The Solutions Team

Members:Joe GreubelPooja Modi

Prahlad Venkatesh

The ProblemCurrently:

• Only the percentage of chosen answer• No explanation for the answer

The Solution

Solutions Go HereHint

SolutionDetailed (expandable)

The Obstacles

• No way to add solutions– No table to store them in– No feature to add solutions with questions

• There are no written solutions– Have to manually write out solutions

The Approach• Create a place to store the solutions

– Create a SQL solutions table• Create a way to add solutions to the table

– Easy to use interface• Create solutions

• Extras:– Determine when a solution is adequate– Rate each solution– Easy way to edit them– Other Solution types (Hints)

• Prevent “hard” questions from being skipped as often

Solution Table

Called “solutions”

ITS Solution ViewerGoal to create a place to view, create, and edit Solutions for the solutions table

Site’s FeaturesCreation Editor

Rating/Viewer

Verification

• Instructor Related– Presentable and Ready

• Allows time for overview of solutions by students and instructors

• Question ID Keys and Flags– Easy to identify new solutions

Solution Creation

• Beginning with the most missed Questions– Used information from the Data Mining Team

• Goal of 50 solutions• Applying LaTeX to solutions• Types of Solutions– Hint– Solution– Detailed Solution

Example Solution

Conclusion

• The addition of solutions to the ITS system will be an invaluable asset and will assist students in understanding the course’s material.– Most useful for missed questions

• Now there is an easy way for this to happen.