This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Often students work with very large or small numbers, and need to enter numerical values such as "3.27E15" or "9.2E-6".  Canvas should allow this f...

Thank you, Canvas, for deploying scientific notation in Numerical Answer questions. However, the system is rounding and truncating in a way that sets too many values to zero. For example, create a num...

I create a quiz with 10 formula-type questions. I set a time limit of 60 minutes, set the quiz to deliver the questions one-at-a-time, and give students one attempt. Most students start and finish dur...

How do I tell whether a quiz I create is a "new quiz" or an "old quiz?"  All I see is "quiz" as an option when I create a new item. Anyway, with a "new quiz," is scientific notation useable in all kin...

The "E" notation isn't working for me anymore. Sigh. If I put a number like 5.11E14 into the "exact numerical answer" field, it is immediately converted to zero. 

How do I tell whether a quiz I create is a "new quiz" or an "old quiz?"  All I see is "quiz" as an option when I create a new item. Anyway, with a "new quiz," is scientific notation useable in all kin...

I create a quiz with 10 formula-type questions. I set a time limit of 60 minutes, set the quiz to deliver the questions one-at-a-time, and give students one attempt. Most students start and finish dur...

The "E" notation isn't working for me anymore. Sigh. If I put a number like 5.11E14 into the "exact numerical answer" field, it is immediately converted to zero. 

The "E" notation isn't working for me anymore. Sigh. If I put a number like 5.11E14 into the "exact numerical answer" field, it is immediately converted to zero. 

I do not see this option. When I create a numerical question, the answer must fall within a range, or be an "exact answer" with an "error margin." If I put (for example) 3% in the "error margin," Canv...