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The eqexam Package
Dated: 2021-02-26
Author: D. P. Story
eqExam is a LaTeX package for writing exams, tests, quizzes,
homework assignments, etc. It is a stand alone package, yet is
tightly integrated with the AcroTeX eDucation Bundle (AeB). Highlights of
this package are as follows:
1. Can create exams (tests, quizzes, homework assignments) for
paper, with points in the left or right margins (or both), totals
for each page optionally shown at the bottom corner of each page.
Questions can be objective, fill-in, true false, or multiple
choice.
2. Solutions can optionally be included in the source file, and
by changing options, can be displayed (for an answer key), in a
couple of different ways. A solutions only document can also be
generated.
3. Can create multi-part exams, as I often do for final exams, these
multiple exams are meant to be graded individually.
4. The one thing that distinguishes this package from the other
exam package is its support for PDF, and this is where AeB comes
in. When you have AeB installed, and you select any of
several options (pdf, links, online or email), a variety of
things can happen. For example, in the case of the online or
email options, white space for solutions is converted into
multi-line text field, spaces to fill in answers are converted to
text fields,multiple choice questions are converted into radio
button fields, etc. When the email option is used, a "Submit"
button is automatically created at the top of the first page of
the test. The student can take the test online (perhaps in a
testing lab) then submit responses to the instructor. The email
that is generated to the instructor attaches the FDF file of
form data, so the instructor gets a copy of all responses.
She/He can then open the file and view the responses of the
student. Get the latest AeB (AcroTeX eDucation Bundle,
web,exerquiz,etc)
5. A major option, fortextbook, is designed to support (U.S.) textbook
authors. Documentation for this option is found in the doc/fortextbook
folder. See also the series of blogs at
http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?tag=fortextbook
What's New (2021-02-26) Added support for matching-type questions. Demo file at
http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=1457
What's New (2021-01-20) Defined \trackProblemsOn and \numPtsOfProblem;
added \doNoRandomizeChoices and \allowRandomizedChoices. See documentation.
What's New (2020-03-14) Defined several commands and one environment to
support the insertion of a figure into a problem. Demo file that illustrates
these new commands and environment is found at
http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=1419
What's New (2020-01-06) Fixed a bug in eqexam, so that now comment.sty is
fully supported. For consistency, aeb-comment.sty is nothing more than
version 3.8 dating to July 2016.
What's New (2019-12-17) fortextbook: added \autoInsSolns, as explained in
fortextbook.pdf; fixed a bug in the use of aeb-comment with the fortextbook
option. Updated that custom package, now dated 2019/12/18. (aeb-comment is
distributed with acrotex.)
What's New (2019-10-29) Fixed a bug with the online option. The \fillineol*
command now allows verbatim text in the third argument (as well as the
first).
What's New (2019-01-31) Package uses aeb-comment, an older version of the
comment package. The newer version has some incompatibilities with eqexam.
What's New (2018-12-13) Changes to support the mi-solns package
What's New (2018-04-15) Minor bug fixes
What's New (2018-02-19): Extended the vertical space fill types
and added \fillineol. Refer to the table of contents under Sections 10.11
and 10.12.
Sample files, previous distributed with eqexam are now available from
http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?cat=107
and
http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?tag=eqexam-package
The home page for eqexam is
http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/eqexam.html
The home page for AeB is
http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/webeq.html
Comments and suggestions are always gratefully accepted and seriously
considered.
D. P. Story
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