Moodle Plugins directory: Calculator | Moodle.org
Calculator
Blocks ::: block_calculator
Maintained by 
Leon Berau, 
Melanie Treitinger, 
Moodle RUB
The basic Calculator is a straightforward calculator with the most common operators such as plus,
minus, times and divide. Unlike other calculator programs this calculator can perform correct floating point operations.
Latest release:
37 sites
48 downloads
Current versions available: 2
The calculator is integrated as a block plugin in the Moodle course and can be used by any user in this course.
It can be used by simply clicking on the buttons or with the keyboard. The buttons look like this:
0 - 9 --> Numbers
+ --> Add
- --> Subtract
* --> Multiply
/ or ÷ --> Divide
( and ) --> Open and closed parentheses
, --> decimal number
N --> Negative number
Enter --> Calculate
Backwards --> Delete
ESC --> Delete allUseful links
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Contributors
Leon Berau (Lead maintainer)
Melanie Treitinger
Moodle RUB
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I can't include images here, but one thing I noticed is that in the "instruction" text, decimal is given as ',', but '.' also works, so it feels like "Decimals: , |. " would be better.
Any plans to add modes, and the ability to lock the calculator to a specific mode e.g. Basic / Scientific?
Many thanks for the work making this, and sharing it with the community!
First of all, thank you so much for the kind words and for letting us know how you're using the plugin.
We’re thrilled to hear that The Open University is adopting it for online exams!
Regarding your feedback:
Decimal point text: Good catch! I will update the instruction text to reflect that both , and . work.
Scientific mode: As of now, a scientific mode wasn't planned, but that definitely doesn't rule it out for the future.
Our immediate next steps are updating the plugin for Moodle 5.2 and adding two Quality-of-Life improvements: A button to reset the calculator's position.
A clamping feature so the calculator can't be dragged off-screen or disappear behind other elements.
We really look forward to your continued feedback over the next year!