Essay responses downloader plugin (quiz_essaydownload)

Quiz reports ::: quiz_essaydownload
Maintained by Philipp Imhof
Quiz report plugin for the Moodle LMS, allowing to bulk download student responses and attachments to essay questions.

Essay responses downloader plugin (quiz_essaydownload) 1.6.2

Moodle 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0
Released: Monday, 14 April 2025, 5:34 PM

Changelog

1.6.2 (2025-04-14)

  • assure compatibility with Moodle 5.0

1.6.1 (2025-01-12)

  • bugfix: fix export of question text with embedded images
  • internal: add unit tests for Windows based servers

1.6.0 (2024-12-10)

  • improvement: for quizzes that allow multiple attempts, add option to export only first/last/best attempt

1.5.0 (2024-12-03)

  • improvement: store export settings in user preferences
  • improvement: allow grouping all responses of an attempt in one PDF
  • bugfix: fixed bad page breaking when footer is enabled
  • bugfix: page format US Letter now working properly
  • internal: update CI for upcoming Moodle version

1.4.0 (2024-11-03)

  • improvement: add option for flatter folder hierarchy in archive

1.3.0 (2024-10-27)

  • improvement: add option to convert relative font-size from rem to percent, working around MDL-67360
  • improvement: add option to include footer with page number
  • improvement: add option to include word and character count
  • bugfix: linebreaks are no longer lost when creating PDF output from plain-text summary

1.2.0 (2024-10-07)

  • assure compatibility with freshly released Moodle 4.5 LTS
  • improvement: add possibility to export formatted responses to PDF
  • internal: added tests
  • internal: remove temporary CI change after bug in moodle-plugin-ci was fixed

1.1.0 (2024-08-23)

  • improvement: add setting to choose between ordering by first/last or last/first name
  • improvement: add setting to use shorter names and thus avoid problem with Windows' unzipper
  • internal: temporary change CI to work around problem with moodle-plugin-ci

1.0.2 (2024-08-08)

  • bugfix: avoid corruption of ZIP file in case of errors
  • improvement: in case of an error, include detailed message in ZIP file
  • internal: add test with empty response to essay question

1.0.1 (2024-04-26)

  • bugfix: download button was not working properly
  • testing: add behat test for download button
  • internal: simplified CI

1.0.0 (2024-04-19)

Initial release, inspired by the moodle-quiz_downloadsubmissions plugin. Main features:

  • compatible with all current versions of Moodle, i. e. 4.1 and higher
  • support for course groups
  • support for attachments

Version information

Version build number
2025041400
Version release name
1.6.2
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
072e8c5c29290c9bbb3464734a1cc38e
Supported software
Moodle 4.1, Moodle 4.2, Moodle 4.3, Moodle 4.4, Moodle 4.5, Moodle 5.0
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.1
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.2
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.3
  • 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
v1.6.2

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Quiz reports

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