Moodle LMS is used across a variety of learning environments. It is used by corporates, medical institutes, schools, colleges, universities for teaching all subjects. In this post, we will have a look at the Formulas Question type plugin which can be used to create STEM questions easily.
The Formulas Question type plugin allows you to create STEM based questions like Mathematics, Physics and Engineering subjects easily. You can set up the question to have unit checking also.
The Formulas question type aims to be generic so that various type of non-trivial questions can be created easily. The variable system and answer boxes allow great flexibility to define question and simplify the job of making complex questions.
The answer fields can be placed anywhere in the question so that you can create questions involving various answer structures such as coordinate, polynomial, matrix, etc. Other features such as unit checking, and multiple parts are also available. These functionalities can simplify the creation of questions in many fields related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
You can download the latest version of the Formulas Question type plugin from official repository here. You can follow this guide in case you want to learn how to install Moodle plugin.
The plugin comes with strong documentation on its website here. The documentation includes several examples and explains all configuration option in detail. You can also download the example question in xml format and import which makes your life easier.
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