Readme file for the MUSICAL KEY SIGNATURE question type
PLEASE NOTE - A NEW VERSION OF THIS PLUGIN WILL BE RELEASED VERY SOON.
IT WILL USE VEXFLOW (http://vexflow.com/) HTML5/CANVAS/JQUERY
AND REMOVE THE FLASH PLUGIN
Description
This question type deals with musical key signatures. The respondent is given a key and mode and is prompted to enter the key signature on the staff. Answers are entered in a graphical user interface.
Import/Export to Moodle XMl format is supported, and a question bank is provided, including all major and minor keys in treble and bass clefs.
This plugin is released under the GNU General Public License V3.
Maintainer: Eric Brisson (ebrisson@winona.edu), Moodle 1.x & Flash Component
Maintainer: Jay Huber (jhuber@colum.edu), Moodle 2.x
Installation
Requirements:
Moodle 2.3.x
The plug-in might work with previous versions of 2, but has only been tested with this version.
PHP 5: the plug-in was coded with version 5.2.9. It hasn't been tested with earlier versions of PHP.
Javascript is used to for communication with the Flash input component, and must be enabled for the question type to work.
How to install:
- Copy the "musickeysignature" folder into the following folder: moodle/question/type.
- Load the "Notifications" page on the Moodle home page - this will create database tables used by the question type.
Code Location
You can always find the latest version at: https://github.com/jayhuber/musickeysignature
Moodle plugins will notify you as I update the code on Moodle.org
Bug Reports
Report all bugs on https://github.com/jayhuber/musickeysignature/issues
Changelog
v2013072000 - release v1.4 Stable
- Fixed Backup/Restore capability
- Aligned code to more closely match 2.x template and removed much unused code
- Cleaned up copyright tags
v2013071700 - release v1.3 Stable
- Updated this readme file
- Removed import/export overrides which should fix the issue of importing/exporting data
