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Achim Zeileis👋 Hi friends of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rstats</a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/stackoverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackoverflow</a>An IMO legitimate question about our <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> pkg was closed before I could answer it. Maybe some of you want to help reopen it? Thanks in advance!<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79545467/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79545467/</a>

Achim Zeileis👋 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/elearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elearning</a> Mastodon!📝 Can anyone here share experiences from their <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#university</a> (preferably in 🇩🇪) about using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moodle</a> for regular large summative exams?Some German <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> users are looking advice on pros/cons/caveats/etc.

Achim ZeileisNice contributed tutorial about written multiple-choice exams with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rstats</a> ✅ :rstats: <a href="https://edgar-treischl.de/blog/examr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://edgar-treischl.de/blog/examr/</a>

Achim Zeileis📄 New blog post on embedding <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> exercises in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rmarkdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rmarkdown</a> or <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/quarto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quarto</a> documentsJoint work with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@retostauffer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@retostauffer</a> Generate quizzes for self-paced <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/elearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elearning</a> in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rstats</a> <a href="https://www.r-exams.org/tutorials/exams2forms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.r-exams.org/tutorials/exams2forms/</a>

Achim Zeileis🚨 PSA: Cool new feature on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> web page, the :rstats: one-for-all exams generator.All demo exercise templates now have an interactive preview with 3 random versions, e.g.,<a href="https://www.R-exams.org/templates/boxplots/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.R-exams.org/templates/boxplots/</a>

Achim Zeileis<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pandoc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pandoc</a> ...is an integral part of R/exams, which can generate large numbers of personalized exams/quizzes/tests in various output formats <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a>- PDFs for multiple-choice exams with automatic evaluation- imports for learning management systems like Moodle, Canvas, OpenOlat, or Blackboard- live voting, e.g., via Particify- custom output in PDF, HTML, Docx, ...<a href="https://www.R-exams.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.R-exams.org/</a>

Achim Zeileis✅ New :rstats: /exams post by Pia Tscholl & Lisa Schlosser.Leveraging <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@openolat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openolat</a> for an award-winning <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stem</a> bridging course at <a href="https://social.uibk.ac.at/@uniinnsbruck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@uniinnsbruck</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/elearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elearning</a> <a href="https://www.R-exams.org/general/uibk_stem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.R-exams.org/general/uibk_stem/</a>

Achim ZeileisMy invited talk from last month at TH Augsburg is now on YouTube:Exams and assessment formats in large-scale courses (in German)<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openolat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openolat</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/elearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elearning</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAUOTKnWb4s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAUOTKnWb4s</a>

Achim ZeileisIf your institution uses <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Blackboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blackboard</a>, please support this request to enable <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MathJax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathJax</a>. This will improve math display for everybody, especially those using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a>.(First sign up with institution e-mail, then "vote the idea".)<a href="https://anthology-teachingandlearning.ideas.aha.io/ideas/LEARNU-I-2948" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://anthology-teachingandlearning.ideas.aha.io/ideas/LEARNU-I-2948</a>

Achim ZeileisNew R/exams interface to "webexercises" pkg by <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@debruine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@debruine</a> & <a href="https://fediscience.org/@dalejbarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dalejbarr</a>Embed <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> exercises in static HTML, R/Markdown, Quarto, etc.Pkg still on R-Forge, replication code in alt text of first image.Try: <a href="https://www.zeileis.org/quiz.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.zeileis.org/quiz.html</a>

Achim ZeileisGuest blog for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> by <a href="https://econtwitter.net/@a_steinmayr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@a_steinmayr</a> How to leverage <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> for generating multiple-choice questions, especially plausible false statements. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/elearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elearning</a> <a href="https://www.R-exams.org/tutorials/chatgpt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.R-exams.org/tutorials/chatgpt/</a>

Achim ZeileisPSA for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> users:Worked example of exercise with screenshots of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rstats</a> code (rather than the code itself). Plus brief discussion of alternatives.<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74715438/prevent-copy-paste-of-code-chunks-in-r-exams/74719506#74719506" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74715438/prevent-copy-paste-of-code-chunks-in-r-exams/74719506#74719506</a>

Achim ZeileisPSA for users of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moodle</a>.You can assign partial credits to numeric answers from guessing tasks. For example, when the given answer is reasonably close to the true answer - just not close enough to be fully correct.If this is of broader interest I would also consider including the function in R/exams directly...<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72316088/partial-credit-for-numeric-exercises-e-g-for-guessing-tasks/72319795" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72316088/partial-credit-for-numeric-exercises-e-g-for-guessing-tasks/72319795</a>

Achim ZeileisMore <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> blog posts <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rstats</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/elearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elearning</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openolat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openolat</a>- Cloze exercises- Linear regression with data download- lm2: theory/knowledge questions plus application to data- lm3: adds interpretation with open-ended essay plus file upload- lm2 combines all 4 basic exercise types: single-choice, multiple-choice, numeric, and string (closed, automatically evaluated)- lm3 adds essay and file<a href="https://www.R-exams.org/templates/lm2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.R-exams.org/templates/lm2/</a>

Achim ZeileisNew <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a> blog post:Cloze question with randomly-generated data for linear regressionTwo numeric answer fields (R-squared, F-statistic)Essay answer field for interpretationFile upload for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rstats</a> code<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/elearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elearning</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openolat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openolat</a><a href="https://www.R-exams.org/templates/essayreg2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.R-exams.org/templates/essayreg2/</a>

Achim ZeileisHi Mastodon! Day 1 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/movember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movember</a> for me.Short bio: - Professor of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statistics</a>, Uni Innsbruck - Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Statistical Software <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/jstatsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jstatsoft</a> - Software developer, especially in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rstats</a> (zoo, sandwich, party <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/partykit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#partykit</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/colorspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colorspace</a>, R/exams <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rexams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rexams</a>, ...)

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