From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Exams with Org? Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 15:55:17 -0500 Message-ID: References: <52A22441.2050704@mun.ca> <52A45965.9060508@mun.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff1cb40bc7bbe04ed0c1848 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55552) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VplNo-0005U7-7G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:55:21 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VplNn-0005B2-0F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:55:20 -0500 Received: from mail-pb0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::232]:45280) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VplNm-0005Ao-Om for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:55:18 -0500 Received: by mail-pb0-f50.google.com with SMTP id rr13so4111195pbb.37 for ; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 12:55:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <52A45965.9060508@mun.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Roger Mason Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" --e89a8ff1cb40bc7bbe04ed0c1848 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 the org-source for all the posts are accessible by a link at the bottom of the page. the one you want is http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/org/2013/10/23/Writing-exams-in-org-mode.org John ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Associate Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Roger Mason wrote: > Hello, > > > On 12/06/2013 03:53 PM, Roger Mason wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Has anyone used Org to create exams? It would be useful to have the >> value per question totalled to provide the total per section etc and to be >> able to embed the answers in the exam and expose them in the final document >> using some kind of conditional processing. >> >> If anyone has done this kind of thing I'd be interested to see an example >> file. >> >> Thanks, >> Roger >> > > Thanks Suvayu Ali, John Kitchin, Marvin Doyley and Alan Schmitt for your > suggestions, which I will try out. I may not have time to implement a > complete solution for the upcoming exam (Wednesday morning), so I will wait > until the new year. In the meantime, may I ask John if he is willing to > share an example file as a starting point? I read through the blog but my > experience with org is too short for me to see how it all works. > > Thanks again, > Roger > > > --e89a8ff1cb40bc7bbe04ed0c1848 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
the org-source for all the posts are accessible by a link = at the bottom of the page. the one you want is http://kitch= ingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/org/2013/10/23/Writing-exams-in-org-mode.org

John

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John Kitchin
Associate Professor
Dohe= rty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon Uni= versity
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu

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On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Roger Ma= son <rmason@mun.ca> wrote:
Hello,


On 12/06/2013 03:53 PM, Roger Mason wrote:
Hello,

Has anyone used Org to create exams? =A0It would be useful to have the valu= e per question totalled to provide the total per section etc and to be able= to embed the answers in the exam and expose them in the final document usi= ng some kind of conditional processing.

If anyone has done this kind of thing I'd be interested to see an examp= le file.

Thanks,
Roger

Thanks Suvayu Ali, John Kitchin, Marvin Doyley and Alan Schmitt for your su= ggestions, which I will try out. =A0I may not have time to implement a comp= lete solution for the upcoming exam (Wednesday morning), so I will wait unt= il the new year. =A0In the meantime, may I ask John if he is willing to sha= re an example file as a starting point? =A0I read through the blog but my e= xperience with org is too short for me to see how it all works.

Thanks again,
Roger



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