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2) Manually change the tolerance for each free response question through editor (https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/editor/). (This is less desirable because it will affect everyone who uses this question, not just you, and there could be competing wants of tolerance.) To do this, pull up the affected question(s) one by one, push editidentify the id # or name of all the numeric free response questions you want used, create a template of each, adjust tolerance to what you like, push generate parameters, and push publish (visuals below, step by step instructions here). Note you will now have an updated ID version of this question that will need to be incorporated into your assignment (a great time to import questions!).
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