Embed Essay in Column/Question set

Submitted by sbarab on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 20:30
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Is there anyway to add it such that Essay types apper in Column?  

It would then allow us to have multiple open-ended questions in one H5P content type and show them all in the scroll. We would be VERY, VERY grateful. 

thank you.

 

Sasha

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Essay
Column
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otacke

Wed, 03/07/2018 - 20:44

Hi Sasha!

Look what ticket we created just yesterday ... You can track the progress there.

Best,
oliver

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sbarab

Fri, 03/09/2018 - 17:56

So, does this mean we might see essay added to column soon? thanks much.

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otacke

Fri, 03/09/2018 - 18:43

That's a yes!

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sbarab

Fri, 03/09/2018 - 19:30

not to be pushy, but do you know what that day might be?

thanks much for taking the time to respond.

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otacke

Fri, 03/09/2018 - 21:22

I cannot pinpoint it, but "within the next four weeks" might be at least as good as the weather forecast.

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sbarab

Mon, 05/28/2018 - 01:30

Any hope on Essay coming to Column soon? thanks.

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otacke

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 02:15

As soon as priorities allow someone to review and approve my updated code for Essay ...

maude

Mon, 03/19/2018 - 00:38

Great!

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Kiosa Coup

Fri, 06/08/2018 - 14:51

Would that hold true for the Question Set too? Will we be able to add the Essay type to a Question Set by July?

What does "Implement the Question type contract" mean?

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otacke

Fri, 06/08/2018 - 15:04

Yes, it's the same for Question Set. But I cannot give you any exact dates.

JavaScript does not have an interface concept like e.g. Java. Instead, you can hand out some rules what you should implement in your code (a contract). If you comply to these rules, then your code should work smoothly with the other code. It's like a "soft" interface.

H5P as a framework so far has only one contract. It's a contract for Question type contents. If your code offers all the functionality that's described there, it will be fit to be used in compound content types such as Column or Question Set which can then rely on a function that returns the score, a function that resets the content type, etc.

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sbarab

Wed, 11/14/2018 - 02:32

Did this ever happen?  Really looking forward to using this one.

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otacke

Wed, 11/14/2018 - 09:16

Hi sbarab!

It's about to happen still, and you can track progress in our ticket management system. As you will notice, the major blocker is that the pending update of H5P.Essay has not been code reviewed yet. You can track progress for that as well.

Cheers,
Oliver

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sbarab

Wed, 11/14/2018 - 15:07

thank you for the update, we are really keen on getting essay in column and question set. I did notice that when i looked at the essay it says it is now "ready for question set" ... is there anyway to get that part live? thanks in advance.

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otacke

Wed, 11/14/2018 - 15:16

Hi sbarab!

Essay is ready, but it has not yet been released. Of course, you can grab the current code of H5P.Column and H5P.Essay to build your own temporary fork.

Cheers,
Oliver

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sbarab

Wed, 11/14/2018 - 16:03

We have yet to create alternative forks and like you my engineers have a list of tasks with code switching being a cost we can't do at the moment. So, i will continue to remain hopeful that you all will update essay and bring into question set and column soon. 

Question: If we did fork it does that mean it would be ready for just question set or question set and column? And i am assuming forking and integrating into question set and column is a big lift or? 

thanks again, and anything you can do to get them to just embed essay would be so much appreciated. 

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otacke

Wed, 11/14/2018 - 18:33

Hi sbarab!

The code of H5P Essay implements the complete question type contract, so it's suitable for H5P.Column and H5P.QuestionSet. Making it available in the latter is just a matter of seconds, because you'll only have to update the library selector inside semantics.json to use the correct version of H5P.Essay.

Please note though, that in case something has to be changed in the code of one of the libraries that you're forking, you'd have to put your system into development mode briefly, because otherwise H5P will not allow to update local libraries that have the same version number as the one that is about to be installed.

Best,
Oliver

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Kiosa Coup

Fri, 06/08/2018 - 15:27

Super quick reply, thank you.

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otacke

Fri, 06/08/2018 - 15:56

You're welcome!

vargaszabolcs

Tue, 09/04/2018 - 10:48

Any news on the release date?

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otacke

Wed, 09/05/2018 - 09:16

Hi vargaszabolcs!

Sorry, no. You may have already spotted the development ticket for this request that you can use to track progress. It is linked to a missing code review of the updated version of H5P Essay, which has not been done yet due to other priorities. You can track its progress as well.

Best,
Oliver

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sbarab

Mon, 12/03/2018 - 22:10

Oliver, any new news on essay being integrated into these two types? Question set would be first need, and then essay. It looked so close in March but then seems to have stalled. Thanks, and hope your conference is going great.

Ian Schnee

Sat, 09/22/2018 - 22:00

Does essay content type still not generate xAPI statements for correct answers? If it gets integrated into Question Set, would it then? Thank you!

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otacke

Sun, 09/23/2018 - 03:20

Hi Ian!

Essay sent out xAPI statements right from the start. This has nothing to do with integration with other content types or with a host system's gradebook. The latter will be possible too, but there's still a code review to be done. You can track the progress in our ticket system.

Best,
Oliver

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otacke

Mon, 12/03/2018 - 23:00

Hi sbarab!

The status is still similar, but the review is scheduled for the next coding sprint, so it should be done really soon. Fingers crossed. 

Best,

Oliver

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sbarab

Sun, 12/16/2018 - 02:30

Oliver, just checking in to see if you think this might be out before the end of the year?    Thanks as always for your feedback.

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otacke

Sun, 12/16/2018 - 02:35

Hi sbarab!

Unfortunately, I don't think so.

Best,

Oliver

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otacke

Mon, 12/03/2018 - 23:00

Hi sbarab!

The status is still similar, but the review is scheduled for the next coding sprint, so it should be done really soon. Fingers crossed. 

Best,

Oliver

mark.leon.de.vries

Tue, 02/19/2019 - 14:23

Hi,

Just began working with Moodle and H5P for a non-profit and this feature (in particular essay in column) is exactly what I need to get one of my first projects up and running. Is there any new info on when we can expect to see this released?

Thanks for the great work!

Mark

mark.leon.de.vries

Tue, 02/19/2019 - 14:26

Any idea when essay in column will be up and running?

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BV52

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 07:34

Hi Mark,

Same status as what Oliver mentioned above. There are still some coding that needs to finished and some issues to be ironed out. After those steps a code review and a series of testing are needed before the new feature is released.

-BV52

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otacke

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 03:41

Hi BV!

To the best of my knowledge, it's only the code review that's missing.

Best,

Oliver

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BV52

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 06:03

Hi Oliver,

I think you are right. Thanks!

-BV52

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sbarab

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 06:07

Not to burst your bubble, but it has been at this point with the idea that we are almost there for a year and am not sure if there is any new movement. WIth that said, if it happens we would be quite excited as well.

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sbarab

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 06:10

But we were also told that it was almost ready a year ago and there has beeen no meaningful movement. I think they are hoping and i would be stoked if that happens ... but i am not holding my breadth. 

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otacke

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 07:12

What can I say? There's nothing I could do.

You can, of course, always use the source code to use the update right away. https://github.com/otacke/h5p-essay

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sbarab

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 14:36

Thank you for your quick response always. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful for all the H5P work. I was simply communicating that "almost ready" is the state of this for over a year ... still grateful for whatever gets done. ty.

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sbarab

Thu, 03/28/2019 - 00:24

Any updates around integrating essay or open-ended question in question set and/or column? thanks for the update.

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BV52

Thu, 03/28/2019 - 06:29

Hi sbarab,

I wish I have better news but I'm sorry same status as what Otacke has mentioned.

-BV52

jgalvez

Tue, 06/18/2019 - 11:28

This would be an extremely useful addition to the column content type, has there been any further movement on this?

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BV52

Wed, 06/19/2019 - 04:13

Hi jgalvez,

Sorry no updates yet.

-BV52

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Paul Sijpkes

Fri, 03/06/2020 - 02:11

I'm also keen to hear of any updates on this? 

I checked the latest releases (1.11) source code and the Essay is included in the options list in semantics.json but when I open it on h5p.com it is not listed, nor does it let me paste it into the window.

 

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BV52

Mon, 03/09/2020 - 17:20

Hi Paul,

Sorry no updates yet. Also this page provides list of update releases for H5P, it should at least let you know once this has been done.

-BV