The Moodle Tools project is a powerful and versatile toolset designed to make the management and grading of exams in Moodle more efficient and less time-consuming. By leveraging modern web technologies and integrating seamlessly with Moodle, this project provides a robust solution for educators and administrators. We hope this toolset will significantly improve your experience with managing exams and grading in Moodle.
Motivation
This project was driven by the need to simplify and automate the often tedious tasks of managing exams and grading in Moodle. Our goal was to develop tools that integrate seamlessly with Moodle, minimizing the manual workload for educators and administrators so they can focus more on teaching rather than administrative tasks. The Institute of CS previously relied on Uni2Work, which offered all these features, but Moodle lacked them. However, maintaining Uni2Work was no longer viable, necessitating a transition to a more sustainable and robust solution—Moodle Tools.
Features
The Moodle Tools project comes with a variety of features designed to streamline the exam management and grading process. Below is an overview of the key features:
Exam Management
Exam management is simplified with the following features:
- Participant Ingestion: Easily upload and manage exam participants using .xlsx files.
- Room Assignment: Automatically assign participants to rooms based on predefined criteria.
- Distribution Overview: Visualize the distribution of participants across different rooms.
Grading
The grading process is made more efficient with the following features:
- Task Configuration: Configure tasks and grading criteria for exams.
- Bonus Points: Manage and configure bonus points for specific tasks.
- Grade Calculation: Automatically calculate grades based on predefined keys and criteria.
Reporting
Reporting capabilities include:
- PDF Export: Generate PDF reports for room assignments, participant lists, and grading results.
- CSV Export: Export grading data to CSV for further analysis.
Workflow
Technologies
The project leverages a variety of modern technologies to deliver a seamless experience:
- Next.js: A React framework for building server-side rendered applications.
- Redux Toolkit: For state management, making it easier to manage and update the application state.
- Material-UI: A popular React UI framework for building responsive and visually appealing user interfaces.
- XLSX: A library for parsing and writing spreadsheet files, used for handling .xlsx uploads and exports.
- FileSaver.js: For saving files on the client-side, used for exporting data to CSV and PDF.
- JSZip: A library for creating and reading .zip files, used for bundling multiple export files.
- EJS: A templating engine for generating LaTeX files for PDF generation.
- LaTeX: A typesetting system used for generating high-quality PDF documents.