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Guidelines for English Writers
OTTER Introductory Guidelines for English and Maths Question Writers (Updated December 2021)
Welcome to OTTER!
Please read this document thoroughly before you begin to write English questions from question te...
Part I: The Elements of OTTER English Question Templates
The majority of question templates have five elements, as in Example 1 below. an instruction s...
Part II: The Rationale Behind OTTER Difficulty Levels
Warning: The OTTER difficulty levels do not match any system of levels published on the internet ...
Part III: Permissible Changes to Question Templates
As each subtopic has its own types of question templates and progression in difficulty levels, it...
Part IV: Standardized Vocabulary and Formatting Conventions
Formatting Element Definition Example Highlighting and marking wo...
Part V: Step-By-Step Examples of Generating New Questions
Example 1 Compound Words, Difficulty Level 1 Question Template Which of the following ...
Part VI: The Most Effective Ways to Formulate an Explanation
Most users will log into OTTER after they have spent several hours engaging in lessons and after-...
Quickstart for English Writers
The fast guide to get you up and running writing English questions.
English Question Writing How To
Hello! So, you are writing English questions. For this, you will need the documents and the softw...
Difficulty Levels
Otter is for kids aged 8-13, who are native speakers. The range of ages (and abilities) is why th...
How Question Submission works
Write a question Check it! Questions autosave as you type Saved questions have a gray status...
Randomization
Description Function Possible Output Generates a random worded number from 10 to 19 ...
Syntax (Markdown)
Description Function Output To bold text, add two asterisks or unders...
Topic List
Otter English 45 Subtopics Chapter Topic Subtopic Spelling B...
Writing Multiple Choice & Input Questions with Explanations
Otter has two types of questions: Multiple Choice & Input. We need them in the ratio of 70% Multi...
Quick Visual Guide
newQUIL - the software where you write questions - allows us to automatize the process of questio...
Guidelines for Math Writers
OTTER Introductory Guidelines for English and Maths Question Writers (Updated December 2021)
Welcome to OTTER!
Please read this document thoroughly before you begin to write maths questions from question temp...
Part I: The Elements of OTTER Maths Question Templates
The majority of question templates have five elements, as in Example 1 below. an instruction s...
Part II: The Rationale Behind OTTER Difficulty Levels
Warning: The OTTER difficulty levels do not match any system of levels published on the internet ...
Part III: Permissible Changes to Question Templates
In general, the progression of difficulty levels in maths subtopics will be clear, but certain qu...
Part IV: Standardized Vocabulary and Formatting Conventions
Formatting Element Definition Example Highlighting and marking wo...
Part V: Step-By-Step Examples of Generating New Questions
Example 1 Inequalities, Difficulty Level 1 Question Template N is a whole number. Find ...
Part VI: The Most Effective Ways to Formulate an Explanation
Most users will log into OTTER after they have spent several hours engaging in lessons and after-...
Quickstart for Math Writers
The fast guide to get you up and running writing Maths questions.
Randomize! Otter for Math
ENHYDRA is responsible for calculations, and for allowing us to write a question in a "random" wa...
Difficulty Levels
Otter is for kids aged 8-13, who are native speakers. The range of ages (and abilities) is why th...
How Question Submission Works
Write a question Check it! Questions autosave as you type Saved questions have a gray status...
Writing Input-type answer Questions
Input-type questions are quite rare for Otter Math. We need them in the ratio of 30% Input questi...
Writing Multiple-type answer Questions
Multiple-type answer questions are widespread in Otter Math. We need them in the ratio of 70% Mul...
Pretty up! Otter syntax
There are three types of languages Otter recognizes. One is Enhydra, the language of code. Two ar...