Questions related to the computer-based generation of exams (e.g., for classical written exams or e-learning platforms like Moodle) in particular with the R package "exams".
Questions tagged [r-exams]
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Ho to hide the exam ID on the title page of a NOPS exam?
I'm using exams2nops() from R/exams to prepare multiple variants of an exam (as part of an open-book-exam). I'd like to obscure the variant/group of exam a test-taker is assigned to (in order to prevent "team work" during the open book exam: "Hey…
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Creation of especialized \Sexpr function version
I'm using the exams package to generate some exams (engineering). My source files are in Rnw format so the underlying engine is Sweave.
In R side, I'm using units package (to check dimensionality correctness) and I've created a function (called…
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Introduction page for exams2nops (r-exams)
I would like to use your excellent r-exams package to create a paper and pencil exam with automatic grading. I have used exams2nops in the past for a series of schoice and mchoice questions.
However, I now need to have an exam with an introduction…
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R/exams: implement only six boxes for the registration number
I am working with with the exams2nops function of the R/exams package. Since the student's registration number of my university includes only six numbers, I tried to adjust the reglength option (usually minimum 7) in the exams2nops function as well…
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Is exams2canvas compatible with Canvas New Quiz format?
I'm using the R-exams package to create Canvas quizzes, and can successfully import the zip file of quizzes exported from R via exams2canvas() as "Classic Quizzes" into Canvas. However, when I import them as "New Quizzes", whilst the import states…
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R/exams: prevent page breaks between two paragraphs in exams2nops
I am currently working with the R/exams package, specifically creating exams using the exams2nops function and the order of the questions is randomized. Everything works fine except for one detail: The samepage = TRUE option only prevents page…
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R-exam mchoice: Error in moodlePercent(frac) : Percentage not in list of moodle fractions
I have an mchoice question in file 32_est_summary.Rmd in this public repo.
(I don't share the code here since it is a bit large and stack over flow policies don't allow me to publish the question with all the code)
The question renders without…
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r exams controlling the points for incorrect answers
I was checking some examples of single choice and multiple choice for example swisscapital.Rmd and switzerland.Rmd. When running exams2moodle() and checking some parameters I found that incorrect answers are penalized with negative points (
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is it possible to view a question with a browser before importing it to Moodle?
I have created a XML file using R-exams out of just a single exercise to be imported to Moodle. I would like to view it before uploading it in the Moodle question bank. I tried to open it with Firefox and I can see some code but not the output and a…
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Is it possible to export exercises from R/exams to Moodle without listing the options with (a,b,c,d)?
Is it possible to export exercises from R/exams to Moodle without listing the options with (a,b,c,d)?
In the image bellow the options with the bullets (a,b,c,d):
Is it possible to define any option in the exams2moodle function that explicitly…
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penalty for incorrect options in R/exams exams2moodle()
not sure if this is related to this new development, but when I use the new dev version of exams2moodle() the %100% to identify the correct option is replaced by =... For example, I now get
{1:MULTICHOICE_VS:Amostragem aleatória simples~=Amostragem…
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How to intercalate questions with the response options in a cloze item (Moodle)?
Is it possible to intercalate questions with the response options in a cloze item (Moodle)?
Example:
From this:
to this:
question 1.
options (question 1)
question 2.
options (question 2)
and so on...
Sinval
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Generate Moodle exercises with images using the exams package
I am using the exams package, I want to generate some Moodle exercises with it which incorporate some images. Although using this code in a *rmd file:
```{r, echo = FALSE, results =…
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Cloze with numerical and multiple-choice items
I am using Moodle to make my subjects exams. I would like to mix a numerical cloze question, with a single-choice or a multiple-choice question. And each question should have different percentages on the final mark of the question, for example:…
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sh permission denied in exams2pdf
I use R/exams to generate a PDF exam like this:
exams2pdf("swisscapital")
However, this results in the following error:
Loading required namespace: tinytex
sh: : Permission denied
Doing the same with exams2html() works well.
What is the problem…
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