Short Answer Questions
I was really worried that I wouldn’t cover all the possible answers the students would give me. You can predict everything students will do. Luckily, Moddle will store answers for questions so that later I can go back into a question and assign a grade to short answer. Moddle will then update the question for later use by other classes. How do I know this? I subscribe to Lynda.com which is a software training & tutorial video library. Lynda has several online courses including Moodle Essential Training for Teachers.
Essay Questions
I feared that since some of my questions had HTML and CSS questions in them that the code would not display properly. With other Learning Management Systems (LMS) and/or Content Management Systems (CMS), I have battled to keep my code visible and not acting on the page. Moddle does a good job showing the code as code.
In my essay question ‘CSS box model’ I did want the students use the HTML editor to affect the layout of their answer.
Explain the CSS box model and why it is often used by web page designers. Use the HTML editor to put your explanation inside a box using CSS. You can use what ever CSS properties you like as long as your box is noticeable. For example, you could place you explanation inside a red box.
Lynda.com says it can be done but I couldn’t find it. Maybe it works in a different version of Moodle. When teaching HTML and CSS, it would be extremely useful for students to have that ability and show it inside an exam.