Marking Critical criteria

Marking criteria can be set as critical in the exercise designer and act as normal marking criteria until they receive a mark of 0 or less. When a critical criteria goes under that mark, it is highlighted in the marking table and displayed as a direct link in the marking sidebar.

Note the script type failed underneath the Exercise items section in the sidebar. This indicates that a critical criteria has failed, along with the red highlighting of the criteria row.  Note that the system only exposes critical criteria failures to the marker. The marker must decide whether to fail the question or award reduced marks.

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