Calculated Objects question type

This a contributed Moodle question type which extends the Calculated question type.

Versions available

This plugin is available for Moodle 1.9 to 2.3

Wild cards

Teachers can create questions like,

  How much is {apples} + {oranges}?

- where the {wildcards} become M and N × images of apples and oranges respectively. It is aimed at pre/primary-school students (approximately age 3-10).

http://moodle.org/file.php/1/moddata/data/13/48/4143/mdl-q-calcobjects-5a-sub-green.png

Currently supported wildcards: apple, orange, pear, pineapple, walnut, cookie (each with or without an 's', eg. {cookies} and with an optional differentiator). For example,

  {apples_1} - {apples_2}

Tested with Moodle 1.9.7.

(Author N.D.Freear, 14 August 2010.)

Installation

Download from the Moodle plugins database and unzip the archive. Copy the directory 'calculatedobjects' into the directory {MOODLE}/question/type/ on your server.
Visit the administrator 'notifications' page, http://my.school/moodle/admin/ - there are no database changes for this question type.

Change log

2 September 2010/ Pre-"release" - [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/CONTRIB-2308 CONTRIB-2308].
8 September 2010 - Added new clip art ('greenapple', 'tomato', 'cake', 'pencil', 'car'). Aliases: 'apple'=>'greenapple'. And, added all objects to language pack - CONTRIB-2334.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to:

Wikimedia Commons and contributors for clip art/images.
Open Clip Art Library and contributors for clip art/images.
Quiz forum contributors and developers on Moodle.org, for valuable feedback.

Documentation