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Paragraph

Description

The Paragraph module allows a student to enter a free form text. It also allows providing basic formatting in a WYSIWYG way (similar to MS Word and other rich text editors).

Properties

The list starts with the common properties, learn more about them by visiting the Modules description section. The other available properties are described below.

Property name Description
Default font family Set the default font family for the editor body. The value should be expressed in the same way as in CSS. It is a comma separated list of font names.
For example: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana.
For more information, visit http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_font_font-family.asp
Default font size Set the default font size for the editor body. The value should be expressed in the same way as in CSS. It is a numeric value with a unit.
For example: 14px, 3em.
For more information, please visit http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_font_font-size.asp
Hide toolbar Hides a toolbar and so extends the editable area space
Editable placeholder Makes placeholder editable, so it's contents will not be cleared on the focus on the module
Custom toolbar Enables to define a custom toolbar. Below is a list of all available toolbar/menu controls that you can add to your Paragraph addon:

newdocument bold italic underline strikethrough alignleft aligncenter alignright alignjustify styleselect formatselect fontselect fontsizeselect bullist numlist outdent indent blockquote undo redo removeformat subscript superscript

Note: Use pipe "|" to group buttons.
Custom CSS This property enables you to specify a separate file with custom CSS styles that extend the main CSS content. This CSS file is the one used within the editor (the editable area).
If "Default font family" and "Default font size" are defined, they have higher priority than styles used in Custom CSS file.

This property allows online resources. Find out more »

Placeholder text This property enables you to specify a free text content to be used as a placeholder in Paragraph. Allows for html styling.
Manual grading Selecting this Paragraph's property allows the teacher to manually grade the Paragraph’s content when the lesson is part of the submitted Assignment. The Paragraph can be instantly viewed by the teacher in the Assignment's results on the LMS and possible to be verified without previewing the lesson.
Title The title of the Paragraph visible when the Assignment’s open activities are manually graded on mCourser. The title is visible above each Paragraph's preview, however, it is not visible in the lesson itself.
Weight The maximum number of points the teacher can grant when grading the Assignment's open activities. This can be only a natural number. The default Paragraph’s weight equals 1.
Show answers A list of correct answers. On Show Answers, all correct answers are displayed at the same time, each answer separated by a new line. On Gradual Show Answers, correct answers are displayed gradually, one after another, each time a Gradual Show Answers event is fired.
Block in error checking mode If this option is selected, the addon is blocked in error checking mode.

Supported commands

Command name Params Description
show --- shows the module
hide --- hides the module
isVisible --- returns true if module is visible, otherwise false
getText --- returns module content
setText text Sets the content of the module to the text given as parameter
isAttempted --- returns true if any text was inserted

Scoring

This module does not provide any score information.

Events

Field name Description
Value blur - event send on exiting the module

Demo presentation

Demo presentation contains examples of the Paragraph addon's usage.