Question groups¶

Questions in a questionnaire can be grouped. It is possible to change normal grading so that students earn points from a question group only if they answer all questions inside the question group correctly. This grading behavior is enabled by the setting group_errors in the config.yaml file of the questionnaire.

Only YAML

Question groups can currently only be defined in the YAML format, not directly in RST directives.

Below, there is an example questionnaire that has two question groups. The group_errors setting is enabled in both question groups. The config.yaml file of the questionnaire is also highlighted below.

Example config.yaml file of the questionnaire shown below on this page.¶

---
title: Question groups - arithmetic questionnaire
description: Some arithmetic multiple choice questions
max_points: 15

view_type: access.types.stdsync.createForm

fieldgroups:

  - title: Group 1. All questions must be answered correctly to earn points
    group_errors: true
    fields:

      - title: \( 1 + 1 = ? \)
        type: radio
        points: 2
        options:
          - label: "1"
          - label: "2"
            correct: true
          - label: "3"

      - title: \( 2 * 7 = ? \)
        type: dropdown
        points: 2
        options:
          - label: "7"
          - label: "14"
            correct: true
          - label: "21"

      - title: \( 2 * x = y \)
        type: checkbox
        points: 3
        options:
          - label: \( x=3, y=6 \)
            correct: true
          - label: \( x=4, y=7 \)
          - label: \( x=5, y=10 \)
            correct: true

      - title: \( 3 * 5 = ? \)
        more: |
          <p class="help-block">
            Type the answer using numbers.
          </p>
        type: text
        compare_method: int
        points: 3
        correct: "15"

  - title: Group 2. All questions must be answered correctly to earn points
    group_errors: true
    fields:

      - title: \( 3 + 5 = ? \)
        type: radio
        points: 2
        options:
          - label: "7"
          - label: "8"
            correct: true
          - label: "9"

      - title: \( 4 * 8 = ? \)
        type: dropdown
        points: 3
        options:
          - label: "28"
          - label: "32"
            correct: true
          - label: "48"

HTML visualisation

A+ presents the exercise submission form here.

RST code

.. submit:: questiongroups 15
  :config: exercises/quiz_question_group/config.yaml
  :quiz:

Another example¶

A+ presents the exercise submission form here.