Pattern-match question type
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| Pattern-match question type | |
|---|---|
| Type | question type |
| Set | N/A |
| Downloads | https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_pmatch |
| Issues | https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_pmatch |
| Discussion | https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=737 |
| Maintainer(s) | Tim Hunt |
- Managing questions
- Question behaviours
- Question permissions
- Question types
- Calculated
- Simple Calculated
- Drag and drop into text
- Drag and drop markers
- Drag and drop onto image
- Calculated Multichoice
- Description
- Essay
- Matching
- Embedded Answers (Cloze)
- Multiple Choice
- Random Short Answer Matching
- Select missing words
- Short-Answer
- Numerical
- True/False
- Third-party question types
- Questions FAQ
Pattern-match questions allow the student to give an answer of up to about 20 words, which can then be automatically graded by matching the students response against a number of different patterns expressed in the PMatch syntax. The first matching pattern determines the score and the feedback.
This is a question type created and maintained by the Open University.
Note: This question type assumes that the decimal separator is a full stop. It will not work if you try to use a a decimal comma.
More documentation
More documentation is available in the Open University's reference manual. That includes a description of the pmatch syntax. There is another page that explains The OU PMatch algorithm, but that was written before development started, and may not be a 100% accurate description of what was finally implemented.
See also
- Other Moodle plugins from the Open University
- Other third-party question type plugins
- eAssessment at the Open University with open source software
- Regular Expression Short-Answer question type additional plugin (that can easily account for permutations and accepting any combination of blank spaces).
- Essay (auto-grade) question type additional plugin
- Preg question type additional plugin (for Moodle branches 2.3 to 3.1 only)
