[Xerte] Re: Excluding blank fields from display

[István Pető]

Julian,

thank you so much! It's exactly what I'm looking for.

Istvan


2013/1/31 Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>

> It's because your answers are blank, but the code builds a string of
> carriage returns, forcing the scrollbar to appear - try replacing the
> attached model****
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *István Peto
> *Sent:* 30 January 2013 17:53
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> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Excluding blank fields from display****
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> uhhh... I mean "when* this scrollbar* appears..."****
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> 2013/1/30 István Pető <ipeto77 at gmail.com>****
>
> Yeah, you're right from didactic point of view. On the other hand,
> sometimes the layout of a quiz doesn't look very good when appears in
> the Feedback area (see the attaxhed screenshot)
>
> Istvan
>
> 2013/1/30 Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>:****
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> > I'd echo Alistair's comments: it's good to provide feedback for every
> option because you need to tell people why they were right (they might be
> right, but for the wrong reason, or because they guessed) and you need to
> tell people why they were wrong (obviously).
> >
> > Just as a matter of interest (everyone can try this) take a multiple
> choice test you use. Complete it without actually reading any of the
> options, but select the longest answer for each question. If there is no
> longest answer, choose 'c'.
> >
> > Do you pass?
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> > ;-)
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of István Peto
> > Sent: 29 January 2013 16:02
> > To: Xerte discussion list
> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Excluding blank fields from display
> >
> > Sure, sorry for being unclear. I guess the more options were added to
> the quiz, the bigger this blank are would be. The Orientation page has a
> similar "issue": If I didn't fill all the fields, their blank place
> appeares in the LO nonetheless.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Istvan
> >
> > 2013/1/29 Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>:
> >> I'm not sure what you mean. Can you post a screenshot?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of István Peto
> >> Sent: 29 January 2013 11:56
> >> To: Xerte discussion list
> >> Subject: [Xerte] Excluding blank fields from display
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >> I'd like to ask you whether it's possible to exclude the empty fields
> from display of LO?
> >> Here's an example: Sometimes I don't give any feedback in quizzes and
> it's quite annoying that precious space is wasted with its blank place.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Istvan
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