[texhax] Creating Exams with LaTeX?!

[Torsten Wagner]

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
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> Alan
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> On 20/06/13 3:32 AM, John C Frain wrote:
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>> 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<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 <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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