moodlexport 0.0.2

A package to export test questions into Moodle from python or latex

moodlexport

This Python module provides code which allows to easily generate families of questions (called categories in Moodle) that can be directly exported to Moodle and used to create a test. The main idea is that :

• it is easier to define mathematical objects in Python than Moodle
• generating random problems is simpler in Python (Moodle provides a way to generate random number but it is quite a mess)

Features of this module so far :

• Creating a question. Supported classes of questions are:
  • "essay" : the student answers in a white text box. Options are :
    • Possibility for the student to upload a file as an answer as well.
  • "multichoice" : the question comes with at least 2 possible answers. Options are :
    • Possibility to specify "multiple answers allowed" or "unique answer allowed"
• All the options available in Moodle are available here (defining a grade, information for the grader, feedback, etc)
• Creating a category (family) of questions
• Adding a question to a given category
• Export a category of questions under the format Moodle XML, which can be imported directly into Moodle.
• Supports Unicode éàê ...
• Supports Latex syntax : correctly supports inline latex with $e^x$, and equation with $$ f(x) = \sum_i x_i^2 $$, \begin{equation*}...\end{equation*}, \begin{cases} etc

Simple examples :

category = Category("Questions for exam 2")
question = Question("essay") # new open question
question.text("What is the derivative of $f(x) = e^x + 0.5 \Vert x \Vert^2$.") # question with latex
question.grade(1.5)
question.addto(category) # adds the question to the category
category.save() # creates a "Questions for exam 2.xml" file ready to import in Moodle

question = Question("multichoice") # new multiple choice question
question.text("Is every symmetric matrix invertible?")
question.grade(2.0)
Answer("Yes", False).addto(question)
Answer("No", True).addto(question) 
question.addto(category) 
category.save()

Known issues/missing features :

• Extract list of questions from .txt file is doable online see https://vletools.herokuapp.com/info/help but their code is not shared...
• for multichoice we never check that the sum of the fractions is equal to 100%