(Answer) (Category) LON-CAPA User Help : (Category) Course Management : (Category) Setting Problem Parameters :
What are the different Parameter levels?
There are three different Parameter levels you can choose from when setting
Course Parameters: Course level, Map level, Resource level. 

Course Level:
If you select Course level from the Parameter pull down menu a table will append
to the page showing the set defaults for all resources in the course. The 
table has three columns: Parameter Name, Default Value, and Parameter in Effect.
The Parameter Name column lists all the different parameters that can be set for
the resources. Default Value is the Parameter setting for the users. 
Parameter in Effect is the parameter setting for users.

Map Level:
If you select Map level from the Parameter pull down menu a table or tables will 
append to the page showing the set defaults for all the resources in a map or 
folder in the course. The map or folder displayd in the tables depends on which
map or folder you select from the enclosing map or folder pull down menu. The 
table or tables have three columns: Parameter Name, Default Value, and Parameter
in Effect. The Parameter Name column lists all the different parameters that can
be set for the resources. Default Value is the Parameter setting for the 
users. Parameter in Effect is the parameter setting for the users.

Resource Level:
If you selected Resource level from the parameter level pull down menu, a table
will append to the page showing all the available parameters for each resource.
If you selected a specific map or folder from the enclosing map or folder pull 
down menu, then only the resources in the selected map or folder will be display
in the table. Here is a brief explanation for each column within the table: 
Assessment URL and Title is the column the resource location and name are 
listed. Type column reflects the type of resource. Enclosing Map or Folder column 
gives the immediately enclosing map, which can be used for Map level parameter 
setting. The Part column shows what part the parameter is for. 
The Parameter Name column lists all the different parameters
that can be set for the resources. The Any User column is broken down in to 
different smaller groups: Resource Level, in Course, and if applicable there is
a column for in Section/Group. Each one of these groups is broken down further.
The Resource Level is broken down into two columns: Default and for enclosing 
map and folder. These two columns reflect the parameter setting the author set 
when they created the resources. The in Course column is broken down into three 
columns: General, Enclosing Map and Folder, and for Resource. These parameters 
are the setting you assign for any user in the course. The Section/Group column
reflects the parameter settings you assign for a specific section/group of 
users within the course. If you selected the Resource Level for a selected user,
The User ****at Domain **** column will also be included in the table. This 
is broken down into three columns: General, Enclosing Map and Folder, and for 
Resource. These reflect the parameters setting you assign for the selected user. 
The next column is the Parameter in Effect. This column reflects the parameter 
setting that is in effect. The last column reflects the value for your user name
and does incorporate complete cascading within a problem for your user name.

The parameters priorities are shown lowest to highest, left to right in the 
tables. 
williams@lon-capa.org, bowersj2@msu.edu
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