Moodle plugins directory: Embed questions filter
Embed questions filter
This filter allows questions from the question bank to be embedded anywhere that users can input HTML. This can be used in various ways. It can be a way to make learning materials more interactive. For example you may wish to embed an interactive question in a Book, or a Page, or even a Label. Or perhaps a student asks in a forum about some tricky grammar concept, and you have a question that illustrates your reply, well now you can include that question in your reply, so the student can immediately test their understanding.
It is designed to be used with the associated Atto editor plugin which makes it easier to set up the embedding.
Installing the Embedded questions progress report is also recommended. This lets staff and students track what progress has been made at all the embedded questions in a course.
Questions can only be embedded if they have an idnumber set, and where the category the question is in has an idnumber. This is for two reasons: first, to make it harder to accidentally embed questions from your end-of-course exam; and second, because this is how the filter uniquely identifies the question to show.
Note: Essay is not an interactive question. Description is neither interactive nor a question.
This plugin was created by the Open University, UK.
I have the same problem as mentioned by Sarah Poulin.
I use Moodle 4.0.3 Theme Boost.
I'm not a pro in programming, if someone can help me it would be appreciated.
Are you planning to allow integrating questions from outside of the course?
Because in our moodle-structure different classes have different courses and it would be much easier to copy activities with embedded content, if we could use a shared questions bank for the whole department.
Any information regarding this would be very much appreciated.
We don't have any plans for supporting embedding questions from outside of the course. We've kept it to being content on the same course for easy troubleshooting, security, data recording, and ensuring users having the right permissions etc.
I recommend simply exporting your questions into the different courses.
If Moodle Core changes how shareable the question bank is in the future (shareable questions with centralised question versioning would be very nice!) , we might take advantage of that, but that is a bridge to cross when we get there.
Looking forward to potential changes and until then, we will live with the system as it is and will be considering your suggestions.