Background
While comparing the existing inQuiry question and question set metadata and schema with QuML schema we found few difference which is mentioned in the below sheet:
Question & Questionset QuML compliant difference
Also currently we are not storing some of the metadata properties with language code.
Question set properties which should have language code are:-
instructions, feedback, hints
Question properties which should have language code are:-
body, answer, hints, solutions, interactions , instructions ,feedback
Problem Statements
How to make existing metadata properties QuML complaints :-
Language code support
Currently we are storing some of the metadata of question and question set in a string format.
Example: Inside the question metadata we are storing body as:
{ body: ‘What is the capital of India?’ }
For making it’s storage in multi-lingual format it should be stored as:
{ body: { "en": "What is the capital of India?" } }
The properties of question set which should have a language code format are:
instructions (text)
feedback (currently not in use)
hints (currently not in use)
The properties of question which should have a language code format are:
body (text or text+ image)
answer (text or text + image)
hints (text)
solutions (text or text+ image/video)
interactions (text or text+ image)
instructions (currently not in use)
feedback (currently not in use)
Proposed Solution for language code support:
For adding instructions in question set with language code, we can add a language drop down field in the question set form.
The default value of the drop down should be ‘English’ this default value and range of options can be set from form configuration where we can give default value as ‘English’ and other languages can be added to it in the configuration:
{ "code": "languageCode", "name": "Language Code", "label": "Select Language for instruction", "placeholder": "Select Language", "description": "It's the Language of instruction", "dataType": "text", "inputType": "select", "output": "identifier", "default": "en", "range": [{ "identifier": "en", "label": "English" }, { "identifier": "hi", "label": "Hindi" } ], "editable": true, "required": false, "visible": true, "renderingHints": { "class": "sb-g-col-lg-1" } }
Same config we can have in question creation page to have a language drop down field and based on selection we can form the required format out of the text filled by the user.
timeLimits
Time limits is currently being stored in the question set metadata in below format:
timeLimits: { "maxTime": "360", "warningTime": "120" }
The use of maxTime is show the timer on questionset player and warningTime is used to show the timer in red color indicating your are left with only these few minutes to complete the questionset.
But as per the QuML schema it should be stored in the below format:
timeLimits: { "description": "Time limits for the complete set and/or for each question in the question set.", questionset: { min: number, max: number }, question: { min: number, max: number } }
Proposed Solution for timeLimits
We can set the limit for the complete question set as:
timeLimits: { questionset: { min: number, max: number } }
If we have the time limit for each of the question we can store the time limit to the question set metadata
timeLimits: { question: { min: number, max: number } }
Note: The timer field in the question set editor is part of the common form which is taking maxTime
and warningTime
as input.
We can keep on using the same configuration for the field in the form configuration keeping maxTime
and warningTime
and in editor code we can handle maxTime
with max
and warningTime
with min
.
responseDeclaration
Response Declaration is currently stored in below format but two properties are not allowed in it, which are: maxScore
and outcomes
"responseDeclaration": { "response1": { "maxScore": 1, // maxScore is not allowed here "cardinality": "single", "type": "integer", "correctResponse": { "value": "0", "outcomes": { "SCORE": 1 } // outcome is not allowed here, only property ‘value’ is allowed }, "mapping": [] } }
Proposed Solution for responseDeclaration
Instead of keeping maxScore
and outcomes
in responseDeclaration
we can store it in responseProcessing
as below:
responseProcessing: { "template": [ "MAP_RESPONSE", ], "mappingConfig": [{ "SCORE": 1, "outcomes": { "SCORE": 1 } }] }
For newly created question responseDecleration
will be like this:
"responseDeclaration": { "response1": { "cardinality": "single", "type": "integer", "correctResponse": { "value": "0", }, "mapping": [] } }
and responseProcessing
will have above format.
How to take care of old questions created by question set editor and getting consumed in QuML-Player?
With Migration
we can do the data migration for the old questions and update the question with above mentioned format.
Without Data Migration
Make editor intelligent to check if the question have responseProcessing
. If responseProcessing
does not exists, update the question’s responseDeclartion
and responseProcessing
format on question update.
Open Questions for no data migration:-
Is updating the question format to be done on question set update( having n number of questions in question set) or to be updated on each question edit and update in Practise Question set?
How the editor and player should handle the old questions which are in review/live status?
Editor opened by reviewer in review mode: In this format is the editor/player is supposed to take care to pick the data from
responseDeclaration
and not fromresponseProcessing
What happens if reviewer tries to publish the question which is not having
responseProcessing
?
media
Currently question metadata question contains media in this format:
"media": [{ "id": "do_2136952965043896321346", "type": "image", //instead of ‘type’ it should be ‘mediaType’ "src": "/assets/public/content/assets/do_2136952965043896321346/mountain.jpeg", "baseUrl": "https://dev.inquiry.sunbird.org" }]
As per QuML specs it should be stored in the below format:
"media": [{ "id": "do_2136952965043896321346", "mediaType": "image", "src": "/assets/public/content/assets/do_2136952965043896321346/mountain.jpeg", "baseUrl": "https://dev.inquiry.sunbird.org" }]
Without migration
For the old questions we can check if type
is present in the media object, convert it to mediaType
while editing the question.
Open Questions
How can we change type
to mediaType
for live questions ?