<considerAsResponses>

<considerAsResponses> is an Evaluation component that informs Doenet which component to designate as a “response”. This is not required for correct answer evaluation, but can help disambiguate user response data for instructor review.

There is no need to use <considerAsResponses> in the following common situations:

• the <answer> tag does not have any <award> children
• the <answer> tag has a nested <mathInput/>, <textInput/>, <choice> or <choiceInput/>
• the <answer> tag does have <award> children, but in all cases there is only one available component referenced that could be considered a response (In this case, the single component reference is automatically processed as the “response”, so there is no need for the <considerAsResponses> tag clarification.)

However, it is good practice to use the <considerAsResponses> in the following situations:

• an <award> child is used with the <answer> tag, and multiple components are referenced within the <award> (not all of which are “responses”)
• no nested input components are used within the <answer> tag, and there is ambiguity in the submitted response data

Attributes and Properties

The <considerAsResponses> component has no attributes or properties.

Example: <considerAsResponses> for graphical component

The <considerAsResponses> component designates which graphical element Doenet should store as a response for the named <answer>. Without designating $A as the response, both data for points $A and $B will appear in the Submitted response tab.

You can test this behavior by answering the question on the right-hand side and clicking the blue “Check Work” button. Then, click where it says “1 Submitted response” in the bottom of the editor panel on the left-hand side.

Example: <considerAsResponses> for multiple components

The <considerAsResponses> tag can contain multiple component references and can also refer to component properties.

Without the <considerAsResponses> specification as shown, data for $animal, $bestAnimal, $ptDist.length and $circ.radius will all appear in the Submitted response tab.

You can test this behavior by answering the question on the right-hand side, and then click where it says “1 Submitted response” in the bottom of the editor panel on the left-hand side.