MDL-10531:

GIFT now handles Essay and Description type questions. See help/docs.

Merged from STABLE_18

diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/formatgift.html b/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/formatgift.html
index b23ca6873ab585851b3277279ff6c54249924316..574550070adafe86f775495b6963d53dc87b3492 100644 (file)
--- a/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/formatgift.html
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/formatgift.html
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@
     The only way to change a numerical answer beyond the first, is to delete the question 
     and re-import it (or use something like phpMyAdmin).</p>
 
+<p><u>Essay:</u><br />
+    An essay question is simply a question with an empty answer field. Nothing is permitted
+    between the curly braces at all.</p>
+    <pre>    Write a short biography of Ulysses S. Grant {}</pre>
+
+<p><u>Description:</u><br />
+    A description "question" has no answer part at all</p>
+    <pre>    The next set of questions will concern arithmatic</pre>
+
 
 <h3>OPTIONS</h3>
     <p>In addition to these basic question types, this filter offers the following options: