Hello!
This is my first post here, so I apologize in advance if I'm doing something wrong. I also apologize for the bad English.
I love the "Formula" type question, but in a recent attempt, I ran into a problem that I can't solve. I searched several posts here and apparently, there is no solution for that right now. Even so, I share here to see if anyone proposes a solution.
I would like to create a question with several items of type True / False (say, 5 items). Each one weighing 0.2 and the student has the following options: True, False and "I don't know". Choose "I don't know" does not lose or earn points. Choose True or False incorrectly loses 0.2.
I can create a question like this without using the "Formula" type, but using the "Multiple choice" type. In this type, it is necessary to create 2 * 5 = 10 items, in which the student assigns one of them to True, another to False and does not assign any to "I don't know". But this solution is not the most elegant.
I switched to the "Formula" type and managed to reproduce the same behavior using only 5 items, placing a dropdown for each item and each dropdown with three possibilities: "True", "False" and "I don't know". In order to be able to deal with discounts for incorrectly marked items, I had to place all items in the same part and consistently configure the Grading criterion. Everything worked (almost) perfectly!
Unfortunately , when any dropdown is left blank, the Grading criterion is completely ignored and a score of 0 is always assigned. Is it possible to work around this situation? There may be more specific questions.
1. Is it possible to identify when a dropdown is left blank and be able to choose the Grading criterion from that condition?
2. Is it possible to create dropdown without the blank space option?
3. Is it possible to have Moodle automatically assign the value “I don't know” when the dropdown is left blank?
The option to allow multiple attempts in the quiz is not good in my case.
I would also like to keep the "Formula" type as it allows me to store several items and can choose 5 at random and allows using variables in the items.
Thank you! Best regards,
Giuliano.
PS. I couldn't find the version of Moodle that I use. What I can say is that I use Moodle made available by the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC - Brazil).