Hi,
This a Moodle question type which extends the 'calculated' question type - I'd like to add it to CONTRIB, and I'd be grateful if you could take a look.

Teachers can use it to create questions like "How much is

{apples}

+

{oranges}

?"

• where the {wildcards}

  become M and N x images of apples and oranges respectively. Its aimed at primary-school pupils.

Note, this question type uses the database tables of the 'calculated' question type - testing has not showed any problems with this (but I'm open to changes on this point).

Currently supported wildcards: apple, orange, pear, pineapple, walnut, coffee, cookie (each with or without an 's', eg.

{cookies}

).

To install:
1. Download and unzip the archive. Copy the directory 'calculatedobjects' into the directory

{MOODLE}/question/type/ on your server.
2. Copy the strings from 'calculatedobjects/lang/en_utf8/quiz.part.php' to {MOODLE}

/lang/en_utf8/quiz.php
3. Copy the help file from 'calculatedobjects/lang/en_utf8/help-quiz/calculatedobjects.html' to the directory

{MOODLE}/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/.
4. For Moodle 1.9.x - add the calculatedobjects stylesheet to the $THEME->sheets array in {MOODLE}

/theme/standard/config.php Eg.
<?php ..
$THEME->sheets = array('styles_fonts', 'styles_layout', 'styles_color'
,'../../question/type/calculatedobjects/styles');
(Note, this relies on 'your' theme using the standard theme as its parent, which is Moodle best-practice.)
5. Visit the administrator 'notifications' page, http://moodle.example.org/admin/ - there are no database changes for this question type.

Please find a zip of the code, and some screenshots attached. And, the readme in the zip contains some todos, and notes. I look forward to your feedback. Many thanks,

Nick Freear