From eb661a3e59feaed22d1c6cae9088b228a916cb59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Teichert <adam.teichert@snow.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:07:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] inserting newline after feedback so as to keep separate from
 following content

---
 .../quizMarkdown/feedbackSpacing.test.ts      | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../models/utils/quizFeedbackMarkdownUtils.ts |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/features/local/parsingTests/quizMarkdown/feedbackSpacing.test.ts

diff --git a/src/features/local/parsingTests/quizMarkdown/feedbackSpacing.test.ts b/src/features/local/parsingTests/quizMarkdown/feedbackSpacing.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aafe02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/local/parsingTests/quizMarkdown/feedbackSpacing.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { quizQuestionMarkdownUtils } from "@/features/local/quizzes/models/utils/quizQuestionMarkdownUtils";
+import { QuestionType } from "@/features/local/quizzes/models/localQuizQuestion";
+
+describe("feedback spacing", () => {
+  it("adds a blank line after feedback before answers", () => {
+    const question = {
+      text: "What is 2+2?",
+      questionType: QuestionType.MULTIPLE_CHOICE,
+      points: 1,
+      answers: [
+        { correct: true, text: "4" },
+      ],
+      matchDistractors: [],
+      correctComments: "Good",
+      incorrectComments: "No",
+      neutralComments: "Note",
+    } as any;
+
+    const md = quizQuestionMarkdownUtils.toMarkdown(question as any);
+
+    // look for double newline separating feedback block and answer marker
+    expect(md).toMatch(/\n\n\*?a\)/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/local/quizzes/models/utils/quizFeedbackMarkdownUtils.ts b/src/features/local/quizzes/models/utils/quizFeedbackMarkdownUtils.ts
index c546b99..5938205 100644
--- a/src/features/local/quizzes/models/utils/quizFeedbackMarkdownUtils.ts
+++ b/src/features/local/quizzes/models/utils/quizFeedbackMarkdownUtils.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ export const quizFeedbackMarkdownUtils = {
     if (neutralComments) {
       feedbackText += `${delimiters.neutral} ${neutralComments}\n`;
     }
+    // Ensure there's a blank line after feedback block so answers are separated
+    if (feedbackText) feedbackText += "\n";
     return feedbackText;
   },
 };