Quiz

This plugin is particularly useful for language teaching., but it can also be used for other areas, e.g. Medicine.

It seems not possible, but see https://github.com/gbateson/moodle-qtype_essayautograde/issues/29

For a simple a syntax, you can use "AND", "OR", "(" and ")".
For example ...

• first AND (next OR then) AND finally

Note that "AND" and "OR" must appear in capital letters.
The spaces before and after these keywords is optional, but usually they improve readability.

The word "ANY" may be used instead of "AND".  i.e. "ANY" is a synonym for "AND"

• firstly ANY secondly

Also, you can use the following characters to create regular expressions:

• ^ $ . ? * + | - : ! = [ ] { } < >

For example ...

• first.*(then|next).*finally

Note that there are no optional spaces in regular expressions.

Nikolai,
You asked about...

A newer version of this plugin ... that will let you choose whether you want to match full words only and whether the match is case-insensitive.

The code for this functionality is working. When I can find a sponsor to the amount of 30,000 yen ( = $280 USD), I will add to the public version of the plugin.