How can you use MATLAB Grader in Moodle Quizzes?

MATLAB Grader can be integrated into Moodle as an external tool. How can you use MATLAB Grader in Moodle Quizzes, to implement MATLAB Grader as a quiz question?

[Rafael Ibáñez]

Very easy

[Thomas]

May I reopen this thread, by asking how?

I am able to to create a quiz and include a grader-question as external tool.

But then, there is no opportunity to select the desired question.

If I run a test-preview, the problem selection shows up (as it does for a newly opened standard grader task), but this does not save the question. As it is only a tets-preview, the selection is not saved permanently for the students opening it. Starting a new preview results in the grader problem selection page.

Kind regards

Thomas

Answer 1

[Mihaela Jarema]

External tools cannot be used as question types in Moodle Quizzes.

The alternative is to create multiple activities of type MATLAB Grader and group them in folders in the activities list. Then, go to the Gradebook configuration in Moodle and create folders to weight/total grades for all MATLAB Grader problems (and in relationship to other quizzes and assignments) and organize them as desired. This has the effect of putting a single/new gradebook entry for the set of MATLAB Grader problems alone, or a single grade for the combination of a quiz and set of MATLAB Grader problems combined, into the gradebook.

[Marco Discacciati]

Are there any plans to develop a Matlab Grader-type add-on for Moodle?

https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=29

Thanks.

[Mihaela Jarema]

There are currently no plans to develop such an add-on, Marco. In the meantime, the Moodle community might be able to help provide a supported solution that enables External tools being used as additional question types in quizzes.

[Jeff Alderson]

While we have not tested it extensively, there is a Moodle plugin to allow External LTI tools to be used as an additional question type in a Moodle quiz. Based on the documentation, this should also work when a MATLAB Grader problem is configured as the External LTI tool in this way.

https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_lti

[Tamas Zsedrovits]

Hello, I would like to ask some help regarding the LTI quiz plugin. I did install it, and I tried to set it up, but when I insert a question in a quiz, students cannot see which problem I choose from my grader collection. The question just shows a screen like the one below.

[Jeff Alderson]

You may want to reach out to your LMS Administrator for support using this Moodle plugin. MathWorks does not support Moodle or other plugins directly. You can also open a Customer Support request with MathWorks and we can try to assit your LMS Administrator in using the correct MATLAB Grader LTI settings to attempt to get this plugin to work for your LMS instance.

[Tecnico Tres]

@Mihaela Jarema There is something I am not understanding, when you say: "The alternative is to create multiple activities of type MATLAB Grader and group them in folders in the activities list..."

I've tried to create a folder in a Moodle's course, but them how can I add the Matlab activities to that folder?

Thanks

[Mihaela Jarema]

@Tecnico Tres Thanks for your question, I suggest you either reach out to your local LMS support or learning technology specialist at your university for assistance with Moodle, or you reach out to your Customer Success Engineer at MathWorks to set up a time and look together with them at your course content.

[Tecnico Tres]

@Mihaela Jarema OK. if I find out something I'll tell you.

Greetings

[Mikael Kurula]

I see that after five years, the situation is still the same. I integrated MATLAB Grader on my moodle server, but in order for Grader to be useful for me, I need to be able to use it as a Moodle Quiz Question.

I installed the plugin at https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_lti successfully, but the configuration boxes of this tool does not at all match the installation instructions which I used to integrate MATLAB Grader: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlabgrader/ug/integrate-matlab-grader-with-moodle-lti-1-3.html

Seemingly, it is possible to configure the LTI Question Type, to integrate with MATLAB Grader, but it still does not work to use the questions in a quiz: https://github.com/ethz-let/moodle-qtype_lti/issues/5

Is there any new information on this matter?