Pattern-match question type

Template:Infobox pluginTemplate:Questions Pattern-match questions allow the student to give an answer of up to about 20 words, which can then be automatically graded by matching the students response against a number of different patterns expressed in the PMatch syntax. The first matching pattern determines the score and the feedback.

This is a question type created and maintained by the Open University. Template:Note

More documentation

• See Pattern-match question type detailed documentation.

More documentation is available in the Open University's reference manual. That includes a description of the pmatch syntax. There is another page that explains The OU PMatch algorithm, but that was written before development started, and may not be a 100% accurate description of what was finally implemented.

See also

• Other Moodle plugins from the Open University
• Other third-party question type plugins
• eAssessment at the Open University with open source software

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