Java Molecular Editor

Question types ::: qtype_jme
Maintained by Jean-Michel Védrine
Part of set Seeking new maintainer.
Question type created by Dan Stowell. The student draw a molecule as a response to a question using the editor and that response is graded by comparing against various model answers. Old version of the JME question type were using a java applet, but this question type now uses a Javascript applet: JSME. JSME is a free and Open source molecule editor written in JavaScript.

Java Molecular Editor 2.0 for Moodle 2.6+

Moodle 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
Released: Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 3:57 AM

WARNING : IMPORTANT CHANGE IN THIS VERSION Previous versions of the jme Moodle question type were using a java applet, the JME Molecule Editor©.

JME Molecule Editor© is a freely-available molecule editor tool, but it is not open-source. Another problem with JME is that it is now very difficult to work with java applets due to security alerts and rules in web browsers.

This new version nuse no more Java applet, it uses a javascript applet : JSME.

JSME Molecule Editor by Pter Erl and Bruno Bienfait by Peter Ertl and Bruno Bienfait is a free molecule editor written in JavaScript. JSME is a direct successor of the JME Molecule Editor applet.

The JSME Molecule Editor is open source and is released under the terms of the BSD license. The jme Moodle question type plugin is open-source under the GNU Public Licence GPL), the same licence as Moodle.

If you downloaded this plugin from the Moodle plugin Directry or from a github repository, all the JSME files necessary for it to work are NOT INCLUDED. So you must get a copy of the JSME Molecule Editor to be able to use this plugin.

Go to http://peter-ertl.com/jsme/ and click on the download link to download the latest release of the JSME Molecule Editor (JSME_2014-06-28 at the time this text is written).

Unzip the archive and copy the CONTENT of the jsme/ subfolder into question/type/jme/jsme/. Warning : verify you get it right : you should have a question/type/jme/jsme/jsme.nocache.js file and NOT question/type/jme/jsme/jsme/jsme.nocache.js ! You would not be the first one to make this mistake !

Version information

Version build number
2014080800
Version release name
2.0 for Moodle 2.6+
Can be updated to
2.12 for Moodle 2.6+ (2015050600)
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
73ac9059edfc5567a32bea451ce2e785
Supported software
Moodle 2.6, Moodle 2.7, Moodle 2.8

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Question types

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the module.
  3. Place the folder (eg "myquestiontype") in the "question/type" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation