Combined

Question types ::: qtype_combined

Maintained by

Tim Hunt,

Phil Butcher,

Mahmoud Kassaei

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)

Latest release: 16 months

1211 sites

468 downloads

60 fans

Current versions available: 7

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There are working examples in eAssessment with Moodle on our OpenLearn site.

The documentation is in How to create questions in Moodle on that site.

This question types uses other question types as sub questions. It allows you to have one or more entry fields for any of these question types embedded in your question text. You must have at least one of these question types installed for this combined question type to work :

Variable numeric
- (the variable numeric question type in turn requires variable numeric set)
Pattern match
OU multiple response
and / or Select missing word

Here is an example of a question where a teacher has combined 1 variable numeric, 1 pmatch, 1 multiple response and 1 select missing word sub question in one combined question.

Example of a combined question

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Contributors

Tim Hunt (Lead maintainer)

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Phil Butcher: Question type designer

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Mahmoud Kassaei: Developer

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Jamie Pratt: Developer

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Chris Nelson: Product owner

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Early bird 3.1

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Comments

Tim Hunt
Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 3:16 AM
To fix the error, you need to undo all the changes you made. Did you keep careful notes? Or take a back-up before you started? If you want more help, I suggest you post in the quiz forum https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=737
Kim Diana
Tue, 4 Aug 2015, 10:31 PM
I uninstalled and install again but it doesn't help. Whenever I click 'Combined' question type to create new question, it shows a blank page...
I will post on the forum. Thank you Tim
Jarreau Mathys
Thu, 19 Nov 2015, 10:48 PM
When will you update for 3.0. It seems to move certain question types around causing errors after plug in instal.
Tim Hunt
Thu, 19 Nov 2015, 11:32 PM
Ah yes. When the drag-drop question types were added to Moodle core, the 'combinable' bits were removed. We need a new release of the Combined question type to include those bits, in order for it to be 3.0 compatible. Sorry about that. I will try to do it soon.

Thank you for reporting this problem.
S. Ali
Fri, 19 Feb 2016, 10:23 PM
Hello,
Just wondering if there's an update on the 3.0 compatible version of the Combined question type?
We were planning to upgrade on Mon but a test upgrade shows that our quizzes with Combined questions will not work so we will need to delay it until a compatible version is available as we use it quite a lot. Hope it can be made available soon.

Thank you.
Tim Hunt
Fri, 19 Feb 2016, 10:29 PM
The issue is that in Moodle 3.0, qtype_gapselect was added to the standard Moodle release. As part of that, the 'combinable' folder was removed. (https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_gapselect/tree/master/combinable)

I think all you need to do to make this work is to add the combinable folder back to the gapselect type.

(The proper fix, that will take me a bit loger, is that to basically undo this change: https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_combined/commit/c1c9aec26b6c6ac58e5707f4e3ed29b19673f0aa)
S. Ali
Sat, 20 Feb 2016, 2:45 AM
Hello Tim,

Thank you Very much for the quick response and the workaround.
I added the folder as suggested and It's fine now.

Thanks!
Tim Hunt
Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 2:55 AM
Finally, we have a Moodle 3.0-compatible version of this question type. Sorry it took so long.
S. Ali
Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 6:51 AM
Hello Tim,

Thank you for the update.
I've tried to install it but it's failing with the following error:
[Error] Required Moodle version [2015111603]

I have installed: 1.3 for Moodle 2.6+ [2015051000] running on Moodle 3.0.2+ (Build: 20160218)

Kind Regards,
sali
Tim Hunt
Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 7:28 AM
Drat! That is what you get for trying to do things in a rush before leaving work. New version pushed. Hopefully that will work now.
S. Ali
Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 7:58 AM
Thank you. Works very well now.
lucia liljegren
Tue, 28 June 2016, 9:03 PM
Hi,
I upgraded from 2.5.xomething to 2.7.14 to 3.1 in one fell swoop yesterday. The combined questions do not display. (I can see them in the question bank, but I get a total blank screen if I try to view the question or edit it.) Tips for what to do?
lucia liljegren
Wed, 29 June 2016, 1:06 AM

I don't know if my fiddling to upgrade caused this, or if the official installation tried to declare the class twice. But someone advised me to look at debug. I get this:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class qtype_combined_combinable_type_gapselect in [...] /moodle/question/type/combined/combinable/gapselect/combinable.php on line 0

I looked and 'combinable.php' is called both by
[...] /question/type/combined/combinable/gapselect/combinable.php and
[...] /question/type/gapselect/combinable/combinable.php

Would deleting the one in "combined/combinable/gapselect/combinable.php" fix the issue without also causing problems in "Select missing words"?
Tim Hunt
Wed, 29 June 2016, 1:09 AM
Wrong way around. In Moodle 3.x, the one in question/type/gapselect/combinable/combinable.php should not exist.
Stephen Parry
Wed, 14 June 2017, 4:59 AM
Hi Tim,
Is there any chance we might get 3.2 compatible versions of the combined and other various question types please? 3.1.x is now out of support and I would really like to upgrade to 3.2 or 3.3
Thanks