Matching Question – Additional Matching Mode 1:n

1 Initial Problem

With the current implementation of the MATCHING QUESTION there is no possibility to use a true n:1 matching mode. Teachers are required to assign negative credit if they want to prevent the test participants from simply pairing everything and collect all points. For getting rid of the obligation to use negative points the following feature is proposed.

2 Conceptual Summary

A new Matching Mode “One or More Terms match One Definition (n:1)” is required. In terms of didactics and usability, it is sufficient if several terms can be assigned to a definition, but one term can only be assigned to one definition. This behavior has to affect while presenting the question in the test object as well as in the learning module. The question previews have to be considered too.
When the option “One or More Terms match One Definition (n:1)” is set, the user will experience the familiar operation of the task. The graphical feedback of the system provides all appropriate guidance.
Existing questions will not be migrated in any kind, so the currently known behavior won't be changed for this questions. Within the correction mode the new setting won't be available.

3 User Interface Modifications

3.1 List of Affected Views

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3.2 User Interface Details

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The definition will be the same as today. With an additional check during saving whether the rule 1:n has been respected.

3.3 New User Interface Concepts

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4 Technical Information

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5 Contact

The implementation of this feature was planned with the Assessment Question Service. This service is not implemented.

6 Funding

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7 Discussion

JourFixe, ILIAS [jourfixe], 07 OCT 2019 : We highly appreciate this suggestion and schedule it for ILIAS 6. We also agree to change the names of the three options to:

• One definition matches one term (1:1)
• One definition matches one or more terms (1:n)
• One or more definitions matches one or more terms (n:n)

Kunkel, Matthias [mkunkel] @ SIG EA, 13 NOV 2019 : The separation of the Test&Assessment has been postponed to ILIAS 7 because the project cannot be finished satisfactorily until 'Coding Completed' at NOV 29. Therefore, this feature won't make it into ILIAS 6 but is now suggested for ILIAS 7. Please add it to the JF agenda to schedule it again.

JourFixe, ILIAS [jourfixe], 16 DEC 2019 : We highly appreciate this suggestion and re-schedule the feature for ILIAS 7. On the long run, we would like to introduce a better workflow to create relations and get rid of the current way (e.g. ILIAS 8).

8 Implementation

Old Implementation Plan

Feature will be implemented for the Assessment Question Service.

Test Cases

Test cases completed at {date} by {user}

• {Test case number linked to Testrail} : {test case title}

Approval

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