Greg Greiner April 13, 2016

 

As of today, the tolerance of + or – 2.5 % has been meticulously applied to additional numerical input questions in courses beyond AC and DC theory.  The following is a list of all of these courses.

Completed April 7th

  • DC Theory, Level I, featuring the ETS and Labs 
  • DC Theory, Level II, featuring the ETS and Labs
  • AC Systems, Level I, featuring the Electrical Theory Simulator – 2nd Edition
  • AC Theory, Level I, featuring the Electrical Theory Simulator – 2nd Edition 
  • AC Theory, Level II, featuring the Electrical Theory Simulator – 2nd Edition
  • AC Theory, Level III, featuring the Electrical Theory Simulator – 2nd Edition

Completed April 13th

  • Motors, Level I
  • Motors, Level II
  • Transformers, Level I, featuring the Transformer Simulator – 2nd Edition
  • Transformers, Level II, featuring the Electrical Theory Simulator, Based on the 2011 NEC – 2nd Edition
  • Transformers, Level II, featuring the Electrical Theory Simulator, Based on the 2014 NEC – 2nd Edition
  • Transformers, Level III, featuring the Electrical Theory Simulator – 2nd Edition
Because it is worth stating even one more time…..We have taken a slow, thoughtful, approach to the tolerances because the last thing we wanted to do was implement something new only to have to change it repeatedly.  We will view each and every course in the same way before applying further tolerances.
Two more things:
  • Tolerance was added, but the rules for solving the questions have NOT changed.  The point is, it is always necessary to refrain from rounding intermediate steps.
  • It is paramount to understand that the timing is midstride in the course.  The implementation began on April 7th and continued on April 13th.   A person who answered and submitted a quiz prior to that time did not have tolerance and those that submit after, will have the tolerance applied to their answer submission.
Like always, if you as an instructor feel a person should be given credit for a submission, you can do that via the override score feature.
I will speak more about this at the April webinar.  Be sure to sign up once we make the official announcement of the webinar date and time.