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Remove horizontal  Ordering Question

1 Reasons to Abandon Feature

This Question type poses a threat to data integrity. It is broken beyond repair and must not be allowed to corrupt whole tests. The danger it poses requires us to abandon this question type. 

2 Technical Information

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3 Contact

• Author of the Request: Tödt, Alexandra [atoedt]
• Maintainer: Heyser, Björn [bheyser] until 2021 / Strassner, Denis [dstrassner]
• Implementation of the feature is done by: {The maintainer must add the name of the implementing developer.}

4 Funding

Removing the feature from the ILIAS code base might need funding. If you are interest in funding this request, please add your name and institution to this list.

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5 Discussion

Use the following discussion section to express your objections against this request or your consent to get rid of this feature.

Gerl , Stefanie [stefanie.gerl], 12 JUN 2018: At our university, the horizontal ordering question is often used in examinations. We therefore do not support the proposal to remove this question type in whole. I can't quite understand why the question type is such a threat to data integrity. What kind of modifications would have to be made to improve the question type?

Berggold, Christine [berggold], 13 JUN 2018: We also often use this question type in our online examinations to ask for steps in special processes, operational steps, chronological sequences etc. We would like to keep this question type.

Lauener, Hansjörg [lauener], 14. Juni 2018. I am not sure if this question-type is widely-used at our university.

But the important question in this discussion is not if we would like to keep this question type. The question we all should think about is:

• Is this a mandatory question for "our" institution? If Yes, then a) one of these institutions should announce interests in funding and b) should ask Björn for an offer for a revision of this question.
• If there is no financial committment, then we should really abandon this question. A corrupt test is not funny for a responsible person of an exam.

@Steffi. @Christine: Do you think such a financial committment is possible?

Glaubitz, Marko [mglaubitz], 27. JUN 2018: This wquestion type is used by many of our lecturers both in 'ordinary' and the continuing education sector. The Universität Freiburg strongly opposes abandoning this feature. We have no reports of problems with this questions type.

@Alexandra and Björn: Please specify the issues and the magnitude of possibly necessary repairs.

Loewe, Anja [aloewe]: 2018-06-27: We agree with Steffi, Fred, Rachid und Marko. If this question type needs revisioning, please specify the details and costs.

6 Implementation

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Approval

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