Dnia 2014-03-15, o godz. 11:10:59 Marcin Borkowski <mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl> napisaĆ(a):
> Hi list, > > I'd like to extend the LaTeX exporter to be able to prepare tests with > Org-mode. Four basic kinds of tests I'm thinking about are: single > choice test, multiple choice test, cloze test and an "open" question > (where the expected answer is, say, at most 5 lines of text). It > would enable the user to typeset both the test for students and an > answer sheet for the teacher to facilitate grading. (If - and when - I > succeed in doing this, next logical step is preparing HTML/Javascript > tests from the same Org-mode source.) I have a few questions, though. > > 1. Is it possible to employ syntax like ____{noon|midday} to denote a > cloze with two possible answers? It might get translated to LaTeX as > e.g. \cloze{{noon},{midday}} or similar, and a LaTeX package would > take care to typeset this correctly. Is there any similar thing > (i.e., an exporter built on some existing one) so that I can look at > an example of code doing such thing? > > 2. What would you suggest as the input format on the Org side of > things? My suggestion for the cloze syntax is shown above (let us > assume that at least two or three underscores are needed to > distinguish this from subscript, and some form of escaping the pipe > symbol and braces might be necessary. Alternatively, it might be > configurable to use e.g. ____[noon/midday] (or other characters). > > What about SCTs/MCTs? My idea would be to employ plain lists with > checkboxes - they seem to be pretty useless outside Org-mode anyway, > and I imagine that it could be something like this: > > #+<SOME MAGICAL LINE MEANING: THIS IS A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST> > - [ ] wrong answer > - [X] good answer > - [X] another good answer > - [ ] a completely stupid answer > > As for "open" questions, I have no good idea. Maybe something like > > #+LINES: 5 > > but what about example answers (for the teacher grading the test)? > Maybe it would be better to say: > #+BEGIN_ANSWER > (Here goes the right answer.) > #+END_ANSWER, > > but is it possible to pass a parameter (number of lines) to > #+BEGIN_ANSWER? > > 3. Bonus question: would there be any demand (apart from myself) for > such an exporter? > > What do you think? OK, so I did some research, and I found out that "special blocks" are probably the best idea. So, items with checkboxes whose :parent is a special block like "MCT" or "SCT" could behave accordingly. Still, I can't see in the docs any mentions about possible properties of special blocks. Is it possible to make an exporter so that I could say #+BEGIN_ANSWER :lines 2 This is an answer. #+END_ANSWER so that I could use the property :lines in org-special-block? I don't want to utilize #+ATTR_LATEX, since I'm aiming at extensions to both LaTeX and HTML exporters recognizing this thing. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University