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Enabling in Studio
------------------
You can enable the Problem Builder and Step Builder XBlocks in Studio
by modifying the advanced settings for your course:
1. From the main page of a specific course, navigate to **Settings** ->
**Advanced Settings** from the top menu.
2. Find the **Advanced Module List** setting.
3. To enable Problem Builder for your course, add `"problem-builder"`
to the modules listed there.
4. To enable Step Builder for your course, add `"step-builder"` to the
modules listed there.
5. Click the **Save changes** button.
Note that it is perfectly fine to enable both Problem Builder and Step
Builder for your course -- the blocks do not interfere with each other.
Usage Usage
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Problem Builder Usage
=====================
When you add the **Problem Builder** component to a course in the studio, the
built-in editing tools guide you through the process of configuring the block
and adding individual questions.
See [Question Types](Questions.md) to learn about the various types of question
that can be added to a Problem Builder block.
Configuration Options
---------------------
### Maximum Attempts
You can limit the number of times students are allowed to complete a
Mentoring component by setting the **Max. attempts allowed** option.
Before submitting an answer for the first time:
![Max Attempts Before](img/max-attempts-before.png)
After submitting a wrong answer two times:
![Max Attempts Reached](img/max-attempts-reached.png)
### Custom Window Size for Tip Popups
You can specify **Width** and **Height** attributes of any Tip
component to customize the popup window size. The value of those
attributes should be valid CSS (e.g. `50px`).
Questions and Other Components
==============================
These are the types of questions that can be added to Problem Builder and Step
Builder:
### Free-form Questions
Free-form questions are represented by a **Long Answer** component.
Example screenshot before answering the question:
![Answer Initial](img/answer-1.png)
Screenshot after answering the question:
![Answer Complete](img/answer-2.png)
You can add **Long Answer Recap** components to problem builder blocks later on
in the course to provide a read-only view of any answer that the student entered
earlier.
The read-only answer is rendered as a quote in the LMS:
![Answer Read-Only](img/answer-3.png)
### Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Multiple Choice Questions can be added to a problem builder component and have
the following configurable options:
* **Question** - The question to ask the student
* **Message** - A feedback message to display to the student after they have
made their choice.
* **Weight** - The weight is used when computing total grade/score of the
problem builder block. The larger the weight, the more influence this question
will have on the grade. Value of zero means this question has no influence on
the grade (float, defaults to `1`).
* **Correct Choice[s]** - Specify which choice[s] are considered correct. If a
student selects a choice that is not indicated as correct here, the student
will get the question wrong.
Using the Studio editor, you can add **Custom Choice** blocks to an MCQ. Each
Custom Choice represents one of the options from which students will choose
their answer.
You can also add **Tip** entries. Each Tip must be configured to link it to one
or more of the choices. If the student selects a choice, the tip will be
displayed.
**Screenshots**
Before attempting to answer the questions:
![MCQ Initial](img/mcq-1.png)
While attempting to complete the questions:
![MCQ Attempting](img/mcq-2.png)
After successfully completing the questions:
![MCQ Success](img/mcq-3.png)
#### Rating Questions
When constructing questions where the student rates some topic on the scale from
`1` to `5` (e.g. a Likert Scale), you can use the Rating question type, which
includes built-in numbered choices from 1 to 5. The `Low` and `High` settings
specify the text shown next to the lowest and highest valued choice.
Rating questions are a specialized type of MCQ, and the same instructions apply.
You can also still add **Custom Choice** components if you want additional
choices to be available such as "I don't know".
### Multiple Response Questions (MRQs)
Multiple Response Questions are set up similarly to MCQs. The answers are
rendered as checkboxes. Unlike MCQs where only a single answer can be selected,
MRQs allow multiple answers to be selected at the same time.
MRQ questions have these configurable settings:
* **Question** - The question to ask the student
* **Required Choices** - For any choices selected here, if the student does
*not* select that choice, they will lose marks.
* **Ignored Choices** - For any choices selected here, the student will always
be considered correct whether they choose this choice or not.
* Message - A feedback message to display to the student after they have made
their choice.
* **Weight** - The weight is used when computing total grade/score of the
problem builder block. The larger the weight, the more influence this question
will have on the grade. Value of zero means this question has no influence on
the grade (float, defaults to `1`).
* **Hide Result** - If set to `True`, the feedback icons next to each choice
will not be displayed (This is `False` by default).
The **Custom Choice** and **Tip** components work the same way as they do when
used with MCQs (see above).
**Screenshots**
Before attempting to answer the questions:
![MRQ Initial](img/mrq-1.png)
While attempting to answer the questions:
![MRQ Attempt](img/mrq-2.png)
After clicking on the feedback icon next to the "Its bugs" answer:
![MRQ Attempt](img/mrq-3.png)
After successfully completing the questions:
![MRQ Success](img/mrq-4.png)
Other Components
================
### Tables
Tables allow you to present answers to multiple free-form questions in a concise
way. Once you create an **Answer Recap Table** inside a Mentoring component in
Studio, you will be able to add columns to the table. Each column has an
optional **Header** setting that you can use to add a header to that column.
Each column can contain one or more **Answer Recap** elements, as well as HTML
components.
Screenshot:
![Table Screenshot](img/mentoring-table.png)
### "Dashboard" Self-Assessment Summary Block
[Instructions for using the "Dashboard" Self-Assessment Summary Block](Dashboard.md)
Step Builder Usage
==================
The Step Builder is similar to Problem Builder, but it allows authors to group
questions into explict steps, and provide more detailed feedback to students.
Instead of adding questions to Step Builder itself, you'll need to add one or
more **Mentoring Step** blocks to Step Builder. You can then add one or more
questions to each step. This allows you to group questions into logical units
(without being limited to showing only a single question per step). As students
progress through the block, Step Builder will display one step at a time. All
questions belonging to a step need to be completed before the step can be
submitted.
In addition to regular steps, Step Builder can also contain a **Review Step**
component which:
* allows students to review their performance
* allows students to jump back to individual steps to review their
answers (if **Extended feedback** setting is enabled on the Step Builder block
and the maximum number of attempts has been reached.)
* supports "conditional messages" that will can shown during the review step
based on certain conditions such as:
* the student achieved a perfect score, or not
* the student is allowed to try again, or has used up all attempts
**Screenshots: Step**
Step with multiple questions (before submitting it):
![Step with multiple questions, before submit](img/step-with-multiple-questions-before-submit.png)
Step with multiple questions (after submitting it):
![Step with multiple questions, after submit](img/step-with-multiple-questions-after-submit.png)
As indicated by the orange check mark, this step is *partially*
correct (i.e., some answers are correct and some are incorrect or
partially correct).
**Screenshots: Review Step**
Unlimited attempts available, all answers correct, and a conditional message
that says "Great job!" configured to appear if the student gets a perfect score:
![Unlimited attempts available](img/review-step-unlimited-attempts-available.png)
Limited attempts, some attempts remaining, some answers incorrect, and a custom
review/study tip.
![Some attempts remaining](img/review-step-some-attempts-remaining.png)
Limited attempts, no attempts remaining, extended feedback off:
![No attempts remaining, extended feedback off](img/review-step-no-attempts-remaining-extended-feedback-off.png)
Limited attempts, no attempts remaining, extended feedback on:
![No attempts remaining, extended feedback on](img/review-step-no-attempts-remaining-extended-feedback-on.png)
**Screenshots: Step-level feedback**
Reviewing performance for a single step:
![Reviewing performance for single step](img/reviewing-performance-for-single-step.png)
Configuration Options
---------------------
### Maximum Attempts
You can limit the number of times students are allowed to complete a
Mentoring component by setting the **Max. attempts allowed** option.
Before submitting an answer for the first time:
![Max Attempts Before](img/max-attempts-before.png)
After submitting a wrong answer two times:
![Max Attempts Reached](img/max-attempts-reached.png)
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