The document discusses different types of fill-in-the-blank question formats that can be used in Moodle, including cloze questions, gapfill questions, drag-and-drop questions, and dropdown questions. It provides details on how to implement these question types, such as using brackets to indicate gaps, shuffling clues for each attempt, and allowing typing or selections. The gapfill question type is presented as an alternative to cloze questions that is easier for both students and programmers.
Fill in the gaps question creation for mere mortals Marcus Green
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Fill in the gaps question types
For mere mortals
Marcus Green
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Moodle Cloze Question Type
• Powerful but complex
• Complete the following phrase
The {1:MULTICHOICE:= cat~rat~dog} sat on the
{1:MULTICHOICE:= mat~rug~hat}
• Difficult even for programmers
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The Gapfill Alternative
• Put square braces around the missing words
• The [cat] sat on the [mat]
• Gapfill, Dropdowns or Dragdrop
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DragDrop (default)
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DragDrop (default)
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Details
• Clues are shuffled for each attempt
• Coded to work with touch/mobile
• Users can also type into the fields
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Dropdown
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Gapfill (no prompts)
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The | operator [gold|silver|bronze]
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The | operator [gold|silver|bronze]
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Categorising Words
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A table with grid lines
• <table class="gapfilltable" border="1" >
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Other Settings
• Defaults to regular expressions
– What [color|colour] is the sky?
– Mis-spelling {cal[e|a]ndar}
• Can use plain text matching
• Useful for questions with maths symbols
• Toggle case sensitivity
– CAT treated differently to cat
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Quite Popular
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Further information
• Per gap feedback being developed
• All development by Marcus Green
• Contact details: m.green1@yorksj.ac.uk
