Squiz Matrix Newsletter #361
13 JanFor many years, Zed Said Studios' Nic Hubbard has established himself as a truly innovative member of the Squiz Matrix community. As webmaster at PUC (Pacific Union College), Nic has demonstrated his vast knowledge of Matrix and his passion for the future development and growth of the product.
Nic's contributions include, most notably, the creation of the JavaScript API, which is now the cornerstone of Matrix's own Easy Edit Suite. He has also provided to the Matrix community through the development of the Squiz Matrix Community web site, as well as countless Matrix-centric posts and tutorials on his blog.
Nic's latest venture has been the development of an IOS application for Squiz Matrix, which is now close to a beta release. He is appealing for beta testers (iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad) to trial the app. If you are keen, be sure to sign up to TestFlight to express your interest.
Everyone at Labs is very excited to see just how Nic has brought Matrix over to the IOS system.
This week we have two new enhancements to report, including new options to ignore column headings in CSV Files imported on the Import Bulkmail User tool and the Metadata Select field type. Continue reading below for more information on all this week's developments.
Ignore CSV File Header Option Extended to Bulkmail, Metadata Packages
Due for release in versions 4.6.3 (February 6th 2012)
In last week's newsletter, we reported that a new option had been added to the Remap Manager's CSV Upload tool, allowing you to indicate to Matrix that the CSV file being uploaded (to import remap entries) contained column headers.
This new Column Headings in CSV File? field would ignore the column header values in imported CSV files, which would previously cause imports to fail due to Matrix not recognising these values as valid data.
This minor enhancement has now been extended to the CSV import options on the Import Bulkmail Users tool and the Metadata Select field type.
Online Quiz Interactive Mode: Question Option Format Settings
Due for release in versions 4.8.0 (March 5th 2012)
Late last year, we reported on a new Interactive Mode for the Online Quiz asset. This mode transformed the regular listed quiz format into a one question per page format, with the option of allowing users to retry incorrectly answered questions.
This feature has been updated to include a new Question Option Format field for multiple-choice radio button/checkbox question types on the Interactive Online Quiz.
This new field can be found under the Question Setup (formerly Question Pooling) section on the Details screen of the Online Quiz.
The format defined in this field will affect the output of the individual options for each question on an Interactive Online Quiz. Please note that leaving this field empty will use the default format of questions on the Online Quiz.
The following keyword replacements are available for use when defining the question option format:
- %option_number% : the option order number.
- %option_input_field% : the <input> tag for radio button/checkbox.
- %option_text% : the option text.
- %option_label% : the option text wrapped with a <label> tag.
- %option_response_supplement% : the option response supplement wrapped with a <div> tag (Feedback page only).
The addition has been made to provide users with greater configuration over the style and look of the Online Quiz's new Interactive Mode.