Pattern match

Maintained by Tim Hunt, Chris Nelson, Hieu Vu Van, Mahmoud Kassaei
Allows a short response of one or a few sentences that is graded by comparing against various model answers, which are described using the OU's pattern match syntax.
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Supports Moodle 2.1-5.0 See all versions
Latest release: 1 year ago
Installations: 1618
Downloads (last 90 days): 368
Frankenstyle name: qtype_pmatch
Question types
Open University

Installations

Number of sites this plugin is installed on: 1,618

Number of sites
2012-05 1
2012-06 17
2012-07 45
2012-08 59
2012-09 81
2012-10 106
2012-11 126
2012-12 123
2013-01 150
2013-02 154
2013-03 189
2013-04 207
2013-05 233
2013-06 228
2013-07 291
2013-08 314
2013-09 320
2013-10 346
2013-11 437
2013-12 338
2014-01 391
2014-02 370
2014-03 399
2014-04 422
2014-05 477
2014-06 531
2014-07 610
2014-08 657
2014-09 673
2014-10 695
2014-11 722
2014-12 693
2015-01 713
2015-02 740
2015-03 736
2015-04 701
2015-05 804
2015-06 810
2015-07 881
2015-08 882
2015-09 925
2015-10 901
2015-11 968
2015-12 935
2016-01 966
2016-02 963
2016-03 996
2016-04 970
2016-05 1,031
2016-06 1,076
2016-07 1,103
2016-08 1,151
2016-09 1,170
2016-10 1,156
2016-11 1,176
2016-12 1,222
2017-01 1,211
2017-02 1,194
2017-03 1,227
2017-04 1,190
2017-05 1,188
2017-06 1,144
2017-07 1,253
2017-08 1,169
2017-09 1,153
2017-10 1,130
2017-11 1,147
2017-12 1,134
2018-01 1,139
2018-02 1,139
2018-03 1,137
2018-04 1,175
2018-05 1,228
2018-06 1,282
2018-07 1,388
2018-08 1,297
2018-09 1,292
2018-10 1,258
2018-11 1,254
2018-12 1,311
2019-01 1,337
2019-02 1,289
2019-03 1,282
2019-04 1,282
2019-05 1,307
2019-06 1,308
2019-07 1,322
2019-08 1,270
2019-09 1,218
2019-10 1,199
2019-11 1,234
2019-12 1,213
2020-01 1,232
2020-02 1,218
2020-03 1,310
2020-04 1,373
2020-05 1,405
2020-06 1,514
2020-07 1,600
2020-08 1,593
2020-09 1,612
2020-10 1,613
2020-11 1,657
2020-12 1,647
2021-01 1,677
2021-02 1,701
2021-03 1,701
2021-04 1,680
2021-05 1,750
2021-06 1,748
2021-07 2,025
2021-08 1,803
2021-09 1,795
2021-10 1,701
2021-11 1,706
2021-12 1,689
2022-01 1,702
2022-02 1,652
2022-03 1,685
2022-04 1,676
2022-05 1,675
2022-06 1,674
2022-07 1,704
2022-08 1,734
2022-09 1,732
2022-10 1,709
2022-11 1,726
2022-12 1,725
2023-01 1,767
2023-02 1,726
2023-03 1,749
2023-04 1,726
2023-05 1,751
2023-06 1,756
2023-07 1,864
2023-08 1,819
2023-09 1,712
2023-10 1,741
2023-11 1,687
2023-12 1,652
2024-01 1,664
2024-02 1,637
2024-03 1,640
2024-04 1,608
2024-05 1,586
2024-06 1,620
2024-07 1,896
2024-08 1,690
2024-09 1,709
2024-10 1,734
2024-11 1,668
2024-12 1,664
2025-01 1,636
2025-02 1,632
2025-03 1,629
2025-04 1,629
2025-05 1,606
2025-06 1,587
2025-07 1,612
2025-08 1,614
2025-09 1,614
2025-10 1,646
2025-11 1,560
2025-12 1,542
2026-01 1,666
2026-02 1,548
2026-03 1,622
2026-04 1,520
2026-05 1,578
2026-06 1,618

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

Number of sites
5.3 5
5.2 58
5.1 112
5.0 117
4.5 712
4.4 106
4.3 47
4.2 26
4.1 116
4.0 27
3.9 113
3.8 22
3.7 14
3.6 7
3.5 11
3.4 2
3.3 4
3.2 18
3.11 56
3.10 27
3.1 4
3.0 2
2.9 4
2.8 5
2.7 1
2.6 2

Downloads

Total downloads in last 90 days: 368

Monthly downloads:

Downloads
2025-07 174
2025-08 105
2025-09 108
2025-10 93
2025-11 86
2025-12 192
2026-01 150
2026-02 71
2026-03 57
2026-04 45
2026-05 108
2026-06 134

Version downloads (by month):

1.0 1.2 for Moodle 2.3+ 1.5 for Moodle 2.5+ 1.9 for Moodle 2.6+ 2.0 for Moodle 3.0+ 2.2 for Moodle 3.2+ 2.6 for Moodle 3.4+ 2.9 for Moodle 3.5+ 3.0 for Moodle 3.8+ 3.1 for Moodle 3.8+ 3.2 for Moodle 3.11+ 3.4 for Moodle 4.4+
Jul 2025 0 7 7 6 8 8 7 7 7 7 25 36
Aug 2025 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 32 69
Sep 2025 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22 75
Oct 2025 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 66
Nov 2025 0 0 0 5 7 0 1 0 0 1 16 49
Dec 2025 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 156
Jan 2026 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 90
Feb 2026 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 54
Mar 2026 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 50
Apr 2026 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 41
May 2026 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 90
Jun 2026 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 108