Solution hints

The solutionhint element can be used to create solution hints for an exercise or an input field in the course. There are two kinds of solution hints:

Standalone solution hints are displayed at the location where they appear in the XML code.
Solution hints can be bound to a specific input field by setting the to attribute. The solution hint then only appears when the user asks for help at this input field.

When the to attribute is not set on a solution it, a standalone solution hint is created.

Hint

Solution hints are not shown during a test.

Solution steps

A solution hint consists of one or more solution steps. Each solution step is described with a separate step element.

Bound solution hints

Example

<exercisebox>
    <p>
        What is the square root of <m>16</m>?
    </p>
    <p>
        Answer: <input name="square-root-seventeen"><number>4</number></input>
    </p>
    <solutionhint to="square-root-seventeen">
        <step>
            <p>
                The square root of a nonnegative number <m>x</m> is the number
                whose square equals <m>x</m>.
            </p>
            <p>
                In this case we are looking for a number whose square is <m>16</m>.
            </p>
        </step>
        <step>
            <p>
                Since we have <m>4 \cdot 4 = 16</m>, the correct solution is <m>4</m>.
            </p>
        </step>
    </solutionhint>
</exercisebox>

Attributes

The solutionhint element supports the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
`name`	`xs:Name`	-	Name of this element. Must be unique among all element names in this course variant.
`tags`	`TokenList`		Whitespace-separated list of tags of this element.
`to`	`xs:Name`	-	When set, links this solution hint to the input element of the page with the given name. Must be the name of an "input", "inputblock" or "booleangroup" element.

The step element supports the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
`name`	`xs:Name`	-	Name of this element. Must be unique among all element names in this course variant.
`tags`	`TokenList`		Whitespace-separated list of tags of this element.