Variable numeric

Changes in 2.1

• This version is compatible with Moodle 5.0.


• Fixed coding style issues.


• Defined excluded hash fields and implemented conversion of legacy backup data
  to align with new question data format (per MDL-83541).


• Fixed bug where numeric subquestion feedback text was displayed inline in combined questions.


• Added new validation to the edit form to ensure teacher's answer is in the correct format.


• Fixed a bug where adding images to feedback resulted in errors for combined numeric subquestions.


• Removed incorrect line breaks from inputs and submitted answers in combined numeric subquestions.


• Adapt mobile app template to Ionic 5


• Automation test failures are fixed.


• Added a new option to the question editing form: "If scientific notation is not formatted correctly",
  allowing users to choose whether to accept a space between the number and unit as a valid response.


• Combined\Numeric: Added "Feedback for correct response" field.


• Added checks for empty variables to prevent save errors on the edit form.

Changes in 2.0

• This version works with Moodle 4.0.


• Switch from Travis to Github actions.

Changes in 1.9

• Support for Moodle mobile app for questions that don't use the superscripts/subscript editor.


• Better grading when the allowed error is very small.


• Update Behat tests to pass with Moodle 3.8.

Changes in 1.8

• Fix Behat tests to work with Moodle 3.6.

Changes in 1.7

• Privacy API implementation.


• Update to use the newer editor_ousupsub, instead of editor_supsub.


• Setup Travis-CI automated testing integration.


• Fix a bug with grading a response of '0' in combined questions.


• Fix some automated tests to pass with newer versions of Moodle.


• Fix some coding style.


• Due to privacy API support, this version now only works in Moodle 3.4+
  For older Moodles, you will need to use a previous version of this plugin.

Variable Numeric Question Type

The question type was created by Jamie Pratt (http://jamiep.org/) for
the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/).

This version of this question type is compatible with Moodle 2.5+. There are
other versions available for Moodle 2.3+.

This question type requires the varnumericset question type to be installed. See:
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumericset/

To install this question type using git, type this command in the root of your
Moodle install:
git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric
Then add question/type/varnumeric to your git ignore.

Alternatively, download the zip from
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/master
unzip it into the question/type folder, and then rename the new folder to varnumeric.

You may want to install Tim's stripped down tinymce editor that only allows the
use of superscript and subscript see
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub. To install this editor using
git, type this command in the root of your Moodle install:
git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub.git lib/editor/supsub
Then add lib/editor/supsub to your git ignore.

If the editor is not installed the question type can still be used but if it is
installed when you make a question that requires scientific notation then this
editor will be shown and a student can either enter an answer with the notation
1x10^5 where the ^5 is expressed with super script.

Variable Numeric Question Type

The question type was created by Jamie Pratt (http://jamiep.org/) for
the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/).

This version of this question type is compatible with Moodle 2.5+. There are
other versions available for Moodle 2.3+.

This question type requires the varnumericset question type to be installed. See:
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumericset/

To install this question type using git, type this command in the root of your
Moodle install:
git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric
Then add question/type/varnumeric to your git ignore.

Alternatively, download the zip from
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/master
unzip it into the question/type folder, and then rename the new folder to varnumeric.

You may want to install Tim's stripped down tinymce editor that only allows the
use of superscript and subscript see
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub. To install this editor using
git, type this command in the root of your Moodle install:
git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub.git lib/editor/supsub
Then add lib/editor/supsub to your git ignore.

If the editor is not installed the question type can still be used but if it is
installed when you make a question that requires scientific notation then this
editor will be shown and a student can either enter an answer with the notation
1x10^5 where the ^5 is expressed with super script.

Variable Numeric Question Type

The question type was created by Jamie Pratt (http://jamiep.org/) for
the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/).

This version of this question type is compatible with Moodle 2.5+. There are
other versions available for Moodle 2.3+.

This question type requires the varnumericset question type to be installed. See:
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumericset/

To install this question type using git, type this command in the root of your
Moodle install:
git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric
Then add question/type/varnumeric to your git ignore.

Alternatively, download the zip from
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/master
unzip it into the question/type folder, and then rename the new folder to varnumeric.

You may want to install Tim's stripped down tinymce editor that only allows the
use of superscript and subscript see
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub. To install this editor using
git, type this command in the root of your Moodle install:
git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub.git lib/editor/supsub
Then add lib/editor/supsub to your git ignore.

If the editor is not installed the question type can still be used but if it is
installed when you make a question that requires scientific notation then this
editor will be shown and a student can either enter an answer with the notation
1x10^5 where the ^5 is expressed with super script.

Variable Numeric Question Type

This question type was created by Jamie Pratt (http://jamiep.org/) for the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/).

This version of this question type is compatible with Moodle 2.5+. There are other versions available for Moodle 2.3+.

This question type requires the varnumericset question type to be installed. See: https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumericset/

To install this question type using git, type this command in the root of your Moodle install:

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric 

Then add question/type/varnumeric to your git ignore.

Alternatively, download the zip from https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/master unzip it into the question/type folder, and then rename the new folder to varnumeric.

You may want to install Tim's stripped down tinymce editor that only allows the use of superscript and subscript see https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub.

If the editor is not installed the question type can still be used but if it is installed when you make a question that requires scientific notation then this editor will be shown and a student can either enter an answer with the notation 1x10^5 where the ^5 is expressed with super script.

Variable Numeric Question Type

The question type was created by Jamie Pratt (http://jamiep.org/) for
the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/).

This question type is compatible with Moodle 2.3+.

This question type requires the varnumericset question type to be installed. See:

https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumericset/

To install using git, type this command in the root of your Moodle
install :

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric

Then add question/type/varnumeric to your git ignore.

Alternatively, download the zip from
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/master
unzip it into the question/type folder, and then rename the new folder to varnumeric.

You may want to install Tim's stripped down tinymce editor that only allows the
use of superscript and subscript see
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub. To install this editor using
git, type this command in the root of your Moodle install:

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub.git lib/editor/supsub

Then add lib/editor/supsub to your git ignore.

If the editor is not installed the question type can still be used but if it is
installed when you make a question that requires scientific notation then this
editor will be shown and a student can either enter an answer with the notation
1x10^5 where the ^5 is expressed with super script.

Variable Numeric Question Type

The question type was created by Jamie Pratt (http://jamiep.org/) for
the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/).

This question type is compatible with Moodle 2.1+.

This question type requires the varnumericset question type to be installed. See:

https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumericset/

To install using git for a 2.2+ Moodle installation, type this command in the root of your Moodle
install :

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric

To install using git for a 2.1+ Moodle installation, type this command in the root of your Moodle
install :

git clone -b MOODLE_21_STABLE git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric

Then add question/type/varnumeric to your git ignore.

Alternatively, download the zip from
Moodle 2.1+ - https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/MOODLE_21_STABLE
Moodle 2.2+ - https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/master
unzip it into the question/type folder, and then rename the new folder to varnumeric.

You may want to install Tim's stripped down tinymce editor that only allows the
use of superscript and subscript see
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub. To install this editor using
git, type this command in the root of your Moodle install:

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub.git lib/editor/supsub

Then add lib/editor/supsub to your git ignore.

If the editor is not installed the question type can still be used but if it is
installed when you make a question that requires scientific notation then this
editor will be shown and a student can either enter an answer with the notation
1x10^5 where the ^5 is expressed with super script.

Variable Numeric Question Type

The question type was created by Jamie Pratt (http://jamiep.org/) for
the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/).

This question type is compatible with Moodle 2.1+.

This question type requires the varnumericset question type to be installed. See:

https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumericset/

To install using git for a 2.2+ Moodle installation, type this command in the root of your Moodle
install :

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric

To install using git for a 2.1+ Moodle installation, type this command in the root of your Moodle
install :

git clone -b MOODLE_21_STABLE git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric.git question/type/varnumeric

Then add question/type/varnumeric to your git ignore.

Alternatively, download the zip from
Moodle 2.1+ - https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/MOODLE_21_STABLE
Moodle 2.2+ - https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric/zipball/master
unzip it into the question/type folder, and then rename the new folder to varnumeric.

You may want to install Tim's stripped down tinymce editor that only allows the
use of superscript and subscript see
https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub. To install this editor using
git, type this command in the root of your Moodle install:

git clone git://github.com/moodleou/moodle-editor_supsub.git lib/editor/supsub

Then add lib/editor/supsub to your git ignore.

If the editor is not installed the question type can still be used but if it is
installed when you make a question that requires scientific notation then this
editor will be shown and a student can either enter an answer with the notation
1x10^5 where the ^5 is expressed with super script.