Modernization and standardization in Moodle plugin development
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The TICómetro project of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México faced a dual challenge: the technical obsolescence of its simulators, which prevented their operation on updated platform versions, and the lack of a standardized institutional development environment. To solve this problem, a multidisciplinary group was formed to define an agile development methodology. The work included comparing various infrastructures, ultimately opting for a container-based solution due to its flexibility and reproducibility. In parallel, a reusable plugin template was designed that integrated modern web technologies into the Moodle architecture, overcoming the limitations of the native module system.
As a result, a modern version of the spreadsheet simulator was implemented, incorporating a granular evaluation system focused on analyzing the characteristics of the student's response, thus resolving the ambiguity of previous versions. It was concluded that the project successfully established a standardized development environment, which has already been used in the creation and integration of new simulators.
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