A Software Tool for Typesetting Quizzes

Hans Petter Langtangen [1, 2]

[1] Center for Biomedical Computing, Simula Research Laboratory
[2] Department of Informatics, University of Oslo

Mar 30, 2015

Summary. This note describes a system for writing quizzes (multiple-choice questions) in a compact text format with support for mathematics, computer code, and flexible formatting. The text format can be automatically translated to HTML and to a Python data structure. The HTML can be rendered directly in web pages, and the data structure can (in the future) be fed to online quiz/survey services a la Kahoot, JotForm, and Google forms.

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