Hi!
In a real-world scenario, Yes! I would agree that the assignment plugin is used for essay type questions. In fact, while we were doing some market research around this product, we realized how most people used assignments to evaluate the subjective knowledge of the courses, as a workaround.
Let's take an example of a language course. To understand how well your learner has been able to grasp the basics of that language, you can depend on MCQs. But for evaluating and assessing the finer details of the language, including the grammar, flow and so on, Essay type questions become a must, as a part of the quiz!
This is just one example, among many examples we came across, where there was a much-felt need for essay-type questions in quizzes. But because this meant more manual grading, people weren't really okay with the idea initially.
In a real-world scenario, Yes! I would agree that the assignment plugin is used for essay type questions. In fact, while we were doing some market research around this product, we realized how most people used assignments to evaluate the subjective knowledge of the courses, as a workaround.
Let's take an example of a language course. To understand how well your learner has been able to grasp the basics of that language, you can depend on MCQs. But for evaluating and assessing the finer details of the language, including the grammar, flow and so on, Essay type questions become a must, as a part of the quiz!
This is just one example, among many examples we came across, where there was a much-felt need for essay-type questions in quizzes. But because this meant more manual grading, people weren't really okay with the idea initially.