Ordering

Question types ::: qtype_ordering
Maintained by Gordon Bateson
Ordering question type for Moodle 2.x and Moodle 3.x

Ordering 2021-06-13 (03)

Moodle 2.9, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
Released: neděle, 13. června 2021, 09.17
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Change log for qtype_ordering
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2021-06-13 (03)
- fix Issue #63. Restore missing method 'set_default_value()'

2021-06-09 (02)
- add message to CHANGES.txt

2021-06-09 (02)
- in edit form, rename 'get_default_value()' method to 'get_my_default_value()' for compatability with Moodle >= 3.10

2021-06-08 (01)
- modify declaration of parameters accepted by get_default_value method in the edit form

2019-12-14 (00)
- Thanks Tim Hunt: (1) Update Behat tests to use the MDL-66821 changes (2) Fix Behat test that was failing
- Thanks HuongNV13: (1) Items crash together horizontally (2) Number/letter no longer tracks with dragged item

2019-12-12 (98)
- fix JS error on Moodle >= 3.7 caused by incorrect syntax in 'define' statement in key_codes.js

2019-10-24 (96)
- standardize layout and spelling in CHANGES.txt

2019-10-06 (94)
- fix behavior in Adaptive mode, with 'Whether correct' review option enabled

2019-07-31 (93)
- (github-issue #43 and #44): rename upper case numberstyles to ABCD and IIII in order to differentiate from lower case styles on DBs, such as MySQL, which use case insensitive indexes.

2019-07-12 (92)
- rename 'answernumbering' to 'numberingstyle' and include this field in import/export of xml/gift formats.

2019-07-11 (91)
- intermittent commit to rename answeringnumbering to numberingstyle

2019-07-11 (90)
- Qtype_ordering: Numbering for lists (123.., abc...) (#42) Thanks Mahmoud. Great job!

2019-03-06 (89)
- fix URL of secondary zip download site

2019-03-06 (89)
- fix small typo in behat test file

2019-03-06 (88)
- fix small typo in language file and optimize logic in form validation

2019-03-05 (87)
- Qtype ordering should not allow duplicatue items (#40) Thank you Mahmoud Kassaei for your continuing work to improve the Ordering question type

2019-02-19 (86)
- small fix to spelling and whitespace

2019-02-19 (86)
- qtype_ordering: Ordering codechecker (#39) * Code checker issues on edit_ordering_form.php * function question_register_questiontype() not needed in questiontype.php * Code checker issues in questiontype.php * Code checker issues in question.php * Code checker issues in renderer.php * Code checker issues in version.php

2019-02-08 (85)
- Merge pull request #38 from mkassaei/ordering_cleanup Ordering cleanup - thanks Mahmoud Kassaei!

2019-01-25 (84)
- remove deprecated jquery folder and amd/*.js files

2019-01-25 (84)
- Merge pull request #37 from timhunt/qtype-ordering-js-css New JavaScript implementation - many thanks to Tim Hunt and Mahmoud Kassei of Open University

2019-01-08 (83)
- add showgrading field to backup file

2018-12-26 (82)
- restore accidentally removed settings.php

2018-12-26 (82)
- (readme.txt) added credits for recent improvements: Thanks to Tim Hunt, Mahmoud Kassaei, and Dominique Bauer

2018-12-22 (81)
- fix Github issue #36: remove contenteditable from LI element, and instead attach to ancestor element in DOM

2018-12-22 (80)
- fix Github issue #36: draggable items become stuck to cursor when logged as student in Boost theme on Moodle 3.6

2018-12-21 (79)
- improve logic and of code to get_subset and code to add repeated elements to form

2018-12-15 (78)
- fix Github issue #35: Clicking Add to add items more than once without saving the question in between has incorrect and unwanted behavior

2018-12-12 (77)
- rename variables to improve readability of loop that detects ordered subsets

2018-12-12 (77)
- optimize code and comments in loop to detect ordered subsets
- Merge pull request #34 from timhunt/walkthrough-unit-test Unit tests of the question as a whole - Thanks to Tim Hunt

2018-12-11 (76)
- fix detection of longest ordered/contiguous subset grading type

2018-11-29 (75)
- fix detection of longest ordered/contiguous subset grading type
- fix detection of Longest ordered/contiguous subset where two or more such subsets exist
- Merge pull request #32 from timhunt/response-analysis Response analysis - many thank Tim Hunt
- fix detection of Longest ordered/contiguous subset where two or more such subsets exist

2018-11-26 (74)
- fix indexing of items when "Item selection type" is "Select a contiguous subset of items". The incorrect indexing resulted in less than the exptected number of items being displayed.

2018-11-19 (73)
- update version.php for recent BEHAT modifications

2018-11-01 (72)
- added new setting to specify number of new draggable items to be added to a question

2018-06-29 (71)
- ensure get_possible_responses does not fail even if there is no correct response

2018-06-18 (70)
- add standard syntax for ::name:: in improve export/import of GIFT format

2018-05-24 (69)
- fix import of GIFT text files

2018-01-17 (68)
- improvements for compatability with AMD in Moodle >= 2.9. Many thanks to Jakob Ackermann (github.com/jacac)

2018-01-16 (67)
- improvements for compatability with AMD in Moodle >= 2.9. Many thanks to Jakob Ackermann (github.com/jacac)

2017-11-23 (66)
- recognize RELATIVE_TO_CORRECT in gift import file

2017-11-22 (65)
- fix issue in Moodle 3.4 in which sorted order is not returned to server for processing

2017-08-01 (64)
- release new grading method: relative to correct - thanks to Anatoliy Markiv and Kings College London, UK

2017-07-25 (63)
- fix score calculation for individual items on RELATIVE_TO_CORRET grading method

2017-07-22 (62)
- refine scoring on relative-to-correct grading method

2017-07-21 (61)
- add preliminary version of new grading type: RELATIVE_TO_CORRECT

2017-07-01 (60)
- return result from 'summarize_response' for use in 'Technical information' and Response report

2017-05-08 (59)
- restore functionality on Moodle 2.0

2017-04-26 (58)
- fix display of images in feedback and explanatino of correct response

2016-10-26 (57)
- small improvements to the wording in a couple of code comments
- imrpove code readability when setting flags to pass to methods to retrieve/check answers

2016-10-26 (56)
- fix behavior of Ordering question when the quiz is in adaptive mode (with or without penalties)

2016-08-16 (55)
- add new option to SHOW/HIDE score calculations when a student reviews a response to an Ordering qusetion

2016-05-11 (54)
- added development history and credits to the readme.txt file
- added development history and credits to the readme.txt file

2016-05-11 (53)
- added development history and credits to the readme.txt file
- merge Vadim's PULL request for phpdocs and code style

2016-05-03 (53)
- improve commenting and add failsafe 'default' block to 'switch' statement

2016-05-02 (52)
- add missing settings.php from recent merge

2016-05-02 (51)
- allow images in backup/restore of ordering questions - thanks vadimonus \!

2016-04-27 (50)
- fix grade calculation for LONGEST_CONTIGUOUS_SUBSET when longest subset starts in a middle position

2016-03-29 (49)
- force standard settings for Ordering questions used by Reader quizzes

2016-03-29 (48)
- force standard settings for Ordering questions used by Reader quizzes

2016-03-29 (47)
- force standard settings for Ordering questions used by Reader quizzes

2016-03-28 (46)
- make default selection type 'random'

2016-02-24 (45)
- set default layout to VERTICAL when importing from GIFT or XML file

2016-02-24 (44)
- replace numeric literals with class constants to represent grading methog values

2016-02-24 (43)
- improve correctness report for incorrect respones in ALL_OR_NOTHING grading type

2016-02-24 (42)
- add new grading method: ALL_OR_NOTHING

2016-02-24 (41)
- fix export/import of gradingtype for Ordering questions

2016-01-23 (40)
- add new grading type: LONGEST_CONTIGUOUS_SUBSET

2016-01-11 (39)
- add new gradetype: LONGEST_ORDERED_SUBSET

2016-01-02 (38)
- fix display of number when showing correct order of items in a horizontal list

2016-01-02 (37)
- fix handling of unscored items in grading details during review of question attempt
- fix handling of unscored items in grading details during review of question attempt

2016-01-01 (36)
- fix grade calculation for RELATIVE_ONE_PREVIOUS_AND_NEXT and RELATIVE_ALL_PREVIOUS_AND_NEXT, and add grade/score details for less than perfect grades

2015-12-31 (35)
- finish implementation of new setting, gradingtype, to allow different grading methods for ordering questions

2015-11-23 (33)
- fix errors creating new question on Moodle 3.0

2015-11-18 (32)
- fix errors related to html editors when creating new Ordering questions

2015-11-18 (31)
- allow full HTML editors on answers in order to allow images and pictures

2015-11-15 (30)
- increase padding of draggable elements to allow easier dropping in first and last positions

2015-11-14 (29)
- remove duplicate code and unnecessary comments from legacy/questionlib for Moodle 2.0
- fix display and state storage of Moodle 2.0

2015-11-13 (28)
- mod/reader small fixes for Moodle 2.0

2015-11-11 (27)
- fix missing vairable DB in Moodle 2.0
- remove excess vertical white space below sortable list DIV

2015-11-09 (26)
- add interactive settings to question creation form

2015-11-07 (25)
- add horizontal layout, and fix feedback fieds on import from xml and gift formats

2015-07-31 (24)
- remove unnecessary stripslashes when formatting question text

2015-07-13 (23)
- change CSS draggable item width to 80% instead of fixed 360px in order to improve display on small screens

2015-02-21 (22)
- fix restoring or options in ordering questions

2015-02-21 (21)
- fix restoring or options in ordering questions
- fix restoring or options in ordering questions

2015-02-15 (20)
- ensure JQuery is high enough version to allow drag-and-drop when Quiz is in a popup window
- ensure JQuery is high enough version to allow drag-and-drop when Quiz is in a popup window

2015-02-05 (19)
- fix restore error message about missing table: (should be qtype_ordering_options)

2015-01-30 (18)
- cater for missing data about responses when reviewing an attempt at an Ordering question

2015-01-24 (17)
- fix "undefined index" error when viewing results for old ordering attempts which have no reponse details

2015-01-23 (16)
- fix error upgrading when there are duplicate questionids in qtype_ordering_options table

2015-01-19 (15)
- fix installation error: Key column 'question' doesn't exist in table

2015-01-17 (14)
- reliminary code to get implement questiontypebase.php on Moodle 2.0
- remember ordering question state when moving between pages in a quiz

2015-01-17 (13)
- remember ordering question state when moving between pages in a quiz

2015-01-17 (13)
- remember ordering question state when moving between pages in a quiz

2015-01-17 (12)
- remember ordering question state when moving between pages in a quiz

2015-01-17 (11)
- remember ordering question state when moving between pages in a quiz

2015-01-14 (10)
- improve display of reviously stored response in incomplete attempts
- fix typo in ordering/question.php

2015-01-14 (09)
- fix compatibility of feedback fields in Moodle 2.0

2015-01-14 (08)
- use standard methods to add feedback in edit form

2014-12-19 (07)
- allow images to embedded in question text and feedback

2014-12-08 (06)
- rename 'jquery.ui.touch-punch.js' to 'jquery-ui.touch-punch.js'

2014-12-04 (05)
- try a few improvements for Moodle 2.0
- small improvement to code that accesses $SESSION values

2014-12-04 (05)
- replace use of $_SESSION variable with Moodle's $SESSION array
- replace use of $_SESSION variable with Moodle's $SESSION array
- restrict scope of css on ordering question
- fix upgrade script to check for existence of reader_question_instances before attempting to acces sit
- improve compatability with Moodle 2.0
- use Moodle's standard jquery libraries in Moodle >= 2.5

2014-11-30 (03)
- update to latest version of JQuery (11.1) and add mouse-punch to handle drag-drop events on touchscreens
- update to latest version of JQuery (11.1) and add mouse-punch to handle drag-drop events on touchscreens

2014-07-26 (02)
- always show correct answer in review mode
- fix display of correct/wrong items for question review
- fix display of correct/wrong items for question review
- fix display of correct/wrong items for question review

2014-05-14 (01)
- fix display of correct/wrong items for question review
- fix display of correct/wrong items for question review
- add method to intialize new ordering question
- half fix for delays and cheating
- fix undefined passwordsaltmain in Moodle >= 2.6

2013-06-28 (00)
- standardize version.php and add readme.txt

2013-06-28 (00)
- standardize version.php and add readme.txt
- replace __DIR__ with dirname(__FILE__) for compatability with PHP 5.2
- fix REFTABLE 'questions' -> 'question' in db/install.xml
- add print_question_formulation_and_controls method required to display ordering questions in Moodle 2.0
- add print_question_formulation_and_controls method required to display ordering questions in Moodle 2.0
- use standard message to report DB insert/update errors
- use standard message to report DB insert/update errors
- fix any badly formed ordering questions that were added by earlier versions of GIFT/XML import
- fix error 'logical cannot be NULL' when importing from GIFT file
- add import/export GIFT/XML
- increment version number to be instep with Reader module
- remove debug statements which caused scoring of ordering questions to be lower than it should be
- use md5 instead of fraction field as id in ordering questions
- add first attempt at backup/restore
- tidy up and optimze javascript
- tidy up and optimze javascript
- tidy up and optimze javascript
- remove unnecessary print_r statement, and and tidy up some whitespace
- fix cvs/git/svn ignore files
- fix cvs/git/svn ignore files
- add cvs/git/svn ignore files
- add strings and classes required by Moodle 2.0
- fix undefined question_type on Moodle 2.0
- add new plugin strings required by Moodle 2.3
- question/type/ordering: add plugin strings required for Moodle 2.3
- add reader module for Moodle 2.x

Version information

Version build number
2021061303
Version release name
2021-06-13 (03)
Maturity
Stabilní verze
MD5 Sum
74180ec2d6a5f60720cd8c03af2d1175
Supported software
Moodle 2.9, Moodle 3.0, Moodle 3.1, Moodle 3.2, Moodle 3.3, Moodle 3.4, Moodle 3.5, Moodle 3.6, Moodle 3.7, Moodle 3.8, Moodle 3.9, Moodle 3.10, Moodle 3.11
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  • Latest release for Moodle 3.9
  • Latest release for Moodle 3.10
  • The more recent release 2023-09-29 (10) (2023092910) exists for Moodle 3.11

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL
VCS tag
2021-06-13-(03)

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