Most Caturdays are fun, but this week's for us is not. We lost this week our beautiful sweet Diana, age 15. She had been in treatment for kidney disease for about a year. In a matter of a few days, everything accelerated and she went into a terrible decline (creatinine level 10.6). We knew it was time; at the vet we held her, kissed her, then let her go. People here will understand how much we miss her. #Caturday#catsofmastodon
@bjkingape So sorry for the loss of your beautiful girl. I hope happy memories of your shared life together make the grieving process a wee bit easier for you over the coming weeks.
I created a free #K12 interactive #science quiz for #students to discover which Order a Mammal belongs to. If you'd like to beta test it and let me know if you find glitches, I'd appreciate it. I've stared at the screen for too long and am no longer seeing the branching questions objectively. The plugin limits me to a max of 25 categories, so I had to get creative. TIA for the feedback. https://handinhandhomeschool.com/teaching/science/mammal-quiz/
@ChimeraMag To clarify, are you saying that some question pages had a nav arrow in the bottom right corner and others just automatically went on to the next question? If so, can you tell me what kind of device you're on? I agree with you about the negative teeth question. Thanks for that feedback.
@ChimeraMag Hmmm. The master toggle is set for every question to advance solely after the arrow is clicked. That's how it appears on a laptop but I'll see if I can get my spouse to use her iPhone and see how it works for her. Thanks, again, for your time. I sincerely appreciate it.
@geekdad Thanks for the feedback. I checked the logic tree and NO on wings should automatically take you to "give birth to live young". Can I ask what type of device you're using?
@geekdad Ok, that's really odd because after teeth you should get a couple of random questions to filter out sloths and hedgehogs before you get to carnivores. At that point in the quiz, the questions do not loop back to bats. Are you using a phone or an iPad, by any chance?
@geekdad Not all marsupials have pouches, which is why you got the question that would have led you to the Order for Tasmanian devils before you could move on to questions that would eventually get you to rabbits and dogs and other animals. Other than that, it sounds like the quiz is working for you now, correct?
@justpeachy No prior knowledge is needed for this quiz - other than specific characteristics about the chosen animal, but there's a serious glitch on the backend. I've been working with the plugin developer, but they can't explain why the questions are routing incorrectly.
@justpeachy The question flow gets to
Teeth grow continuously- N
Claws - Y
Leather-like body armor - N
Have teeth - Y
Hang mainly upside down in trees - Y
>> Sloth
My guess is you know it, but the back end is still not working correctly on phones. Again, thanks for your time.
@justpeachy And this is why I humbly beta test. I was focused on accurately id'ing sloths from anteaters (the only 2 animals in Order Pilosa) that I completely missed sloths are hypsodonts. FWIW, this project was created 15+ yrs ago by one of my kids and originally coded in html. I pulled it out as a quick way to learn how to use this quiz plugin. I have since invested 25+ hours updating the taxonomic Orders which have changed a lot. My aspie brain is like: You must finish! Thanks for helping
I'm Andrea, PhD student in #BlackStudies at UT Austin. Research interests include #Resistance and #Hoodoo. Right now doing a project on Black midwifery and reproductive justice.
Before UT, I taught Spanish for five years. Sometimes, I make #Art, and I would love to be a curator one day.
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@thiswomanswerk Welcome - and a question, if you don't mind. By any chance does your research include cesarean sections in Africa prior to colonization?