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Formula
With the formula, participants answer with a mathematical term. LehrPuls checks whether it is equivalent to the solution — the notation may differ.
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Create a new question
Step 1 of 14Open Topics & Questions, select the topic on the left where the question belongs, and click + Question.
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Cockpit - Topics & Questions
- Select topic
- New question
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Choose the question type
Step 2 of 14The editor opens. Click the Question type field and choose Formula (equivalent notations count).
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Cockpit - Formula (equivalent notations count)
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Enter solution and variables
Step 3 of 14Choose the question type Formula (equivalent notations count). Under Solutions there is one term per line (up to ten); below it the editor shows how it reads the term. Variables lists the allowed names — if left empty, the letters from the solutions apply. Notation: `^` for exponents, `*` or nothing for multiplication. The formula also offers Ask for confidence.
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Cockpit - Title
- Question text
- Solution(s)
- read like this
- Variables
- Preview
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Save
Step 4 of 14Click Save (or press Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter). The question is now in the topic and can be added to any playlist.
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Cockpit - Save
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Start the session: participants join
Step 5 of 14After the start, the projector shows the QR code and the address. Participants scan the code with their smartphone and they are in — no app, no account. How to start a session is shown in the guide Running a session.
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Show the question
Step 6 of 14In the live cockpit the question is listed on the left. The large Show question button — or the space bar — opens it on all devices and shows it on the projector.
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Cockpit - Show question (space bar)
- connected devices
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Answer on the smartphone
Step 7 of 14The smartphone shows an input field; below it a preview shows the typeset term — or a hint if it cannot be read. Participants send as soon as the term is right.
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Smartphone - Type the term
- Preview
- Send
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The answer has arrived
Step 8 of 14After sending, the smartphone confirms receipt. Until the question is closed, Change answer still allows corrections.
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Answers come in
Step 9 of 14In the cockpit you see how many participants have already answered; on the right under Responses every single answer is listed. Only you see this — the projector just counts and shows no distribution yet.
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Cockpit - Submissions so far
- Close (space bar)
- single answers
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The projector while collecting
Step 10 of 14The projector shows the question and the options; at the bottom LehrPuls counts the answers received.
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Close the question, then reveal
Step 11 of 14Close ends the submission; after that LehrPuls accepts no more answers. The main button now reads Show results — one more press of the space bar shows the result.
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Cockpit - Show results
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The reveal on the projector
Step 12 of 14The reveal groups identical notations and shows for each notation how often it came in and whether it is correct — together with the solution.
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The reveal on the smartphone
Step 13 of 14The smartphone shows the verdict on the own input and the solution.
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The reveal in the cockpit
Step 14 of 14The cockpit shows the result as well. The space bar moves on to the next question; after the session everything is under Analytics.
Cockpit