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exams: Automatic Generation of Exams in R

Automatic generation of exams based on exercises in Markdown or LaTeX format, possibly including R code for dynamic generation of exercise elements. Exercise types include single-choice and multiple-choice questions, arithmetic problems, string questions, and combinations thereof (cloze). Output formats include standalone files (PDF, HTML, Docx, ODT, ...), Moodle XML, QTI 1.2, QTI 2.1, Blackboard, Canvas, OpenOlat, ILIAS, TestVision, Particify, ARSnova, Kahoot!, Grasple, and TCExam. In addition to fully customizable PDF exams, a standardized PDF format (NOPS) is provided that can be printed, scanned, and automatically evaluated.

Version: 2.4-1
Depends: R (≥ 3.4.0)
Imports: graphics, grDevices, stats, tools, utils, base64enc, knitr, rmarkdown
Suggests: magick, openxlsx, parallel, png, qpdf, RCurl, RJSONIO, tinytex, tth, xml2
Published: 2024-07-10
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.exams
Author: Achim Zeileis ORCID iD [aut, cre], Bettina Gruen ORCID iD [aut], Friedrich Leisch ORCID iD [aut], Nikolaus Umlauf [aut], Mirko Birbaumer [ctb], Dominik Ernst [ctb], Patrik Keller [ctb], Niels Smits ORCID iD [ctb], Reto Stauffer [ctb], Kenji Sato [ctb], Florian Wickelmaier [ctb]
Maintainer: Achim Zeileis <Achim.Zeileis at R-project.org>
BugReports: https://www.R-exams.org/contact/
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3
URL: https://www.R-exams.org/
NeedsCompilation: no
SystemRequirements: pandoc (>= 2.0)
Citation: exams citation info
Materials: NEWS
In views: ReproducibleResearch, TeachingStatistics
CRAN checks: exams results

Documentation:

Reference manual: exams.pdf
Vignettes: Automatic Generation of Exams in R
Flexible Generation of E-Learning Exams in R: Moodle Quizzes, OLAT Assessments, and Beyond

Downloads:

Package source: exams_2.4-1.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: exams_2.4-1.zip, r-release: exams_2.4-1.zip, r-oldrel: exams_2.4-1.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): exams_2.4-1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): exams_2.4-1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): exams_2.4-1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): exams_2.4-1.tgz
Old sources: exams archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse depends: exams2forms, exams2learnr, exams2sakai, pafdR
Reverse imports: exams.forge, exams.mylearn
Reverse suggests: Ryacas, Ryacas0

Linking:

Please use the canonical form https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=exams to link to this page.

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.