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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.

Calculated Objects question type
Type	question type
Set	N/A
Downloads	https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=qtype_calculatedobjects
Issues	https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=qtype_calculatedobjects
Discussion	https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_calculatedobjects
Maintainer(s)	Nick Freear

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-This a Moodle question type which extends the [[Calculated question type|Calculated]] question type.
+{{Infobox plugin
+|type = question type
+|entry = https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=qtype_calculatedobjects
+|tracker = https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=qtype_calculatedobjects
+|discussion = https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_calculatedobjects
+|maintainer = [[user:Nick Freear|Nick Freear]]
+|float = right
+}}
+This a contributed Moodle question type which extends the [[Calculated question type|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 &times; images of apples and oranges respectively. It is aimed at pre/primary-school students (approximately age 3-9).
+- where the {wildcards} become M and N &times; images of apples and oranges respectively. It is aimed at pre/primary-school students (approximately age 3-10).
+<p align="center" style="border:1px solid #ddd;">http://moodle.org/file.php/1/moddata/data/13/48/4143/mdl-q-calcobjects-5a-sub-green.png</p>
+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.
@@ Line 9: / Line 26: @@
 (Author N.D.Freear, 14 August 2010.)
-Currently supported wildcards:  apple, orange, pear, pineapple, walnut, cookie (each with or without an 's', eg. {cookies} and with an optional differentiator). For example,
+== Installation ==
-  {apples_1} - {apples_2}
+# Download from [https://moodle.org/plugins/view/qtype_calculatedobjects 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, <nowiki>http://my.school/moodle/admin/</nowiki> - there are no database changes for this question type.
+== Change log ==
+* 2 September 2010/ Pre-"release" - [http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/CONTRIB-2308#action_91778 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:
+* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons] and [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=0&search=fruit+icon contributors] for clip art/images.
+* [http://www.openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art Library] and contributors for clip art/images.
+* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=156605 Quiz forum] contributors and [http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/CONTRIB-2308 developers] on Moodle.org, for valuable feedback.
-<p align="center">http://tracker.moodle.org/secure/attachment/21302/mdl-q-calcobjects-5-sub-like.png</p>
+== See also ==
-* Initial discussion: [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=156605 Using Moodle, Quiz forum]
+* [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=4143 Calculated objects for Moodle 1.9, in the plugins database]
-* Initial issue: CONTRIB-2308
+* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=156605 Initial discussion, in the Quiz forum] (Using Moodle)
+* [http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/CONTRIB/component/10720 Report bugs &amp; make suggestions]
+* (Initial bug/issue: CONTRIB-2308)
 [[Category:Contributed code]]
 [[Category:Questions]]
+[[Category:Mathematics]]
+[[es:Tipo de pregunta objetos calculados]]

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