[texhax] Creating Exams with LaTeX?!

Alan T Litchfield alan at alphabyte.co.nz
Wed Jun 19 22:03:49 CEST 2013


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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