Quiz

SHORTANSWER items in a cloze-type question in a quiz. Recipe for making them case-sensitive. You need to have access to the database, as admin.

Example given with mySQL, tables prefixed with mdl_

1. Go to the mdl_quiz_questions table
2. Browse to identify your cloze question and make a note of its id number (e.g. 251)
3. Then go to the mdl_quiz_shortanswer table, browse to the question ID number you just noted (e.g. 251); for question ID 251 you find:
   ID question answers usecase
   20 251 1471,1472,1474 0
4. Edit this record and replace the 0 value in usecase with 1

et voila!

Example

The capital of France is {1:SHORTANSWER:=Paris#Congratulations!~%50%paris#Sorry, you should write it with a capital letter.~.*#Wrong answer. The capital of France is Paris, of course.}

This will give the student full marks for answering Paris and 50% for answering paris.

Hope that helps,

Joseph

Thanks, Joseph!  Most concrete information I've seen on describing the syntax and components of Cloze anywhere!  Goes a long way in understanding how it works!  Thanks again!

(I have to mention that I'm having a problem with item 11 in your list referring to feedback message.  I DO get the feedback message in a small pop-up when I preview the question, BUT it is hidden behind the text of the question!  The pop-up moves with mouse pointer over the answer area but it won't come forward to reveal the message content.  Is that a browser configuration issue, OS issue, anyone know?)

madea
madea@mmsi.com

Thank you very much. These are very helpful.

Tim

"I quite agree that a thorough explanation of the cloze-type question syntax is much needed. But where should it be made available?"

Joseph, how about contributing your explanation to MoodleDocs? Here... MoodleDocs Cloze.

I had no problem importing and trying out the following questions in a sample Quiz (I used the import question option with File Format: Embedded Answers (Cloze) selected:

match the following cities with the correct state
San Francisco: {1:MULTICHOICE:=California#OK~Arizona#Wrong}
Tucson: {1:MULTICHOICE:=Arizona#OK~California#Wrong}
Los Angeles: {1:MULTICHOICE:=California#OK~Arizona#Wrong}
Phoenix: {1:MULTICHOICE:=Arizona#OK~California#Wrong}

Match the following components to the embedded- or central-side
adp: {2:MULTICHOICE:=embedded-side#Exactly!~central-side#Sorry...}
dbmsd: {2:MULTICHOICE:=central-side#Exactly!~embedded-side#Sorry...}
OMSbridge: {2:MULTICHOICE:=central-side#Exactly!~embedded-side#Sorry...}
disp: {2:MULTICHOICE:=embedded-side#Exactly!~central-side#Sorry...}
SonicMQ: {2:MULTICHOICE:=central-side#Exactly!~embedded-side#Sorry...}

However, when I try to import the following, I receive errors:

Match the definition with the name:
Can be acquired at will and represent certain physical data: {:MULTICHOICE:=parameters#Exactly! This is correct!~events#Sorry...  This is not correct.~data abstracts#Sorry... This is not correct.}
Are not acquired at will, but are received from the device as certain conditions occur.{:MULTICHOICE:~parameters#Sorry...  This is not correct=events#Exactly! This is correct!.~data abstracts#Sorry... This is not correct.}

Match each example with its data type:
high oil pressure alarm: {:MULTICHOICE:~parameter#Sorry...  This is not correct.=event#Exactly! This is correct!~data principle#Sorry... This is not correct.}
battery voltage: {:MULTICHOICE:=parameter#Exactly! This is correct!~event#Sorry...  This is not correct.~data principle#Sorry... This is not correct.}
engine speed: {:MULTICHOICE:=parameter#Exactly! This is correct!~event#Sorry...  This is not correct.~data principle#Sorry... This is not correct.}
oil pressure: {:MULTICHOICE:=parameter#Exactly! This is correct!~event#Sorry...  This is not correct.~data principle#Sorry... This is not correct.}
engine overspeed alarm: {:MULTICHOICE:~parameter#Sorry...  This is not correct.=event#Exactly! This is correct!~data principle#Sorry... This is not correct.}

For each of these, when I use the import question option / File Format: Embedded Answers (Cloze), , I receive an error when I import (see attachment).

If I click no, everything "seems" normal, however when I try to preview the question, I get an error that states: Error!! Missing Question Options.

Can anyone determine what I am doing wrong with the syntax of the questions?

According to Jospeh Rezeau's post, these two examples above seem to comply with all the steps he outlined, particularly items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10:

1. all question items within a cloze-type question are coded inside curled braces { }
2. the number which appears between the opening brace and the colon {1: is the weighting of that item; if it is set at 1 for all the items, it needs not be specified, so you can have {:
3. after the colon we have the item type: MULTICHOICE, SHORTANSWER, NUMERICAL
4. the syntax for MULTICHOICE and SHORTANSWER is the same; the only difference is in the displaying of the item to the student
5. the order of the various answers is indifferent (except if you want a catch-all for wrong answers, see #12 below)
   
6. a correct answer is preceded with the equal sign = or a percentage (usually %100%)
7. a wrong answer is preceded with nothing or a percentage (usually %0%)
8. you can allocate some points between 0 and 100 to some answers, if you put the appropriate percentage
9. all answers except the first one are separated from one another by the tilde ~ sign
10. answers can be followed by an optional feedback message, preceded with the # sign; if there is no feedback message, the # sign can be present or absent, it does not matter

Thanks for any imput you can send my way...

madea
madea@mmsi.com