ExerciseType

The ExerciseType resource defines modular User Interface (UI) and Evaluation components. This YAML tells the frontend which widgets (Flutter/React) to render, and the reporting backend how the correction report should be displayed or structured (e.g., table, chart, rich text).

Schema (Schema)

Metadata (metadata)

Field	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Yes	Unique identifier for the exercise type (e.g., global.exercise_type.free_text.v1).
title	string	Yes	Human-readable name of the format (e.g., “Free Text / Essay”).
version	string	Yes	Semantic version of the resource.

Specification (spec)

Field	Type	Required	Description
type	string	Yes	The main alias used by the system (e.g., free_text, audio_response, multiple_choice).
ui_components	string[]	Yes	List of UI component identifiers to dynamically inject into the frontend (e.g., markdown_editor_widget).
report_components	string[]	No	List of components to use in the generation of evaluation reports (e.g., free_text_rubric_evaluation).

Usage Example

Below is an example for the “Free Text” exercise type:

apiVersion: colabedu.ai/v1beta1
kind: ExerciseType
metadata:
  id: global.exercise_type.free_text.v1
  title: "Free Text / Essay"
  version: "1.0.0"
spec:
  type: "free_text"
  ui_components:
    - "markdown_editor_widget"
  report_components:
    - "free_text_rubric_evaluation"