Dears,
I use several types of questions in our quizzes. All question types disclose the right answer after submission (e.g. question 7). Only the cloze type with SHORTANSWER NEVER shows the right answers (e.g. question 8). It only marks the given answers as correct or incorrect.
Why that? How can I disclose all correct answers in the feedback?
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Is that what you want? Example taken from the documentation.
The capital of France is {1:SHORTANSWER:%100%Paris#Congratulations! ~%50%Marseille#No, that is the second largest city in France (after Paris).~*#Wrong answer. The capital of France is Paris, of course.}.
This is due to the very nature of the Cloze question type, which is supposed to comprise any number of sub-questions. If feedback for each sub-question were displayed under the Cloze question text, how would the student relate which feedback relates to which sub-question? With a fairly large number of sub-questions, the screen could become really cluttered and incomprehensible.😉
I don't quite see how the current behaviour is a problem. All you have to do is to inform your students that they need to hover (or click) on the correct/incorrect icons which follow their response in the Cloze question text. Please note that if a student clicks on the very first response, then they can navigate to the other feedback messages by using the Tab key.
Joseph,
Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed response. It’s clear that you care deeply about Moodle and its community, and I appreciate the time you’ve taken to express your perspective. Let me address your points and clarify my stance, as well as apologize if my tone came across as aggressive—that was never my intention.
On Aggressiveness and Tone
I sincerely apologize if my earlier comments felt harsh or dismissive. That was not my goal. My intention was to provide a clear and direct response to the technical and philosophical challenges of implementing a "correct answer" feature for cloze questions. However, I recognize that tone can be easily misinterpreted in written communication, and I should have taken more care to ensure my message came across as collaborative rather than confrontational. I value open and respectful dialogue, and I’ll strive to be more mindful of this in the future.
On Moodle’s Open Source Culture
You’re absolutely right that Moodle thrives on collaboration, mutual respect, and the energy of its community. I deeply respect the open-source ethos and the contributions of everyone who works to improve Moodle. My earlier comments were not meant to dismiss ideas or discourage participation but rather to highlight the complexities of certain feature requests. I fully agree that fostering a culture of trust and respect is essential, and I appreciate your call for a more inclusive and supportive environment.
On Cloze Questions and Correct Answers
Let me clarify my position on cloze questions and the possibility of displaying correct answers:
1. Technical Feasibility: We agreed that it is technically possible to display correct answers for cloze questions. As you mentioned, Moodle already provides correct answers with the mouse-over hints. However, the challenge lies in designing a solution that works well across the wide variety of cloze question formats and use cases.
2. Complexity of Cloze Questions: Cloze questions are inherently flexible, which is both their strength and their weakness. They can range from simple fill-in-the-blank exercises to highly complex, multi-part questions with interdependent answers. While your example of a fairly large number of sub-questions is at one end of the bandwidth, simple cloze questions like “given this picture, complete the following equation: {1} + {2} = {3}" are a the other end of it.Joseph,
glad you are with me on this. I put 3 examples into the attachments.
and here the third one. sorry for the mess, i was hoping it would show the files as attachments.
Thanks for the screenshots, but to really understand your problem I would need to be able to use the questions themselves. Please export them to a Moodle XML file and attach that file to your reply.
Hello Dirk,
If I understood correctly what you want, it's very easy to do, at least on the front end with a tiny piece of JavaScript code. Here's a simple example where the feedback is generated completely automatically. You can try it here.
<div class="DCcorrectanswers">
<span class="DCquestion">
<span class="DCstatement">2 + 2 = </span>
{1:NUMERICAL:=4}
</span>
<br>
<span class="DCquestion">
<span class="DCstatement">3 + 2 = </span>
{1:NUMERICAL:=5}
</span>
<br>
<span class="DCquestion">
<span class="DCstatement">3 + 3 = </span>
{1:NUMERICAL:=6}
</span>
</div>
<!--
© 2025 DynamicCourseware.org (Dominique Bauer)
CC0 1.0 Universal - No copyright / Public domain
-->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".DCcorrectanswers").each(function(index, element){
$DCexists = $(element).closest(".que").find(".generalfeedback");
if ( $DCexists.length ) {
$feedback = "<p>The correct answers are:</p>"
$DCquestion = $(element).find(".DCquestion");
$DCquestion.each(function(index, element){
$DCcorrectanswer = $(element).find("button").attr("data-content");
$DCcorrectanswer = $DCcorrectanswer.match(/\:(.*?)\</)[1];
$feedback = $feedback + $(element).find(".DCstatement").text() + $DCcorrectanswer + "<br>";
});
$DCexists.html($feedback);
$feedback = "";
}
});
});
</script>
{3:SA:=3} + {3:SA:=2} = {4:SA:=5}
It is without any DCquestion tag. Adding this alone is already more work than just adding the correct answer in the general feedback field. On top, the app is our students' core platform. We have no realistic chance to rely on the browser - may it be on phone or computer.