New magtest module : a multiscore test alike "magazine shaped test"

New magtest module : a multiscore test alike "magazine shaped test"

by Valery Fremaux -
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Hi all

the mod/magtest is available right now for beta

magtest implements a online test based on magazine self testing, using a set of
answers tagged with letters A,B,C,D,... or symbols. User answers are counted "by answer range",
and a test feedback is given depending on each answer serie count balance.

Developers : Valery Fremaux, Etienne Roze

Contact valery.fremaux@club-internet.fr

Features available :

- Setup categories and optionally associate customisable graphical icon for them
- Define questions
- Define choice otpions for the questions associated with each category
- Define conclusions per category that will displayes as debriefing when the test gets finished.
- Optionnaly weight answers (an aswer may not add always the same amount of "points" to a category score).
- Preview the test with weighting (according to capability "mod/magtest:manage")
- Play the test (according to capability "mod/magtest:doit")
- View the test result when finished
- Replay the test if allowed (according to capability "mod/magtest:multipleattempts" plus a global "per instance" feature switch).
- View the complete results (according to capability "mod/magtest:viewotherresults")
     - Per user
     - Per category with additional hint :
     convert test results into Moodle groups if:
          - course has no group set
          - The "per instance" feature switch "usemakegroups" is enabled.

- View global stats about answers.
- Display a global conclusion
- Backup module
- Restore
- Do not allow playing the test if current time is former than an enabled starttime.
- Do not allow play nor replay if current time is over an enabled endtime
- Delete all user's answers on course reset

Using the "usemakegroups" feature allows the module to be used as a self-grouping determination against a set of criteria when starting a new course session.

The module starts debugging campain in the French Community.

V2.0 will follow soon, along with documentation and finlizing in-module help files.

You can apply freely to the module's development workplace for getting informed about evolutions, roadmap, etc.

Cheers !! 

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