restrict the domain to webwork.maa.org. For example searching for "HINT site:webwork.maa.org" will bring up links to the above info and a lot more.
Arnie
If in the .pg code for the problem you set
$showHint = 3;
the checkbox for the hint will show up after the student has submitted 3 attempts. The default is $showHint = 1;
In general I find a good way to search for specific information on the webwork.maa.org site is to use Google's advanced search and restrict the domain to webwork.maa.org. For example searching for "HINT site:webwork.maa.org" will bring up links to the above info and a lot more.
Arnie