Approval issue created: CONTRIB-9556

Hello, I would like to apologize if this isn't the correct place to ask this. I installed this plugin on my Moodle 4.1 site and when I try to unzip the downloaded responses I will get an error. Is there any idea on how I should correct this?

Hello and thanks for reaching out. It's very hard to tell with so little information. If you get a ZIP file, that means that the plugin does its job. If unzipping the file fails, that can have several reasons, e. g. you might be using the wrong program. Of course, it is also possible that there is something wrong with the ZIP file itself. If you are able to provide more information, please go to the bugtracker (link in the "Useful links" section above) and open an issue. I am happy to have a look.

Hi Phillip, thank you for an awesome plugin. I've installed the plugin but when I download the zip file and try and open it, it says the file is empty and can't extract the download. Do you have any suggestions on what I could be doing incorrectly.

Thanks Atulukumar and sorry the plugin is not working for you. Would you mind posting as many details as possible in the corresponding issue on GitHub: https://github.com/PhilippImhof/moodle-quiz_essaydownload/issues/4

Maybe you can also export the corresponding quiz, so that I can run some tests. I cannot reproduce the issue, for me everything is working fine -- obviously, because I would not have published it otherwise... As soon as I know more, I will prepare a fix for you.

I have just released version 1.0.2 which fixes a bug that could produce corrupted ZIP archives.

Please note that sometimes extracting fails when using the built-in tool from Windows Explorer. An option to workaround that OS specific problem will follow. Until then, consider using another extraction tool if you experience problems.

I have just released version 1.1.0 which allows users to choose between First/Last or Last/First name convention. It also includes an option to shorten file and path names in order to work around a problem with the Windows' built-in unzipper tool.

Next version is planned for October, at the same time as the release of Moodle 4.5 LTS. It will come with an updated configuration form and allow exporting formatted answers as PDFs. Stay tuned.

Dear users

Moodle 4.5 (LTS) has been released today. I have published an updated version of the plugin, version 1.2.0, which is fully compatible and now offers the possibility to export the student's response to a PDF document.

Dear users

I have published version 1.3.0 which adds some new features like word and character count or page numbering.

Hi Phillip,
Thank you for your efforts, I have a question. In English Language quizzes, the teacher wouldn't like to the other non-editing teachers to see the students' attempts (to prevent revealing the questions), in case I install this plugin, will only essay questions be downloaded? how can instructor add the essay grade to the quiz?

Hello Nelly

Thanks for reaching out. In Moodle, a non-editing teacher has the permission to view the students' attempts, so they can view all questions that have been asked in any quiz. Thus, a non-editing teacher can use this plugin to download the responses, the actual question texts and any possible attachments for any given quiz. In its current version, the plugin will only ever include essay questions and randomly chosen essay questions; no other question types will be included in the archive. (Also, I do not quite understand the problem: a person enrolled as non-editing teacher should be trustworthy and there should be no fear that they could reveal questions.)

As for the other question: The plugin is used to export the data from a quiz for efficient manual correction. It does not have any functionality to import grades and there are currently no plans to add that. I am pretty sure that there already is a plugin for this, though.

Best regards

Hi,

Thank you for this amazing plugin.
I encountered the following errors while downloading in PDF format:
1) 'TCPDF ERROR: [Image] Unable to get the size of the image.'
2) sizeof(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, null given.

For your information, some responses contain equations created using the equation editor. And I'm using Moodle Version 4.5
Could you please assist me in resolving these issues? I would appreciate any guidance you can provide.
Thank you.

Hello Nadia

This error has been fixed. You can just update the plugin to the most recent version.

Best regards