Both the unit tests and the following manual test should be run Manual test to add a new Marking Guide definition for an assignment =================================================================== Create a course and enrol a teacher into the course Create a new assignment in the course In the database, make a note of the following values The course id (course table) - required to obtain the following values The course module id of the assignment (course_modules table) The context id of the assignment (context table) Following the instructions within Moodle, create a REST web service and add the function core_grading_save_definitions. Give the teacher the capabilities as described in the Web Services Overview -> Users as clients with token. Login as the teacher and create/obtain their security key Use the Moodle local Web service template plugin to call the web service function. The client.php file should be as shown below: client.php $token = 'f4458487f63c0558484f4505d61f1245'; // the teachers security key $domainname = 'http://localhost/moodledev'; // the Moodle server $functionname = 'core_grading_save_definitions'; // the web service function we are testing   $gradingarea = array( 'cmid' => 3, // the course module id 'contextid' => 232, // the context id 'component' => 'mod_assign', 'areaname' => 'submissions', 'activemethod' => 'guide' ); $definition = array( 'method' => 'guide', 'name' => 'Understand zoonose control', 'description' => 'Demonstrate an understanding of the control of zoonoses', 'status' => 20, 'copiedfromid' => 1, 'timecreated' => 1, 'usercreated' => 199, 'timemodified' => 1, 'usermodified' => 199, 'timecopied' => 0 ); $guidecomment = array( 'sortorder' => 1, 'description' => 'Students need to show that they understand the control of zoonoses', 'descriptionformat' => 0 ); $guidecriteria1 = array ( 'sortorder' => 1, 'shortname' => 'Rabies Control', 'description' => 'Understand rabies control', 'descriptionformat' => 0, 'descriptionmarkers' => 'Student must demonstrate that they understand rabies control', 'descriptionmarkersformat' => 0, 'maxscore' => 50 ); $guidecriteria2 = array ( 'sortorder' => 2, 'shortname' => 'Anthrax Control', 'description' => 'Understand anthrax control', 'descriptionformat' => 0, 'descriptionmarkers' => 'Student must demonstrate that they understand anthrax control', 'descriptionmarkersformat' => 0, 'maxscore' => 50 ); $definition['guide'] = array('guide_criteria' => array($guidecriteria1, $guidecriteria2), 'guide_comments' => array($guidecomment)); $gradingarea['definitions'] = array($definition); $params = array('areas' => array ($gradingarea));   ///// REST CALL header('Content-Type: text/plain'); $serverurl = $domainname . '/webservice/rest/server.php'. '?wstoken=' . $token. '&wsfunction='.$functionname; require_once('./curl.php'); $curl = new curl; $resp = $curl->post($serverurl, $params); print_r($resp); The new Marking guide should now be visible in the UI