pyexams 0.0.1

Generates variants of exam questions using texsurgery, keeps a question database, exports to pdf and moodle

pyexams

Generates variants of exam questions using texsurgery, keeps a question database, exports to pdf and moodle.

Much like R exams, but with the following (main) differences:

1. R-exams requires use of R for both creating exam variants and managing R-exams itself, while pyexams allows any language for exam creation and is called from a command which can be incorporated into your favourite LaTeX editor.
2. R-exams keeps each question in a separate file, then use a simple R script to compose the whole exam, while pyexams use a single LaTeX file for the whole exam.
3. Both R-exams and pyexams keep a record of past exam questions, but pyexams also keeps a database that can be queried in order to find, for instance, all questions with the tag derivative that appeared in exams at least two years ago. The question code is also saved in plain text and managed in a git repository, which simplifies the management of a shared question bank, whether group-private or totally open.
4. Last but not least, R-exams is a mature and feature rich project, while pyexams is a very young project that still has to deliver.

Other important design decisions involved in pyexams:

• The syntax for the questions is exactly that of auto-multiple-choice
• We will use amc2moodle (or a custom version of it) to generate the moodle question bank.
• pyexams strives to feel as close to LaTeX as possible to its users, which paradoxically is better done through texsurgery than through a LaTeX package.

But where is the code??!

Please wait, we have built prototypes of all the advertised features, but the code is not polished yet, and some parts of the syntax may change as we discuss our prototypes with our colleagues.

Installation

python3 -m pip install pyexams