Quality Control for Scanned Multiple-Choice Exams

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Step-by-step guide to using nops_fix() for fixing problems that occurred during scanning written NOPS exams in R/exams. Read More ›

Creating and Managing Canvas Quizzes with R/exams and vvcanvas

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Canvas quizzes can be created with exams2canvas in R/exams and then imported and managed in Canvas using the R package vvcanvas. Read More ›

R/exams Presents: Fun with Flags

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A knowledge quiz about the flags of countries and their neighbors illustrates how R/exams and Quarto can be leveraged for standalone self-learning materials (and pays tribute to Sheldon Cooper). Read More ›

New R/exams Version: exams2forms, Written NOPS Exams, and More

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New CRAN releases of the R/exams package and the accompanying exams2forms package with many new features and enhancements, especially for the written multiple-choice exams (NOPS). Read More ›

vowels: Phonetics cloze quiz about Cardinal vowels

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Cloze exercise in which two randomly-selected Cardinal vowels have to be described according to the three parameters vowel height, frontness-backness, and lip rounding. Read More ›

flags: Fun with Flags

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Single-choice knowledge quiz question in which the correct flag for a country has to be selected from a list of flags. Read More ›

sumdiff: Sum Minus Difference

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Exercise template for a very basic arithmetic task, namely computing the sum of two random numbers minus their difference. Read More ›

Embedding R/exams Exercises as Forms in R/Markdown or Quarto Documents

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Introduction to the new exams2forms package for including quizzes or individual questions from dynamic exercise templates into rmarkdown or quarto documents, e.g., for self-paced learning and self-assessment. Read More ›

Mind the Gap: Using R/exams to Ease the Transition into STEM Studies

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Ideas and experiences from an award-winning bridging course in mathematics at Universität Innsbruck, whose teaching and examination culture is guided by learning outcomes and extensively uses R/exams. Read More ›

Using ChatGPT for Creating Multiple- and Single-Choice R/exams Questions

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Tutorial for creating knowledge quiz questions with the help of ChatGPT in multiple- or single-choice format for R/exams. Read More ›