From 8f825ca6aa739edfd34a953f6c0c800d7d0377ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sylvia Pearce Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:18:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Replace index file --- .../source/exercises_tools/index.rst | 69 ++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/exercises_tools/index.rst b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/exercises_tools/index.rst index e63b7e331f..e55b6cd5e9 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/exercises_tools/index.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/exercises_tools/index.rst @@ -1,63 +1,52 @@ -.. _Problems and Tools: +.. _Exercises and Tools Index: -################################# -Problems -################################# +############################ +Creating Exercises and Tools +############################ -The format for edX problems is based on the `LONCAPA XML format`_, -although the two are not quite compatible. In the edX variant, problems are -composed of four types of tags: +Use the chapters in this section to understand how to create exercises and +tools in your course. -* **inputtypes** are similar to XBlocks. They define ways for users to enter - input into the problem. -* **responsetypes** are graders. They define how inputs are mapped to grades. -* **hinters** are used to provide feedback to problems. -* Standard HTML tags are used for formatting. +For information on how to develop your course content in the Studio Outline +page, see :ref:`Developing Your Course Index`. -OLX is designed to allow mixing-and-matching of inputtypes, -responsetypes, and hinters. For example, a numerical grader could match -7+-0.1%. It would be okay to use this with any inputtype which output a number, -whether this was a text box, equation input, slider, or multiple choice -question. In practice, this doesn't always work. For example, in the former -case, a multiple choice question would not give an output in a format a -numerical grader could handle. +For information on building specific course component types, see :ref:`Creating +Course Content Index`. -In addition, in many cases, there is a 1:1 mapping between graders and inputs. -For some types of inputs (especially discipline-specific specialized ones), it -simply does not make sense to have more than one grader. - -The most general grader is ``customresponse``. This uses Python code -to evaluate the input. By design, this ought to work with any inputtype, -although there are bugs mixing this with a small number of the newer -inputtypes. - -Like LON-CAPA, OLX allows embedding of code to generate parameterized problems. -Unlike LON-CAPA, edX supports Python (and not Perl). Otherwise, the syntax is -approximately identical. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 - + + create_exercises_and_tools + annotation checkbox chemical_equation circuit_schematic_builder + conditional_module custom_javascript - custom_python drag_and_drop dropdown + external_graders + full_screen_image gene_explorer + google_hangouts + iframe image_mapped_input + lti_component math_expression_input - mathjax molecule_editor - mult_choice_num_input + molecule_viewer multiple_choice + mult_choice_num_input numerical_input - problem_in_latex + open_response_assessment + periodic_table + poll problem_with_hint + problem_in_latex protein_builder - symbolic_response text_input - - -.. include:: ../links.rst + word_cloud + custom_python + zooming_image + mathjax \ No newline at end of file