# Warning message on math input

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/warning-message-on-math-input/3262>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** dashboard\
**Created:** [May 10, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/warning-message-on-math-input/3262 "2021-05-10T12:57:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![NatalieV\_MEI](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/nataliev_mei/32/860_2.png) [@NatalieV\_MEI](https://cl.desmos.com/u/NatalieV_MEI)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/warning-message-on-math-input/3262/1 "2021-05-10T12:57:42Z")

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Hi, I am trying to code this slide to display a warning message on the dashboard if a student attempts it more than 3 times (arbitrary number!). Although I see the warning triangle in my design preview, when I run a dummy session the dashboard only shows a dot, not a triangle, no matter how many times I submit an answer.

Can anyone help me? Have I misunderstood what the dashboard should be showing?

[Warning message](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/60992be30926ca06964aae95)

Many thanks!

Natalie

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**Author:** ![JAC9186](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jac9186/32/5018_2.png) [@JAC9186](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JAC9186)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/warning-message-on-math-input/3262/2 "2021-05-10T17:12:41Z")

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Hi @NatalieV_MEI - I think the issue is that you only have 1 screen to test against. The dashboard won’t display the triangle when a student is still working on the screen, which is why it’s displaying a dot. I made a copy and added a screen, and after the 4th attempt, when the student is on Screen 2 the teacher dashboard warning triggers as expected.

> **[\[Copy of\] Warning message • Activity Builder by Desmos](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/609968c351b8231926a7af94)**
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> by @CabezasMath

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**Author:** ![NatalieV\_MEI](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/nataliev_mei/32/860_2.png) [@NatalieV\_MEI](https://cl.desmos.com/u/NatalieV_MEI)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/warning-message-on-math-input/3262/3 "2021-05-11T08:18:47Z")

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Hi - thanks so much! I had copied the single screen in to share as an example but wasn’t aware students needed to move off the screen for the warning to show! That is really helpful 😃

Can I just ask how you knew that a student needed to move onto the next screen for the warning to display? I am worried I missed something obvious!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![JAC9186](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jac9186/32/5018_2.png) [@JAC9186](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JAC9186)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/warning-message-on-math-input/3262/4 "2021-05-11T14:38:09Z")

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Just something I’ve picked up from the Dashboard over time. When students are actively on a slide, Desmos tends to display a dot rather than display an X or a warning symbol (who are we to know if the student is done working yet or not?). If there is correctness assigned to every component (like a slide of just Multiple Choice), then a student with a correct answer will display a checkmark, but the incorrect answer will be a dot until a student moves on to another screen.