Extension:Quiz

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Quiz Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag , Hook
Description	Provides a quiz tool
Author(s)	Lrbabetalk
Latest version	1.2.0 (2015-12-08)
MediaWiki	1.25+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Example	and format documentation: v:Help:Quiz
Hooks used ParserAfterTidy ParserFirstCallInit
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The Quiz extension is the quiz building tool adopted on the Wikiversity. This extension aims at being:

• Simple in its syntax and its use; powerful in its possibilities.
• Open to suggestions and improvements (by facilitating the addition of new types of questions).

Usage

• Learning project on quizzes at the English Wikiversity
• Wikiversity:Help:Quiz -- documentation for the quiz extension (full) (on Wikiversity).
• Wikiversity:Help:Quiz-Simple -- a simpler and colourful documentation intended for beginners, younger users and anyone else who does not need the full version (on Wikiversity).

Other help pages are hosted on the Wikiversities in order to allow for working examples.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called Quiz in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Quiz' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

To users running MediaWiki 1.26 or earlier:

The instructions above describe the new way of installing this extension using wfLoadExtension(). If you need to install this extension on these earlier versions (MediaWiki 1.26 and earlier), instead of wfLoadExtension( 'Quiz' );, you need to use:

require_once "$IP/extensions/Quiz/Quiz.php";

Development

Adding a new question type

Quiz was conceived to facilitate the addition of new question types. If the basic types (multiple choice with single/multiple responses) are not enough for you, you have the possibility of easily creating and integrating the type of questions which you need. For that you must have some knowledge of PHP.

1. The first thing that you must do is choose a syntax (the simplest possible) for your question type. The restrictions are:
   • The syntax of the question's header is fixed. The question has to be placed between curly brackets - i.e. { and } .
   • For consistency, it is recommended to use || to mark the beginning of the feedback section ("correction").
     
2. Choose a new code name for your question type (example: "questionTypeName") as well as a symbol (currently the symbol "()" is used for single response multiple choice because it looks like a radio button, and the symbol "[]" is used for multiple response multiple choice because it looks like a checkbox).
   
3. Add a "case" at the beginning of the parseParameters's "switch", as follows :

   case 'symbol':
   	$this->mType = "questionTypeName";
   	break;
   

4. Add a parser function to Quiz.php
   This function must convert a question object from quiz syntax to HTML and set a state to the question (right, wrong, error, NA or unmarked), according to syntax errors and eventually posted answers. Name the function "questionTypeNameParseObject" and implement as follows :

   /**
    * Convert a basic type object from quiz syntax to HTML.
    * 
    * @param  $input				A question object in quiz syntax
    * 
    * @return $output				A question object in HTML.
    */
   function questionTypeNameParseObject($input) {
   	// your code here.
   	$this->setState(""); // Set the state if needed.
   	return $output;
   }
   

5. Write down your syntax specifications which will be added to the help. Please read first the existing help.
6. Once this is all done, contact me to include officially your question type inside the extension.

See also

• Extension:QPoll
• Extension:CIForms