Re-enable Markdown editing of CAPA problems to meet various use cases

Overview: Support high-volume course authoring and richer assessments by restoring the Markdown problem editor alongside the Visual and advanced XML editors.

Problems:

• The new problem editor narrows the instructional design possibilities and multiplies the time required for data entry. A process that used to require one paste and some text editing now requires at least 5 copy and pastes into individual fields. 

• The new problem editor narrows the instruction design possibilities due to the limitations of the problem editor UI.

Use Cases:

• As course author I need to be able to paste questions, answers and hints from other tools (for example, Google Docs or Word) and quickly edit them to conform to Studio’s requirements in order to finish authoring complex courses in a reasonable amount of time. While the advanced OLX editor allows for this as well, it is much more complicated to learn and use, and more sensitive to errors. 

• As a course author, I need to be able to construct complex problems made up of multiple questions and answers in order to evaluate learners' understanding. 

  • Example: A common economics problem type has two steps. First, a graph and a dropdown to identify the type of market, then a numerical entry to identify the point of concern on the graph. From an instructional design perspective, this should be one graded problem since it’s impossible to evaluate the learner’s understanding with just one part or the other. 

  • Example: A prioritization problem, which we achieve with multiple drop-downs. 

     

Discovery approach: Can the legacy markdown interface be restored? It’s not clear why it was removed and replaced.