latex-moodle

latex-moodle

A Claude Code plugin that converts LaTeX quiz files to Moodle GIFT format.

What it does

The latex-to-gift skill reads a .tex file containing multiple-choice quiz questions and writes a .gift file in the same directory, ready for import into Moodle.

Supported question types:

Type	Detection
True/False	Answer choices are exactly "True" and "False"
Single correct	Exactly one \textbf{(x)} in the solution
Multiple correct	Two or more \textbf{(x)} in the solution — partial credit applied automatically

Expected LaTeX structure

\setcounter{number}{4}   % quiz number

\begin{enumerate}[label=\arabic*]
  \item Question text here.
  \begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
    \item Answer A
    \item Answer B
    \item Answer C
    \item Answer D
  \end{enumerate}
  \begin{solution}
    The correct answer is \textbf{(b)} because ...
  \end{solution}
\end{enumerate}

Installation

Via marketplace (recommended)

First add this repo as a marketplace, then install the plugin by name:

/plugin marketplace add Schneggera/latex-moodle-skill
/plugin install latex-moodle

Locally

git clone https://github.com/Schneggera/latex-moodle-skill
claude plugin install ./latex-moodle-skill/plugins/latex-moodle

Usage

/latex-to-gift path/to/quiz.tex

The output file is written to the same directory with a .gift extension (e.g. quiz04.tex → quiz04.gift) and starts with a // Generated from <filename> comment.

GIFT output format

Title line for every question:

::Quiz N, Q<i>::

True/False

::Quiz N, Q<i>:: <question text>
{TRUE}

{FALSE} is used when False is the correct answer.

Single correct answer

The correct choice is listed first (prefixed =), wrong choices follow (prefixed ~):

::Quiz N, Q<i>:: <question text>
{
=<correct answer>
~<wrong answer>
~<wrong answer>
}

Multiple correct answers

Correct answers receive partial credit; wrong answers receive a %-100% penalty to discourage selecting all options:

Correct answers	Credit per correct
2	%50%
3	%33.33333%
4	%25%

::Quiz N, Q<i>:: <question text>
{
~%50%<correct answer 1>
~%50%<correct answer 2>
~%-100%<wrong answer 1>
~%-100%<wrong answer 2>
}

Text transformations applied

• Inline math $...$ → \( ... \), display math $$...$$ → \[ ... \]
• \textbf{}, \emph{}, \text{}, \textrm{} wrappers stripped (content kept)
• Common symbols: \rightarrow → →, \leftarrow → ←, \ldots / \dots → …
• GIFT control characters (~, =, #, {, }, :) escaped in plain text regions
• Whitespace normalised (leading/trailing stripped, internal runs collapsed)

License

MIT