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A Moodle activity plugin that presents question bank questions as an interactive, escape-room style quest. Students answer questions in a chat-like dialogue, advancing a step for each correct answer until they complete the quest. The interface is adapted from AI Escape Room (mod_aiescape), with a question bank category taking the place of the AI.

Requirements

Moodle 5.0 or later
A question bank category containing multiple choice (single answer) and/or short answer questions

Installation

Copy the plugin directory into <moodleroot>/public/mod/quizquest/
Visit Site administration → Notifications to run the upgrade

How it works

Each turn, one question is drawn at random from the configured question bank category:

Multiple choice questions (single-answer only) are presented as choice buttons in random order
Short answer questions accept a typed response, evaluated with the question's own matching rules (case sensitivity and * wildcards included)

Random selection prefers questions the student has never been asked in any of their attempts, then questions not yet asked in the current attempt, then anything eligible. A correct answer adds one step; the quest completes when the step tally reaches the configured Steps to complete. Optionally, wrong answers can subtract a step.

Answer feedback stored on the matched question answer is shown in the dialogue; otherwise a generic correct/incorrect message is used.

Progress images

Teachers can upload multiple images that display alongside the dialogue. With N images (ordered by file name), the first shows at the start and each subsequent image appears as the student completes an equal share of the required steps — reaching the last image at the end of the quest.

Attempt management

Configurable maximum attempts per student
Continue button resumes an in-progress attempt (with full chat history replay)
Quit attempt button lets students abandon a run early
Optional partial scoring on quit (awards grade proportional to steps completed)
Student review of completed attempts (configurable per activity)
Course reset — the standard Moodle course-reset flow includes a "Delete all Quiz Quest attempts" checkbox

Grading and completion

Standard Moodle gradebook integration; completed attempts receive the full grade
Abandoned attempts can receive a partial grade (configurable per activity)
A "Complete the quest" custom completion rule, plus grade-based completion support

Teacher preview

Users with the mod/quizquest:viewreports capability (teachers, managers) can play through the activity themselves. These preview attempts are tracked separately from real student attempts and are excluded from attempt limits, gradebook, and completion.

Fullscreen mode

A fullscreen toggle button in the top-right corner of the game interface lets students expand the activity to fill the browser window.

Activity settings

Setting	Description
Open/Close the quest	Optional open and close dates (shown on the course page like the quiz module); attempts still open at the close date are automatically abandoned
Question category	The question bank category questions are drawn from
Steps to complete	Number of correct answers required to complete (1–100)
Maximum attempts	How many attempts a student may make
Wrong answers subtract a step	Optional penalty; the tally never drops below zero
Show progress	Display the step progress bar to students during play
Allow student review	Let students re-read completed attempts
Partial score on quit	Award proportional grade when a student quits early
Progress images	Images displayed alongside the dialogue, switching with progress

Privacy

This plugin stores attempt records (status, progress, timestamps) and the responses students give to questions. All personal data is exportable and deletable via Moodle's Privacy API (\mod_quizquest\privacy\provider).

License

GNU GPL v3 or later — https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

adamjenkins / moodle-mod_quizquest

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