Short Answer Similarity

Maintained by Ted Krahn, Yash Srivastava, Maiga Chang, Bhavesh Gandhi
A short answer similarity question type that allows a students written response answer to be automatically marked, using a multi-sentence similarity calculator.
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Supports Moodle 2.8-4.3 See all versions
Latest release: 2 years ago
Installations: 45
Downloads (last 90 days): 31
Frankenstyle name: qtype_shortanssimilarity
Question types

Installations

Number of sites this plugin is installed on: 45

Number of sites
2021-04 1
2022-03 5
2022-04 7
2022-05 11
2022-06 16
2022-07 27
2022-08 30
2022-09 26
2022-10 27
2022-11 31
2022-12 29
2023-01 29
2023-02 29
2023-03 32
2023-04 39
2023-05 41
2023-06 47
2023-07 50
2023-08 48
2023-09 48
2023-10 46
2023-11 46
2023-12 46
2024-01 59
2024-02 55
2024-03 59
2024-04 65
2024-05 64
2024-06 63
2024-07 69
2024-08 65
2024-09 62
2024-10 67
2024-11 66
2024-12 60
2025-01 65
2025-02 64
2025-03 67
2025-04 61
2025-05 55
2025-06 59
2025-07 53
2025-08 50
2025-09 51
2025-10 50
2025-11 51
2025-12 48
2026-01 45
2026-02 49
2026-03 48
2026-04 47
2026-05 47
2026-06 44
2026-07 45

Number of sites this plugin is installed on (by Moodle version):

Number of sites
5.2 8
5.1 1
5.0 6
4.5 9
4.4 9
4.3 4
4.2 1
4.1 5
4.0 1
3.11 1

Downloads

Total downloads in last 90 days: 31

Monthly downloads:

Downloads
2025-08 3
2025-09 8
2025-10 3
2025-11 9
2025-12 7
2026-01 19
2026-02 5
2026-03 1
2026-04 6
2026-05 2
2026-06 10
2026-07 11

Version downloads (by month):

2021040500 v2.0 v3.0 v3.1
Aug 2025 0 1 0 2
Sep 2025 0 0 2 6
Oct 2025 0 0 0 3
Nov 2025 0 0 1 8
Dec 2025 0 0 0 7
Jan 2026 2 4 10 3
Feb 2026 0 1 0 4
Mar 2026 0 0 0 1
Apr 2026 0 0 0 6
May 2026 0 0 1 1
Jun 2026 1 1 1 7
Jul 2026 2 2 3 4