Combined

Question types ::: qtype_combined
Maintained by TimTim Hunt, Phil Butcher, at the OU (Perry building)Mahmoud Kassaei, Anupama Sarjoshi
Part of set Open University.
A Moodle question type which allows questions to be built up from parts that are other simpler question types (requires you to have these question types installed)

Combined 2.3 for Moodle 4.4+

Moodle 4.4, 4.5, 5.0
Released: Thursday, 17 July 2025, 9:19 PM

Changes in 2.3

  • This version is compatible with Moodle 5.0 and 4.5.
  • Fixed alignment issues for correct/incorrect icons in single-choice and multi-response sub-questions.
  • Show Your Working: Now available as both a textarea and an editor (supports file uploads).
  • Fixed backup and restore tests to run synchronously for Moodle 4.4.
  • Combined PMatch:
    • First answer box now prefilled with match () to help authors.
    • Added option to enable/disable spellcheck.
    • Added missing help text for the model answer field.
    • Added option to treat curly/straight punctuation marks as interchangeable (default = on).
  • Feedback textarea size increased to two lines.
  • Combined Numeric:
    • Added Feedback for correct response field to the edit form.
    • Added validation to ensure the teacher’s answer is in the correct format.
  • Combined:
    • Fixed fatal error when Show Working area is blank.
    • Fixed bug where Incorrect feedback displayed even when not needed.
    • Answer fields now highlighted when unanswered.
    • Improved display of incorrect feedback by replacing underscores with spaces in placeholders.
    • Fixed Undefined property: qtype_combined_showworking_fake_question::$id error when attaching an image to Show Working.
    • Fixed exception when editing a question with Show Working.
  • Defined excluded hash fields and implemented legacy backup data conversion (MDL-83541).
  • Fixed coding style issues and improved automated tests.

Version information

Version build number
2025062600
Version release name
2.3 for Moodle 4.4+
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
bd312fbd5c5cf07c5693f38f098d6453
Supported software
Moodle 4.4, Moodle 4.5, Moodle 5.0
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.4
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.5
  • Latest release for Moodle 5.0

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL
VCS tag
v2.3

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