rr-examsilias

exams2ilias loses the correct answer

I'm trying to import some exercises I've made into Ilias using exams2ilias. Whenever I do

exams2ilias("MinWorkEx.Rmd",points=10)

and import the resulting .zip-folder as a question pool into Ilias, it goes through but tells me the question is incomplete. The question always has a total of zero points and no answer is marked as correct.

The code for MinWorkEx.Rmd is:

Question
========
ABC

Answerlist
----------
* A
* B

Meta-information
================
extype: schoice
exsolution: 10
exname: mwe
expoints:10

(Leaving out/including the points argument in exams2ilias or the expoints metainfo seems to have no effect.)

Solution

  • I can confirm that this problem exists and it seems that ILIAS' requirements in the QTI XML import have changed. The way the scoring has to be implemented in QTI instructions appears to differ from the instructions that exams2ilias/exams2qti12 currently use.

    Neither me nor the original author of the exams2ilias() functionality currently have the resources to work on a fix. Therefore, I changed the manual page and the NEWS file of R/exams:

    In the manual page ?exams2ilias it is now explained rather explicitly that many features of the resulting QTI exports cannot be imported correctly into recent versions of ILIAS. Any ILIAS users who have some experience in QTI XML who would be willing to help with the R/exams interface are encouraged to get in touch.

    If anyone is aware of potential solutions, we would be very interested, specifically: