This XBlock provides a way to place dropdown questions inline with other text, for example, in a paragraph.
To install the Inline Dropdown XBlock within your edX python environment, simply run this command:
$ pip install -r requirements.txtGo to Settings -> Advanced Settings and set Advanced Module List to ["inline-dropdown"].
Once the Inline Dropdown XBlock is enabled in Studio, you should see a new Component button labeled Advanced:
Click the Advanced button and you should see the Inline Dropdown XBlock listed:
After you've selected the Inline Dropdown XBlock, a default question will be inserted into your unit:
The question can be customized by clicking the Edit button on the component:
The Inline Dropdown XBlock uses a simple XML-based structure as shown below:
<inline_dropdown schema_version='1'>
<body>
<p>A fruit is the fertilized ovary of a tree or plant and contains seeds. Given this, a <input_ref input="i1"/> is consider a fruit, while a <input_ref input="i2"/> is considered a vegetable.</p>
</body>
<optionresponse>
<optioninput id="i1">
<option correct="True">tomato<optionhint>Since the tomato is the fertilized ovary of a tomato plant and contains seeds, it is a fruit.</optionhint></option>
<option correct="False">potato<optionhint>A potato is an edible part of a plant in tuber form and is a vegetable, not a fruit.</optionhint></option>
</optioninput>
</optionresponse>
<optionresponse>
<optioninput id="i2">
<option correct="False">cucumber<optionhint>Many people mistakenly think a cucumber is a vegetable. However, because a cucumber is the fertilized ovary of a cucumber plant and contains seeds, it is a fruit.</optionhint></option>
<option correct="True">onion<optionhint>The onion is the bulb of the onion plant and contains no seeds and is therefore a vegetable.</optionhint></option>
</optioninput>
</optionresponse>
<demandhint>
<hint>A fruit is the fertilized ovary from a flower.</hint>
<hint>A fruit contains seeds of the plant.</hint>
</demandhint>
</inline_dropdown>