Marks

If shown, marks indicate whether the most recent answer you submitted was correct or incorrect.

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Mark

Meaning

Correct

Correct

Incorrect

Not correct

Extra credit

Extra credit

partially correct

Partially correct. Often, this means one of two things:

  • The answer is numerically correct, but is specified with an incorrect number of significant digits or decimal places.
  • The answer uses valid units, but is numerically incorrect.
calculation error

The answer is incorrect because it is based on incorrect values, but the calculation is valid.

incorrect mark followed by an asterisk

The answer is not correct, but credit was awarded for a previous submission.

feedback bubble

The answer might be correct or incorrect; more feedback is available when you click the mark.

When you change your answer for a question part, its mark changes to gray until you submit a new answer. This indicates that the mark relates only to your last submitted answer and not to your changed answer.