OATutor Quick user Guide
Inputting Answers
To input an answer first click inside the answer box:
Type your answer accordingly, following this formatting guide:
Operation | Description | Display |
Parentheses | Typing “(“ will suggest a closing parentheses “)”. | |
Addition | “x plus y” | |
Subtraction | “x minus y” | |
Multiplication | “x times y” | |
Division | “x divided by y”. Type / to create the fraction interface | |
Exponent | "x to the power of y". Type ^ to create exponent interface | |
Square root | "square root of x". Type “sqrt” to create sqrt interface | |
Nth root | "yth root of x". Type “nthroot” to create nthroot interface | |
Plus\minus | “Plusminus x”. Type “pm” to get the plusminus sign. | |
Absolute value | “Absolute value of x”. Type “|”, which will autocomplete a closing “|” | |
Inequalities | Type “>=” or “<=” | |
Logs | “Log base 9 of 5”. Type “log_9 (5)”. You may need to hit the right arrow key to get out of subscript mode. |
When finished, click “submit” for the system to register your answer.
If your answer is incorrect, a bright red cross will be displayed next to it:
If your answer is correct, you will see a bright green checkmark, and you will be able to progress to the next problem.
Hint System
If you are having difficulty with a problem you can request help from a hint. To do so, click the human raising their hand right next to the “” box:
When you do so, a dropdown menu of hints will appear:
Later on hints are inaccessible until earlier ones have been viewed.
Please note that when you view a hint, the answer box becomes yellow, indicating that you have received help and thus cannot gain full points for the question:
Scoring
Scores are calculated in the form of mastery indicated in the top right corner. The inner workings of the scoring system are kept confidential, but the concept is that students must answer enough questions to prove that they have mastered the concept. A student’s mastery score will decrease for every wrong answer (or requesting a hint) and will increase for every correct answer. Once a student reaches 100% mastery, the student has finished the lesson. Their canvas assignment score is the same as their mastery score.