The Package files and
Documentation:
Place the following files, the components of the web and exerquiz
packages, in a folder where LaTeX looks for package files:
- acrotex_pack.zip:
Package files, installation files, AeB Manual, and only the new example
files.
- acrotex_exdoc.zip:
Full documentation and full set of examples
- eq2db.zip: The
distribution for eq2db, includes LaTeX package, server-side script, two
sample quiz files and a sample database. Documentation can be downloaded
below.
The manual of usage for web and exerquiz packages:
What's New
- (12/25/09)
Revised the web package in response to the re-write of the eso-pic
package. Improvements to the use of links using \setLink (appearance,
destinations, urls, and launching applications); new features are
illustrated in the blog article titled Support
for Links in AeB/eForms, found at the AeB Blog.
- (04/23/09) Added a new command \RespBoxTxtPC (exerquiz) for posing
text fill-in questions. Using this command, you can assign partial credit
to the user's response. See the demo file jxttst_pc.pdf.
- (07/06/08) Added hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic
functions to exerquiz. Minor changes also made in support of the rmannot package and the AcroFLeX
Graphing Bundle.
TeX/LaTeX Survey: I've
created a TeX/LaTeX
Survey using AeB and the eqExam package.
If you're so inclined, click the link and fill in and submit the survey. Here
are the most recent results, tex_survey_responses.pdf, as of 01/18/10 in the form of a PDF
Portfolio, download to your own computer and view in Adobe Reader 9.0 (or
later).
Demo Files for AeB: See the document indexofex.pdf for a listing of all examples, with
links to the PDF documents (links to the source files work after you download
the package and unpack the source files and maintain the same directory
structure). The latest demo files for this version are grp_test.pdf (this illustrates the
grouped math/text questions) and prompt_tst.pdf
(this file illustrates progressive questions).
You can also go to any of the following demo files: webeqtst.pdf (exercises and multiple
choice questions), jquiztst.pdf
(math fill-in questions), jtxttst.pdf
(text fill-in questions), quizpts.pdf
(questions with points), jqzspec.pdf (how
to extend the math fill-in capability, vector processing) and jqzequat.pdf (questions what expect an
equation as an answer), bgtest.pdf (backgrounds) and execjstst.pdf (execJS and animation
example). There is a short demo file for eForms, see eqforms.pdf.
Foreign Language Localizations: Try webeqtst-fr.pdf , webeqtst-de.pdf, webeqtst-no.pdf, webeqtst-es.pdf, webeqtst-it.pdf, webeqtst-da.pdf, webeqtst-nl.pdf and webeqtst-ru.pdf as well. These three files
were obtained from webeqtst.tex by latexing with the french, german, norsk, spanish, italian, polish, dutch, finnish and russian option,
respectively. Note: It's a little more complicated for the russian option.
I want to extend my support of other languages (current languages are
French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Dutch and Russian). If you
are interested in the web and exerquiz packages and want to create a language
definition file what will be distributed with AcroTeX Bundle, open the
exerquiz.ins installation file and uncomment the line referring to the
`template.def', open this file up in your editor and translate the phrases
contained therein.
Please contact me at dpstory@uakron.edu
should you encounter any problems, or have suggestions (features) to make.
The Pdfscreen Package: A screen layout
package for pdflatex users that has become quite popular is the pdfscreen package by C. V. Radhakrishnan. The exerquiz package is somewhat independent of the web
package; in particular, exerquiz will work with
the pdfscreen package. See the example file eq_pdfs.pdf (which is webeqtst.pdf using pdfscreen). The file, eq_pdfs.zip
contains the source of the just cited example of pdfscreen
and exerquiz working together. The package pdfscreen can be downloaded from CTAN (use the search feature to search for the
keyword "pdfscreen"), or downloaded directly from the author's web site.
Related Links: I
gave a talk on the AcroTeX eDucation Bundle at the 15th ICTCM Conference in Disney
World, Orlando. My presentation was inspired by some of Han Hagen's
presentations. Generally, I used PSTricks and the AcroTeX Bundle to create some
of the special effects you see in the slides. The link for the talk is here. All hypertext links to the examples have been
removed. See the last page for a little animation, with sound.
AeB
Packages:
- eqExam: eqExam is a stand alone
package for creating exams, quizzes and homework assignments. If you want
to use the pdf, links, online or email options, you need the AcroTeX
Bundle, the latest version. See the eqExam home page.
- aeb_tilebg: (06/05/07)
The aeb_tilebg package is a simple application of established packages
graphicx, multido and AeB Web. The package takes a rectangular graphic and
uses it to tile the background of the pages .
Download your favorite tiled background swatch
from the Internet (or create your own), convert it to an .eps or a .pdf format
(depending if you use distiller---should work for users of Ghostscript as
well---or pdftex), place that image in the same folder as your source document.
Now, anywhere in your document, use the command \setTileBgGraphic to create
your tiled background.
Other features Turn tiling on or off. Draft
mode (an package option) used during the content development stage. Change the
way the tiles are laid out, change from top-to-bottom to bottom-to-top.
- Documentation: aebtilebg_man.pdf
- Demo file: tilebg_tst.pdf
- Distribution: aeb_tilebg.zip
- graphicxbox: (12/16/07) This package
introduces two new commands, \graphicxbox and \fgraphicxbox, modeled after
\colorbox and \fcolorbox, respectively. These new commands insert a
graphical background rather than a flat color background. Requires the
graphicx package, and for transparency, the graphicxsp package. Demo
files: grfxbox_tst.pdf
(produced by pdftex), grfxbox_tst_sp.pdf
(produced by distiller) and grfxbox_tst_indians.pdf
(produced by distiller).
Would suggest you update your GraphicxSP
and your aeb_tilebg packages if you try to compile the latter two demo files
yourself. See the bottom of this page for an updated aeb_tilebg package.
The download for this package, its demo files and its demo graphics files
is graphicxbox.zip
Get the latest version of AeB (acrotex_pack.zip) and if you want to go
pro, get AeB Pro to go.
Web/Exerquiz on the
Web: