[Using Sakai] Auto-grading of short-answer questions

[Christine Doherty]

If yoy want auto-scoring for that short an answer, use Fill-in-the-Blank question type. Short answer/essay question type is meant for prose that can't be auto-scored. 

Christine Doherty

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On Sep 13, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Kenneth Litwak <klitwak at apu.edu> wrote:

> I set up a quiz with some short answer questions.  In one simple case, I asked students for the last name of a particular author.  My model answer was
> Gorman
> 
> Almost all my students gave the answer
> Gorman
> 
> Sakai scored every student's answer as wrong.  Is there some trick to get Sakai to be able to compare strings correctly, sot ath it recognizes a correct answer?  Thanks.
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> Kenneth D. Litwak, Ph.D.
> Azusa Pacific University
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> klitwak at apu.edu
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