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Could we extend R/Exams to include the Brightspace LMS?


I'm an enthuastic user of R/exams, it's a wonderful system and it has revolutionised my use of our university's LMS. But now we're moving from Moodle to Brightspace. I'm wondering, would it be possible to develop an exams2brightspace() function.

Thanks Eugene

Importing a question bank in to moodle using exams2moodle() and then exporting the XML file to brightspace works for a limited number of questions, but anything complicated (answer tables, generated images...) gets butchered by the system.


Solution

  • Several R/exams users have been working with various workarounds to export their exercises to Brightspace/D2L. None of these were perfect but some were doable but the details changed across Brightspace releases. Also, there was no proper Brightspace documentation that would explain what works and how, so a lot of trial and error was involed.

    The most recent discussion here on StackOverflow was this, I think: R/exams d2l multiple choice question doesn't select correct answer

    This also includes links to further discussions in our R-Forge forum.

    In summary: It should be doable to write a Brightspace/D2L interface but it's not straightforward. I would recommend that you start trying the suggestions from previous threads and then continue the discussion there.