Abstract
The MacQTEX quiz system uses JAVAScript embedded within PDF documents to allow students to do multiple-choice style quizzes. The internet may be used to supply the quiz document, and to record results. But even when not connected, there is immediate feedback as to how many questions were answered correctly and what are the correct answers, as well as providing worked solutions indicating how the correct answers could be deduced. The highest quality of typesetting is employed in the quizzes by using the TEX typesetting software, via the pdf-TEX variant, to control the generation of the PDF documents. Other software, such as Perl and Mathematica, can be used to control the production of unique instances of a particular quiz so that each student gets slightly different questions to answer.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | e-Xplore 2001 |
| Subtitle of host publication | a face-to-face odyssey. Proceedings of the Apple University Consortium Conference, September 2001. |
| Editors | Neville Smythe |
| Place of Publication | Wollongong, NSW |
| Publisher | Apple University Consortium |
| Pages | 16-1-16-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0947209336 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
| Event | Apple University Consortium Academic and Developers Conference - Townsville, QLD Duration: 23 Sept 2001 → 26 Sept 2001 |
Conference
| Conference | Apple University Consortium Academic and Developers Conference |
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| City | Townsville, QLD |
| Period | 23/09/01 → 26/09/01 |
Keywords
- MacQTeX
- randomised quizzes
- self-testing quizzes
- Portable Document Format
- Javascript
- exerquiz