[texhax] Creating Exams with LaTeX?!

[Alan T Litchfield]

Hi,

I would suggest you email the package maintainer.

Good luck

Alan

On 2/07/2013, at 3:50 AM, Torsten Wagner wrote:

> Hi Alan,
> Hi John,
>
> as you both suggest, I looked into exam. Since time is running a  
> bit, I gave this a try over starting with an own solution. I think I  
> got pretty much what I want. Only one feature is missing.
> I would like to generate a point-table which includes sub-questions.
> E.g.
> Question   Points
> 1.                50
>    a              10
>    b              20
>    c              20
>    d              10
> 2.                50
>    a              25
>
>
>
>
> Thus, question 1 gives in total 50 points, but I want to add the sub- 
> questions too, to allow me to get all together into a single table.
>
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks Torsten
>
>
>
> On 19 June 2013 22:03, Alan T Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz> wrote:
> I have used exam class (there were two versions, now there is one)  
> for around 10 years. Very robust and lot's of flexibility.
>
> http://www.ctan.org/pkg/exam
>
> Alan
>
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> On 20/06/13 3:32 AM, John C Frain wrote:
> I have found the exam class useful. I think it does a lot of what you
> require. You may see the documentation at
> http://www-math.mit.edu/~psh/exam/examdoc.pdf
>
> Best Regards
>
> John
>
>
> On 19 June 2013 13:10, Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner at gmail.com
> <mailto:torsten.wagner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I was wondering if there is any preferred method (class) to create
>     written exams with LaTeX.
>     My exams consist basically only of two large exercises with  
> subitems.
>     Sometimes I would need a graphic and there is need for equations.
>     There are about 100-150 subscribers for a single exam.
>
>     I checked on CTAN and there are some packages. I simply wonder  
> which
>     one is in common use, or which one is more or less obsolete.
>
>     Furthermore, I would like to introduce some automatism which makes
>     it easier for me to rate the exams later. E.g. I was thinking to  
> ask
>     students to fill in the answers in allocated spaces.
>     Another idea would be some automation to create solution sheets,
>     point and mark tables, etc.
>
>     I am aware that I might not be able to achieve the last ideas with
>     pure LaTeX. Thus, I am happy to hear what other method you use for
>     this task. E.g. I thought about using org-mode on emacs to  
> create a
>     metasystem which enables me to keep all (exam, evaluation,  
> scoring,
>     solution sheet, etc.) in one file but to generate exam sheets  
> from it.
>
>     Thanks for comments, solutions and ideas
>
>     Torsten
>
>
>
>
>
>
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