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1. Le al FP arbitrary number of rows and columns MathWriter provides various enclosing symbols Use the tab key to change or create columns Press return to change or create rows MathWriter automatical ly formats the matrix as you type each keystroke Use the split I beam from the Tools window to edit inside a cell or within an expression inside the cell Click inside a cell to outline it with a box Figure 4 20 Click outside the struc ture or select the I beam tool to return to normal typing Click on the appro priate box in Matrix Format on the Format menu to specify the placement line thickness and pattern justification within cells or elements and row and col umn spacing of cells To modify the format of previously typed expressions 1p simply select the expression before using the Matrix a Format command To add or delete a row or column select a cell within that row or column and then use Fig 4 20 Insert or Delete from the Edit menu Edit inside structures 10 The last menu produces tables 8 0 You can box the entire table or each cell individually MathWriter treats tables as matrices with additional horizontal and vertical rules Click on the appropriate box in Matrix Format on the Format menu to specify the placement line thickness and pattern justification within cells or elements and row and column spacing of cells To modify the format of previously typed expressions simply select the expression before using th
2. We hope that MathWriter s interface is sufficiently intuitive that you can work with minimal prompting For those times when prompts would be useful use the Help window as described here 1 Select Help from the Windows menu 7 Appendix 111 The Help window presents a scrollable list of topics including general information step by step instructions for performing common tasks and a menu command summary Select a topic from the list scrolling if necessary and click on the Help button or double click on the topic Use the or buttons to scroll to adjacent help screens click Topics to return to the list of topics click in your document window to return to it while leaving the Help window open or click in the Help window Close box to put it away 2 If the Help window is still open click the Close box in the upper left corner of the window to put the Help window away K eyboard commands for type style changes 38 spacebar option 36 36 36 F option 3 36 86 36 36 KiE odo 3 36 36 VA MathWriter has an extensive set of keyboard commands Those that control type style changes are listed here F ont Selection Toggles between the current font and the Symbol font which contains the Greek alphabet and other mathematical symbols Font Size Selection Next larger font size on size submenu Increase font size by one point Next smaller font size on size submenu Decrease font size by one point Font S
3. question markers not the individual point counts displayed in the exam document See pages 42 43 for additional details on point counts Use the Bank menu Figure 4 6 to create rename or delete question banks which are subgroupings of questions within an ExamBuilder question file The viewing order of a bank during scrolling is also set using this menu You can also use this name to select which bank is displayed in the ExamBuilder document window A book can contain an arbitrary number of banks and each bank can contain an arbitrary number of questions In general it is a good idea to group related questions within a bank so you can use the bank grouping in the selection of questions when building exams automatically New Question Bank Rename Question Bank Delete Question Bank Create rename and delete sets or related questions within a book pc a E a A ei Grenache by category for easier selection Samples Chapter 2 Select question banks in this book Fig 4 6 Bank menu After you have opened an ExamBuilder book use this command to open a new bank within the open book This command renames the currently selected bank If necessary select the bank to be renamed from the lower portion of the Bank menu before selecting this command If the bank to be deleted is not the current bank open the bank to be deleted by select its name from the Bank menu and then use this command This sequence is suggest
4. Point Yalue 25 Questions text or a graphic which in turn might include text or inactive Medium v mathematics A multiple choice or matching question can include an arbitrary number of alternative responses A check mark identifies the correct response Q Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve 2x ay Gey O atthe point 1 2 3 3 gz 13 Figure 1 4 Multiple choice question ExamBuilder Structure Questions file Figure 1 5 Data flow relationships There are two parts to the ExamBuilder system ExamBuilder MW2 0 the host word processor and ExamBuilder Module the data base manager each part has its own file type exam files and question files respectively The Exam Builder Module is the part of the system that allows you to select questions from a question file and transfer them into an exam or to generate an exam with randomly selected questions ExamBuilder MW2 0 manipulates the generated exam it edits formats and prints your exams The question files are data base files and the exams are word processor files The Module creates the exams it takes data base questions and forms the exams The word processor is the engine of the entire system and allows you to enter and exit the ExamBuilder Module add graphics and mathematical expressions to your questions and format save and print exam files For the sake of brevity and clarity hereinafter
5. The second fraction template automatically reduces the font size 2 Type 2 for the numerator and press enter to move to the denominator Always supply the numerator before the denominator By using nesting you can create numerators and denominators of arbitrary complexity 3 Select the square root symbol 8 2 and 4 Click on 7 in the Palettes window Use the mouse to select r from the Palettes window or type 8 spacebar to toggle to the Greek alphabet now noted in the status bar type p to get pi and then type 38 spacebar to toggle back to the previous font The Greek alphabet is taken from the Symbol font the characters have a mnemonic arrangement a for o b for B etc But if you cannot locate a character use the Key Caps desk accessory or the Font Table window 5 Press enter once to leave the root template and a second time to reach the baseline To avoid your having to scroll the sidebar is repeated here 2 xX gt erf x wk i es d 2 X erf x Jn Jo 1 Select the single integral template with the mouse or type 3 5 and 2 Type 0 the lower limit of integration It could be any arbitrary expression 120 Appendix 66 99 3 Press enter to move to the upper limit of integration and type x 4 Press enter to return to the baseline Use option click if you need to edit either limit 5 Complete the integrand as in the previous example Close this file and open
6. animals the giraffe is the tallest large a P Fig 3 3 Fill in the blank question The true false example Figure 3 4 shows a question cell that occupies two lines To specify the answer in the second cell click either the true or the false button H The field of Mathematics is involved in the study of people named Matthew 4 i False True Fig 3 4 True false question Multiple choice questions Figure 3 5 contain a question cell and an arbitrary number of answer cells To add answer cells click in an existing one and choose Cell New Before or Cell New After Click in the second column to identify the 24 Chapter 3 Matching Scenario answer with a check mark only one correct answer is allowed A bold rectangle identifies answers that must occupy a special position i e the sequence can not be varied To make this designation place the insertion point in the cell whose position must remain fixed even if the remaining cells are shuffled when the question is added to the exam file and select Cell Mixable to remove the check mark adjacent to that menu command q Ot the following five possibilities which is the fastest computer 1 ooo Fig 3 5 Multiple choice question Matching questions Figure 3 6 can have a user specified number of entries Each item cell I is followed immediately by its correct answer cell A EB can scramble the order of the items and an
7. tively double click a question in the Short or Long Summary views to switch to the entire view To return to the immediately previous view use the View sub menu again or click the icon E at the bottom right corner of the window 1 This notation means select Modules on the Windows menu 28 Chapter 3 Objective lt ExamBuilder gt gt lt ExamBuilder gt gt sage in theoretical physics Chapter Section 1 Examine the questions Select format default settings Transfer Options Fill In The Blank Topic Intro to African animals Chapter Section Objective True False Topic History of mathematics Chapter Section hiertiwe Objective H 3 Points i In twenty five words or less describe the impact of computers on the field of theoretical physics The impact has been very large 1 Point Fig 3 10 Question views Long Summary and Entire Question 6 Use the scroll bar common to the three views to view all the questions in the current bank Alternatively use the Question menu or keyboard commands First 8 lt Last 8 gt Previous 8 and Next 8 to move among the questions Figure 3 11 In the entire question view the question number is displayed in the scroll bar in the summary views the question number is displayed near the left margin First aK Last gt Previous a Next Fig 3 11 Locating a question You decide the basic structur
8. 5 The integral 8 5 can be single double or triple and you can place the limits either adjacent to or above the integral sign Supply the lower limit and press enter to move to the upper limit Supply the upper limit and press enter to move to the baseline and then supply the integrand The limits can be of arbitrary complexity A contour integral is available Press return to move the insertion Command Guide 69 point to the base level if desired use the split I beam tool to edit within the limits again To resize the integral for larger integrands use Calc Prev J or Size on the Format menu or amp D with the insertion point positioned to the immediate right of the integrand 6 The union and intersection operators 8 6 also accept limits Press enter to move from the lower to the upper limit and again to move back to the baseline Use the split I beam to edit the limits 7 The special function menu 8 7 f Z Z 4 5 7 3 2 det ged inf lim inf max Pr N contains constructs that include expressions centered below the operator name Press enter to return to the baseline Use the split I beam to edit the limits 8 Grouping brackets 8 8 include multiple rows grouped on the left or right with braces brackets parentheses and angle symbols Use the split I beam to edit within the structure Press return to change rows and tab to change columns 9 Vectors and matrices 9 can have an H t gfe df Hi a file aR
9. After reading this paragraph repeatedly drag and release kd the vertical scroll box to examine the entire document and then return here The number in the scroll box identifies the page that appears in the document window when you release the mouse button More precisely it is the page visible at the top of the document window MathWriter displays documents as sheets of paper and automatically paginates them Click immediately above or below the scroll box to scroll one complete screen vertically up or down Click in the scroll arrows Gl to move a few lines or press option when you click the scroll arrow to scroll a single line The boundary lines of the margins the header and the footer are visible because Show Layout in the Format menu has been selected as a result the menu choice now reads Hide Layout The cursor changes shape when you move it from one work space where the blinking insertion point is located to another If you move into the header click and then return to the main body the cursor changes to T and then back to Er Examine the ruler Observe that the positions of the left margin marker together with a left tab it looks like and first line indent marker amp on the Ruler change when you place the cursor first within this paragraph and then within the paragraph that precedes Examine the Ruler In this paragraph the first line indent is to the left of the paragraph margin and produces a
10. Delete Transfer To Document T Transfer text and pictures Transfer From Document D to and from the question Transfer Options file according to defaults Multiple Choice Format Numbering formats Matching Format Fig 4 7 Question menu Use the View submenu of the Question menu to specify the level of detail you want revealed when you examine questions The Short Summary Long Summary and Entire View choices provide increasingly greater detail You can edit only when in using the entire question view but manual selection manual transfer and marking of questions can be made while using either view These commands provide mouse and keyboard scrolling through the questions Vertical scroll bars provide alternative paging control Use this command to add a template for a new question of one the seven supported types free form essay fill In the blank true false multiple choice matching scenario and composite Place the new question template either immediately before or immediately after the currently selected question New After selections can also be made by keyboard command Transfer To Document T Transfer From Document 8 D Transfer Options Multiple Choice Format Matching Format Command Guide 61 To create an examination in an exam document you must transfer individual questions and answers from a question file Transfer To Document provides for the individual manual transfer of questi
11. From Bank select EM 4 Random Questions From All Questions Fig 3 25 A selection panel 6a Select a Question Bank such as Samples in Figure 3 26 from this book using the pop up menu Note To select a different book use File Open Book 6b Use another pop up menu on the panel to specify the category from which you want to select questions randomly All Questions Difficulty Level Point Value and Question Type Figure 3 26 6c Use the category s companion pop up menu when any choice other than All Questions is selected to specify an additional qualifier Figure 3 26 6d Specify the number of questions you want to select that meet your conditions The maximum number of questions that satisfies the selection criterion is displayed in white characters on black background to the immediate left of the dialog box in which you specify the number you want to select Figure 3 26 e Free Form Essay Fill In The Blank OTRE At E All Questions True False Difficulty Level f Easy Multiple Choice Point Value Medium Matching Chapter 2 Question Type Hard Composite Fig 3 26 Question category Destination exam files Special transfer options Log file Using ExamBuilder 41 6e For additional selection sets click New and repeat 6a 6d All such panels of sets of conditions will select additional questions 6f To remove any sets of conditions click on a panel to select it and then click
12. With Automatic line spacing enabled MathWriter automatically spaces lines to include the maximum size of such expressions as mathematical equations Mostly fixed means that MathWriter allows simple subscripts and superscripts to protrude into the leading between the lines The Fixed choice lets you set the spacing using four buttons Single 1 1 2 Double and Other Use automatic line spacing while composing a manuscript when you do not want to be concerned with making a choice If your writing includes in line expressions you may wish to modify the line spacing subsequently to achieve greater uniformity Never compose variable height mathematical expressions with fixed line spacing because portions of the line may be displayed improperly and inadequately refreshed This command controls matrix and table formatting Placement Line type alignment of elements within the matrix and the spacing of rows and columns is selected here MW reformats a matrix with each input keystroke Variables Format on the Format menu lets you select formatting options for such variables as the date time and page number These variables automatically appear in the text in the form that you choose here Show Invisibles Format menu displays a dotted box around these variables Variables for creation date current date creation time current time page number number of pages equation number sub equation number equation cross reference and question nu
13. creating multiple versions of an examination The formatting options discussed for manual generation are also available to automatically generated exams Automatic exam generation offers several powerful additional capabilities The first is the ability to shuffle the order of the marked questions Exam Builder can sort the marked questions by difficulty point value and question type Exam questions can be selected randomly from the book according to user defined criteria The selection criteria can be the number of questions from a Bank the difficulty level the point value and the question type You can mark individual questions for exclusion from the selection process ExamBuilder can also construct multiple versions of an examination In its simplest form this means scrambling the order of the questions on the examination Questions can also be sorted by difficulty by point value and by type Each exam version is stored in a separate MathWriter file Using ExamBuilder 33 ExamBuilder can also produce a listing or log of the questions used in each examination and a cross reference listing of the examinations on which each question appears This means for example that you can track the use of questions and later identify the examination versions that included an inappropriate question This also means that you can produce another set of exams using the same questions after they have been edited Because of the many combinations of
14. of the entire question which reveals all the details of a single question and permits you to edit the fields Let s review each of the fields listed in Table 3 on page 9 Question fields Selection field Inactive question field Difficulty field Topic field Chapter Section field Objective field Using ExamBuilder 21 Table 3 1 Characterization of common fields Six of the descriptive fields 2 7 in Table 3 1 can be modified when viewed in the entire question view and then only if the file is unlocked see the File Info command of the File menu in chapter 4 If checked the box at the top left corner of the window in any view marks questions to be used in building an examination Click in the question number rectangle on the left side of summary views or in the square box at the top left corner of entire question views Figure 3 1 to mark or unmark a specific ques tion Note Use EB s Build command on the File menu to effect the transfer of the marked questions into an examination file in RAM If you wish to suspend usage of a particular item in the question file check the Inactive box When inactive the question is shaded in the summary views An inactive question is excluded from selection when you are building an examination automatically For example use this feature if you do not wish to cover a certain topic this term or if the test item contains an ambiguity or is otherwise unsuitable simply c
15. 1 4 to learn to scroll create paragraphs move text edit headers print files and format text graphics and mathematics 2 Select Exam def from the New submenu Figure 2 2 This file has been configured for this purpose Note Use Save As with MW2 Default File type to create and save your own startup files in the system folder File New b EnamBuilder 1 Fig 2 2 Select a formatted file and ExamBuilder Module Activate the ExamBuilder Module 1 Select ExamBuilder from the Modules submenu on the Windows pull down menu Figure 2 2 or use the equivalent key command 8 Option 1 Note Because ExamBuilder is a module rather than an application you cannot double click on it to effect startup Because this is also your first use of ExamBuilder the system creates an ExamBuilder Prefs file and places it in the system folder to save your customization preferences Notice Figure 2 3 that the menu bar now contains menus pertinent to the management of question files File Edit Format Palettes Diac Style Windows L File Edit Bank Question Cell Font Size Style Fig 2 3 Menu bar changes 2 Use the Open Book command on the File menu to gain access to the questions in the file EB Demo book The set of questions that you see in this file are those of one question bank in the larger book file See the section Quick Start Guide 9 ExamBuilder files in chapter 1 for more in
16. 5 Save As Save active exam document in various format Save a Copy s Import Graphics File Inserta graphic from disk Preferences Establish global MW preferences Doc Info Characterize the active document Page Layout Assign page characteristics Doc Layout Assign page usage throughout the document Doc Preferences Establish document specific preferences CO PERE EEE Not available in this version Print 38T Print the active exam document Quit Terminate session Fig 4 25 The File menu New You can create a stationery file for each distinctive type of document you use and designate one of the stationery files as the default using Preferences on the File menu When you choose from the submenu MathWriter creates a file from that particular stationery For example you can create a standard exam form that includes class identification the current date page counter and automatic question numbering Open 38 O Use Open to open an existing file Note The three dots following the word Open indicate that you have to supply additional information to complete the command A File Type pop up menu allows you to screen for a specific file type MathWriter s own format keeps the formatting and configuration information you chose when you created your document for subsequent printing and editing sessions MathWriter automatically restores this environment when you open the file If you use the
17. Clipboard The Clipboard therefore is not disturbed The Undo command can restore a selection removed unintentionally Paste Before provides the equivalent of an insertion point location between cells or questions when pasting the Clipboard contents The Clipboard contents are placed in a region immediately preceding the cell or question where the insertion point is currently located rather than replacing the contents of the cell or question where the insertion point is located This command selects all objects text and graphics within the active region of the current window UnMark All Questions globally removes selection marks from any and all questions in the current bank Use this command to avoid inadvertent entries when you build an exam using marked questions Clear Document erases the body of the receiving exam file Use this command to delete any existing material in the receiving exam document Insert Point Count Bank menu New Question Bank Rename Question Bank Delete Question Bank Sort By Names of banks Command Guide 59 Insert Point Count tallies the points for all questions CURRENTLY in the receiving exam document For a correct count use this command after you have transferred all questions into the exam document and placed the insertion point in the exam document where the total point count is to be placed The point count is calculated from the individual point count in the hidden uneditable
18. Demo folder 1 Activate MW 2 Select Exam def from the New submenu Entries on the New submenu correspond to the stationery files placed in the system folder or n the folder with MW Selecting a name from the New submenu creates a copy of the stationery file to establish a writing environment You create the stationery files using the MW Default File type on the Save As command This means that you can preconfigure your choice of paper size margins headers footers font font size font style ruler settings printer type and many other conditions The document can contain formatted text that identifies your course the date space for the student s name and section and even page totals Exam def is such a file Alternatively you could simply select New without selecting from the submenu for an unspecialized document and prepare it to receive the questions from the data base set margins font font size font style identifying title and other prefatory materials etc Don t forget to specify tabs e g fixed at 0 5 inch spacing and a format for the question numbers You must also format the User Category variable to provide the automatic numbering Open EB Choose a Source file Three views of questions Select a view Using ExamBuilder 27 of the questions Use Variables Format on the Format menu to assign the format e g no character before the question number and a trailing period A brief summary
19. Exam command In this example you learn to instruct ExamBuilder to select questions at random optionally scramble their ordering and then transfer copies of the selected questions into exam files automatically The random selection and scrambling capabilities are useful for creating multiple versions of an examination ExamBuilder randomly selects questions according to several criteria by number of questions from each bank difficulty level point value and question type You can designate individual questions as temporarily inactive and thereby exclude them from the selection process In this section we also demonstrate ExamBuilder s capacity to produce a log listing of the questions used in each examination and a cross reference listing of the examinations on which each question appears This means that you can track any repeated use of questions and later identify the examination versions that included for example an inappropriate question There are numerous ways to produce examinations using ExamBuilder Because you are likely to have strong preferences for a particular format ExamBuilder facilitates customization of the building process You can create and save build choices sets that later when selected quickly configure ExamBuilder to generate previously used combinations of build options appropriate to your needs All of these options are considered in this example The startup process is the same as described fo
20. ExamBuilder MW2 0 will be referred to as MW alias MathWriter 2 0 ExamBuilder 1 0 Module will be referred to as EB alias ExamBuilder Together these constitute the ExamBuilder system CHAP TER 2 Quick Start Guide Installation CEEE This chapter provides an abbreviated tutorial introduction to creating exams with ExamBuilder In this quick start guide we assume that you are familiar with the Macintosh interface If you are not or need a refresher on icons buttons check boxes pull down and pop up menus mouse usage and so on refer to your Macintosh user s manual ExamBuilder requires System 6 0 2 or higher is compatible with System 7 0 and is MultiFinder compatible The Times font must be available to your system Also required is the modified version of the Adobe Symbol font it has been merged with MW2 If your system already contains the Apple supplied Symbol font remove it with the Font DA Mover although Apple s Symbol font works it contains some peculiarities that have been altered in the supplied version To conserve space remove unnecessary files fonts desk accessories and INITS Create and name a folder on your hard disk and then copy all the files you received into the folder Remember to store the original disks in a safe ExamBuilder Mtw 2 0 ExemBuilder 1 OMedule place Use the original diskettes only as backup The ExamBuilder F oy Module Mat
21. Special Log Se dae Fite Matching Format PJ Scramble Questions aue e Osort by eitticuity Transfer Options Cancel Fig 2 8 Build Exam dialog box 9a Customize The Customize category should read No Set of Build Choices Selected This option permits you to save and to recall all choices made in this large dialog box 9b Source Use the pop up menus to designate Random Questions and click Select Figure 2 8 to create selection criteria for questions for this exam Figure 2 9 Click New Figure 2 9 to create each selection criterion panel Use the pop up menus to select a Question Bank a subset of the book the question category all questions difficulty level point value or question type and the number of questions you wish selected from this category The total number of questions in this category is supplied automatically To create additional selection criteria repeat these steps 9c Destination Choose Default File as the prototype file to be copied and used to receive the questions Choose a preconfigured file in this example use Exam def in the system folder or in the folder with EB to receive the questions That file already contains a course header page numbering typeface choices and a formatted question numbering variable Supply a family name e g Demo Exam Figure 2 9 a sequence numbering format and optionally a name to append to identify this as a te
22. and keyboard commands for changing font size You can easily step through the font sizes on the font size menu using these key board commands When used with the option key amp option and amp option these commands make smaller changes one point steps rather than cycling through the sizes on the menu Use Style 1 and Style 2 let you apply two of your own style combinations First use the Doc Preferences command to create these custom style combinations File menu The Last Style command provides a quick return to the immediate past style This feature is especially useful when you must toggle between two styles such as the frequent use of boldface notation for vectors and scalars The next group of commands provides for automatic handling of two routine tasks associated with typing mathematics Click on Auto Math Options and select the options you want from the open window Then clicking on Auto Math not just selecting the options enables those choices While composing a manuscript use 88 E to toggle on and off the combination of features selected using Auto Math Options Auto Math Options include auto bracket sizing see Figure 4 19 and automatic replacement of arithmetic operators with the corresponding better formed characters from the Symbol font For example the plus sign in the Times font is larger than the Symbol plus sign 82 Chapter 4 When Auto Math is enabled MathWriter automatically sizes brackets
23. choose a printer type before composing your document because your choice of fonts and sizing of graphics and equations may be affected 74 Chapter 4 Quit 3 Q The Edit menu Undo 8 Z Cut X Copy C This is the standard last menu item on the Macintosh File menu Use this command or its command key equivalent amp Q to terminate the application MathWriter reminds you to save modified files of any type before terminating the program The Edit menu Figure 4 26 transfers formatted text and graphics rulers paragraph formats styles and text from one location to another To access the entire Edit menu on a small screen move the mouse to the small triangular arrow at the bottom of the first portion of the menu and drag Reverse action of last command Undo Cut 38H Remove selection and copy to clipboard Copy C Do not remove selection but copy to clipboard Paste U Paste clipboard contents at insertion point Clear Remove selection but do not place on clipboard Select All A Select everything within this region Copy Other Copy ruler format etc without text Paste Other b Paste ruler format etc Show Selection Reuise Paragraph Em UnBeuige Parser septs Scroll to insertion point Not available in this version Not available in this version Not available in this version Not available in this version Not available in this version find sRepiare Fined Rip iet Reping
24. handwritten or typed copy for duplication ExamBuilder expedites this process in several ways First ExamBuilder utilizes collections of publisher supplied test questions stored in a computer file called question files or books You can visually inspect the questions and transfer those of your choice into an examination file Alternatively you can instruct ExamBuilder to assemble or to build the exam after you made all your selections or to select questions randomly according to criteria you specify You can edit individual questions and format of the exam All these options allow you to completely circumvent the manual transcription process and its accompanying errors ExamBuilder automatically numbers the questions transferred into your exami nation file and totals their point values Pages are numbered automatically Questions can include text graphics and even mathematical expressions And professional quality laser printing is supported Illustrative Examination To make the discussion more concrete we include an ExamBuilder created sample examination Figure 1 1 to illustrate each of the seven question types supported free form essay fill in the blank true false multiple choice matching scenario and composite In this example the answers are printed immediately after each question rather than at the end of the document or separately The header with date and page numbering was created automatically using a wor
25. hanging indent to make the numbers conspicuous Notice that the ruler does not scroll from view it always displays the particular conditions of the paragraph that contains the blinking insertion point When you press return MathWriter creates a new paragraph that inherits the ruler conditions of the previous paragraph If you change the Ruler a ruler icon M appears in the gray left border unless you select Hide Messages on the Format menu lt ruler icon in the gray area in the screen version Examine paragraph alignment Click within this paragraph and then select each of the four paragraph alignment symbols just above the vertical scroll bar As you click each symbol the text of this paragraph changes alignment from left to right m to aligned left and right x and to centered 11 Appendix 109 To place horizontal tabs on the ruler drag them from the supply above the paragraph alignment icons To remove a tab from the ruler drag it past the right margin marker on the Ruler Drag the symbol to reposition a tab Click on the next blank line paragraph to see 4 on the ruler Examine the status bar Click inside the following words C lick Here Notice that the status bar at the foot of the window indicates the typeface in this case bold Also observe that MathWriter reports in the status bar the line number measured from the beginning of the document and character position measured from the first character on th
26. if desired edit this configuration and save as a new set NG Sef af BURG Chafces Selected New Set of Build Choices Rename This Set of Choices Delete This Set of Build Choices Fig 3 15 Build set pop up menu Questions used on exams may be drawn from the set of user marked items randomly selected from the book according to user specified criteria or taken from a previously used set and reconstituted after some of the questions in the book have been edited 7 Since we are creating an examination using the questions selected above in step 5 select Marked Questions from the source pop up menu Figure 3 16 the other choices Random Questions and Select Log File are discussed later in this chapter Make sure that Current Bank rather than All Banks is select ed To designate another single bank as current use the Banks menu Marked Questions Random Questions v Current Bank Select Log File All Banks Fig 3 16 Source of questions pop up menu ExamBuilder transfers all the selected questions into an exam file You can use the current MW file if only one exam is to be created Multiple exams can be created using copies of the MW startup default file or a user designated Default File The startup file is the file displayed at startup and is designated using the Preferences dialog box of the File menu In each case these default files need to have been configured especially as an exam template This usual
27. of the early drafts of this Guide Phyllis Larimore provided much valuable advice and editorial assistance We hope you enjoy using ExamBuilder and that it contributes to your teaching efforts J Robert Cooke E Ted Sobel CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 2 Quick Start Guide Illustrative Examination 1 ExamBuilder Features 2 ExamBuilder s Modular Design 4 ExamBuilder Files 5 ExamBuilder Structure 6 Installation 7 Activate ExamBuilder MW2 0 8 Activate the ExamBuilder Module 8 Creating an Exam 9 Editing formatting and printing exams 16 Quitting 17 ExamBuilder Menus 18 3 Using ExamBuilder 19 ExamBuilder Structure 19 Building Examinations 26 Edit and Print an Examination 46 Creating and Modifying a Book of Questions 46 Performance Tips 54 4 Command Guide gt o S O5 ExamBuilder Commands 55 MathWriter Commands 64 CHAP TER 1 Introduction For a brief overview of how ExamBuilder works see the last section of this chapter ExamBuilder structure To get started building exams immediately use the Quick Start Guide chapter 2 Testing to measure success in meeting educational objectives is a well established part of the formal educational process Many publishers provide resource materials such as printed collections of test items to supplement their textbooks To use these materials you must select questions that reflect your emphases edit them if necessary and then produce a
28. printed graphic bitmaps It also prints Paper Source Paper Cassette O Manual Feed faster However the entire page is reduced by 4 Source All Banks Page Break Between Larger Print Area This option uses the extra memory in the Laserwriter Current Bank to increase the print area instead of storing more fonts Unlimited Downloadable Fonts This options allows an unlimited number of fants in a document However the document will take longer to print Cover Page No O First Page Last Page View Short Summary Long Summary amp Questions Page Break Between Fig 3 49 LaserWriter dialog boxes These EB print dialogs behave in the expected manner 54 Chapter 3 Performance Tips Enhancing speed and performance MathWriter is remarkably easy to learn and use because the screen image is a faithful representation of the document to be printed MathWriter continually uses all of the currently available information to format the screen even when you are creating complicated mathematical expressions To the maximum extent possible MathWriter assumes responsibility for the complex formatting details freeing you to concentrate on the substance of your examination This high level of interactive visual support requires considerable computational power For best performance e Transfer exam questions as pictures text math and graphics e Us
29. selection of questions within one of these groupings often produces the inclusion of other questions Lines 3 5 7 9 12 14 and 16 The descriptor book bank gives the origin of the question Note that the questions were scrambled in this example session The questions were taken from the EB Demo book which has two banks Chapter 2 and Samples 44 Chapter 3 Create a log file Lines 4 6 8 10 13 15 and 17 These are the question numbers within the book and bank listed in the preceding lines If a question is multiple choice then the answer appears in parentheses If a question involves matching then the list of answers appears in parentheses Table 3 3 Log File Example 1 Example Session 2 Exams 2 5 91 10 22 AM 2 Example1 Test 6 Questions 3 EB Demo Book Chapter 2 4 2 a 5 EB Demo Book Samples 6 3 7 EB Demo Book Chapter 2 8 3 b 9 EB Demo Book Samples 10 5 cbdea 21 11 Example2 Test 6 Questions 12 EB Demo Book Samples 13 35 debca 14 EB Demo Book Chapter 2 15 3 a 1 d 16 EB Demo Book Samples 17 21 1 Open an exam document in MathWriter 2 Activate ExamBuilder 3 Select File Log Document A file locating sequence follows Figure 3 29 Choose a new or existing log file for the named open document Log Current Open Document Wew File In Exam Log File Existing File Fig 3 29 Name a log file 4 Name this log sessio
30. the Delete button see Figure 3 24 6g When satisfied with the combination of conditions Click OK Because you want to be able to create multiple examinations ExamBuilder must be able to create exam files as needed You can choose either MathWriter Default File Format or a specific Default File as the template for these files You must supply a family name for the files and ExamBuilder supplies a distinguishing sequence number 7 Select a destination file type using the a pop up menu Figure 3 27 If you choose Default File you must also locate a specific template file The choice MathWriter Default File Format is already a uniquely identified file the one you previously selected using File Preferences in MW 7a Specify the number of exams 1 Exams 7b Provide a family name for the destination files Figure 3 27 replacing Untitled Name Sequence Extension Fig 3 27 Name destination files 7c Use the sequence number pop up menu Figure 3 27 to specify a one two or three digit sequence number and a starting value Figure 3 28 xxx means pad the number on the left when necessary to assure three digits Starting Number H HH LO i E w HHH Fig 3 28 Sequence number pop up menu and dialog Starting At An identifying file extension becomes a part of the file name Note The extension is not limited to three characters The special options allow you to cre
31. the file Exercise 5b to continue Here is another practice example 4 1 2n 1 mx pep 27 ot MAUTI A n As with the integral example in the previous example use enter to move from the lower to the upper limit The down scaled infinity symbol is an idiosyncrasy of the Symbol font use option click to select it with the split I beam and increase its font size with or Text Size on the Style menu Try the next example with the special functions that have an argument centered below them Use 8 7 or click on f the Templates floating window to access the limit template Get the gt from the Palettes menu lim l cosx _ sinx cosx 1l 2 x gt 0 x2 x30 2x x gt 0 2 2 The Cut and Paste operations on the Edit menu apply to mathematical expressions even when you use the Math Editor cursor In this way you can frequently avoid retyping built up expressions such as im MathWriter automatically groups rows of expressions with a stretchable symbol as in the following exercise Use the Palettes menu or 38 8 and and the Greek alphabet on the Palettes window Windows menu for the special symbols Use return to create a new row Appendix 121 x x20 yolele x lt 0 B If you are using the Apple rather than the Adobe version of the Symbol screen font the large brace in the above expression will be truncated but it will print correctly in LaserWriter output Use Calc Prev J or Size or 8 D to size the
32. the picture into the active MathWriter document 4 Select the Character Editor by either clicking the arrow tool in the Tools window selecting it from the Tools submenu of the Windows menu or typing shift The cursor will change into an arrow 5 Click on the graphic to select it A rectangular frame with square handles at the corners forms around the graphic 6 To resize the selected graphic use Scale Picture in the Edit menu now changed because the Character Editor tool was chosen or drag one of the handles To preserve the width to height ratio press the option key while dragging a handle 7 To crop the selected graphic press 8 while dragging a handle To crop all sides proportionally press both option and while dragging a handle 116 Appendix Summary 8 To reposition the graphic vertically select it release the mouse button and then drag it To adjust the vertical position of any text character use the Character Editor as described in step 8 In this exercise you mixed graphics and text within a document and you learned eTo place graphics within a line of text eTo resize and crop graphics MathWriter allows you to import graphics directly from a file including high resolution encapsulated PostScript files For a discussion of MathWriter s treatment of mathematical expressions continue on to Exercise 4 Exercise 4 Mathematics In this exercise you learn to type two dimensional mathematica
33. to obtain the split I beam cursor l to edit within the auto formatting structure and click within the expression You could also select the split I beam from the Tools window or Tools submenu Windows menu Suppose you wanted to square the sine term Edit the expression below Edit this 1 sin x to obtain this 1 sin x Edit this expression y 1 sin x 4 Option click within the mathematical expression immediately after sin This positions the insertion point in the square root structure 5 Press 9 Jor click on the arrow LA in the Tools window Windows menu pointing diagonally upwards just below the I beam tool to create a superscript This changes the vertical position of the insertion point and decreases the font size 6 Type the exponent and press enter not return 7 Press enter to terminate the superscript entry Because this superscript structure is nested within the square root structure you must press enter again to reach the baseline and recover the I beam cursor of the text editor Alternatively you could press return at any point to reach the baseline immediately This use of nested operations illustrates the general procedure for constructing a mathematical expression of arbitrary complexity 118 Appendix Suppose you wish to attach a superscript to a superscript as in the next equation yao y 1 Position the insertion point after the equals sign 2 Type e 3 Press 3 Jor click 4 and ty
34. typeface indicator box also MathWriter reformats off screen text when it is processing no new commands you can follow its progress in the insertion point locator panel The font typeface panel appears in inverse type white letters on black background when the automatic math options on the Style menu are in use The MathWriter cursor changes to convey information about operations that are possible or in progress The first row of Figure 4 15 contains the arrow the I beam and the split I beam cursors of the Character Text and Math Editors respectively The cursors of the second row indicate when the text cursor has moved into the main body of the manuscript the header or the footer respectively Because MathWriter allows you to edit these different sections of text without opening separate windows you need to know into which portion of the document you have moved the cursor The third row shows the search and the disk icons If you have trouble identifying the region in which the insertion point is located select Show Layout on the Format menu That displays the dotted lines that separate the different regions of the document Figure 4 16 In addition a pop up window on the status bar at the bottom of the screen tells you whether you are in the body header or footer Figure 4 17 MU Show layout foo Be Page 1 This is the header area MW treats this as a mini MW document which you can edit withi
35. with a program of similar purpose used in teaching large introductory physics courses They suggested features such as the log file the question cross reference file and an inactive question designator We also benefited from advice by James Mass The ExamBuilder design emphasizes ease of learning and ease of use It addresses a broad spectrum of users by supporting any combination of text graphics and mathematics in the questions Perhaps the most significant innovation demonstrated in its design is the concept of modular extensions to a host program A module represents a substantial generalization of a desk accessory 1 it is self installing 2 it can modify directly the active document of the host and 3 it can access the internal code of the host This approach has several important consequences The module can be smaller in size The features supported by the host can be expanded post facto Only those features required by a particular user need be installed The host application provides a familiar environment and provides a path of upward compatibility with the more feature rich versions of the host for power users From the developer s perspective it dramatically increases code reusability and reduces maintenance tasks We hope this is the first of a family of modular extensions to MathWriter Of the beta testers we especially wish to thank Greg Hill and Steven Holzner for their patience and thoroughness Nancy Cooke provided criticisms
36. 0 and d 50 then Ja Points 7 Composite Free Form Essay What is e a b c d Answer e 0 7b Points 3 Composite Free Form Essay What is e 0 Answer e 0 undefined Figure 1 1 A sample examination illustrating question types ExamBuilder Features In general terms there are three methods of creating an exam with ExamBuild er First as discussed you can select displayed questions from a question bank and immediately transfer them into the test document Second you can select a Overview 3 group of questions from a question bank and ask ExamBuilder to auto matically generate an exam for you The third option is a more completely automatic exam generating process ExamBuilder randomly selects questions from question banks using criteria you specify This approach is especially attractive when you create multiple versions of an examination ExamBuilder can scramble the order of the questions in a generated exam and can even scramble the order of response alternatives for multiple choice and matching questions Individual response alternatives such as none of the above can be exempted from scrambling The questions are numbered au tomatically and ExamBuilder can compute and print the total point value for all questions if requested ExamBuilder stores the answer for each question and when prompted gener ates answer keys even when questions and response items are scrambled An swers can be printed with e
37. A GUIDE TO ExamBuilder A MathWriter 2 0 Module for Building Examinations Version 1 0 J Robert Cooke E Ted Sobel Click topic Keyboard Commands Copyright Preface Contents PDF Version Dec 9 1996 Keyboard Commands Arrow Key Usage gt T ord with key combination Command Option Shift Result Moves insertion point a line or a character Cmd Scrolls window large amount Option Begin end line top bottom page then doc Shift Extends Selection small amount Cmd Option Scrolls window small amount Cmd Shift Move between cells in a matrix table Option Shift Extends Selection large amount Cmd Option Shift lt NotUsed gt Arrow keys gt TJ alone Cmd Option 4 scrolls document window down approximately 1 line Vertical Scroll Bar Usage Key Mouse Result Drag Scroll Box Scroll arbitrary amounts Click Arrow Scroll large amount approx 8 lines Option Click Arrow Scroll small amount approx 1 line Click Scroll Bar Scroll 1 screen Cmd Click Scroll Bar Top of Next Prev Page Option Click Scroll Bar Top of Next Prev Header Cmd Option Click Scroll Bar Advance to top of Next Prev Page Body To scroll through lecture note screens Special Key Combinations Command a Can t select sublines Option scroll up down____10 pixel scroll as opposed to 80 pixel scroll Command Corresponds to sup
38. File Warnings option in the File Preferences dialog box Math Writer issues a warning message if a font used in the file you open is not avail 3 Skip this discussion of templates if you do not use mathematical expressions in your examinations 4 Or SuitCase II for example 72 Chapter 4 Close 3 W Save 3 S Save As MathWriter 2 0 format MathWriter Default File TEXT file able to your system If a PICT graphic displays correctly in the originating MathWriter file it will display correctly when opened on another computer having the required fonts installed In contrast with conventional Macintosh word processors MathWriter preserves file integrity even when transmitted by network to a different computer provided identical font files are used since the font names not just local font identification numbers are used To close the active file use this command or click in the Close box at the top left corner of the active window If you have made changes since the last save MathWriter gives you an opportunity to save a permanent copy of the document in a file Remember the RAM resident copy will be lost unless you save it as a file Save makes a disk copy of the active window document using the previously assigned file name and path If you have a power failure the computer will lose the memory resident copy so save your document frequently We recommend using Auto save and Auto backup from Doc Preference
39. Note The book appendage on the file name is a convenient but optional way to identify the file 5 As explained in chapter 1 the questions in the EB Book have organized into logical groupings called Banks The EB window displays the name of the file or book and the name of the subgroup or bank just below its title bar If EB Demo book Samples is not shown there select Samples from the Bank menu Quick Start Guide 13 6 Using the View submenu of the Question menu select the view of the questions having the appropriate level of detail Short Summary Long Summary or Entire Question The keyboard equivalents are S 8 L and respectively 7 To assure that your choices are not interspersed with previous selections use UnMark All Questions on the Edit menu 8 Scroll through the list of questions and mark those you wish to use These marked questions are transferred by EB in a later step The marking procedure differs slightly depending upon the question view 8a In the Short and Long Summary views the check mark is displayed in the box at the left edge of the window that displays the question number Click in this box to select or deselect that question 8b In the Entire Question view click in the square box at the top left corner of the question to select or deselect it An exam can be built using marked questions from one or more banks If appropriate repeat steps 7 and 8 for all other banks Aft
40. Ruler Underline Underline Paste Paste Paste In Context Close Row After Cut Cut Other Styles Undo Undo Paste Ruler amp Format 1 9 0 New Questions Template Categories Hide Show Ruler Next question Larger Size on menu 1 Pt Larger Size _ Previous question Smaller Size on menu Soft Hyphen 1 Pt Smaller Size lt First question Style 1 gt Last question Style 2 2 Entire Question Help 1 Last Style 7 Center Subscript Math Editor Right Subscript TextEditor L Center Superscript Character Editor 10 eRight Superscript Sidebar Editor Tab Tools Window Return eSame as Enter key Space Toggle Greek Use the supplied Command Key Switcher to exchange the Print and Plain assignments Corporate Testing Services A Division of Wadsworth Inc Programs including screens and Manuals Copyright 1991 by Cooke Publications Ltd Published by Wadsworth Inc ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this Guide may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transcribed in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Wadsworth Inc Belmont California 94002 Created and printed in the United States of America 10987654321 ISBN 0 534 15828 5 Software License Notice The software described in this Guide is furnished under a license agreement For single users the license is printed
41. able posts the file creation date another reports the current date which changes each time the file is opened and provides a means for reporting automatically the date the document is printed and a third undocumented form that does not vary but reports the date you placed the variable in the document To access this third form press the option key while you select the current date variable from the Palettes menu Creating and Modifying a Book of Questions Creating a book This section describes how to modify or create a new book of questions The capacity for modifying and adding to a publisher supplied book of questions is an important aspect of ExamBuilder We assume that you are familiar with the process discussed in the previous section for creating examinations from an existing question file We assume that you know the content of the questions have produced any required graphics bit mapped object or encapsulated PostScript and have placed them in a Scrapbook If you have enough memory the graphics program and ExamBuilder can both be available under MultiFinder New Book EN Open Book 0 File Info Preferences Build Exam E Log Document Examine Log Files Page Setup Print Fig 3 32 File menu New Question Bank Rename Question Bank Delete Question Bank Fig 3 33 Bank menu Switch To MathWriter M Quit Using ExamBuilder 47 1 Start MathWriter and open ExamB
42. absolute i e when you add or delete a question in a bank the number of all higher numbered questions change To quickly switch from the entire question view to the last used summary view click the icon adjacent to the Grow box To switch to the entire question view from a summary view double click on the summary view of the question At the bottom left corner of the EB window are two icons used to manually transfer questions between MW and EB and vice versa The EB Question menu provides mouse and keyboard command equivalents to these transfer buttons To transfer a selection into EB make a selection in MW make EB the active wind ow select a destination cell or field and then click the Transfer From Document icon To transfer a question into MW position the insertion point in the exam document to identify the destination switch to EB select a question and then click the Transfer To Document icon EB performs certain formatting opera tions you specify using Transfer Options on the Questions menu as it transfers a question into the exam document The EB window contains the usual controls for closing the window EZ toggling its size between its current size and an enlarged size and adjusting its size arbitrarily ml Question types Free form ssay Fill in the blank True false Multiple choice Using ExamBuilder 23 Only the bottom portion of the entire question view Figure 3 1 changes with a change in que
43. absolute value symbol from the Palettes menu to fit an expression use the Character Editor to stretch it to an arbitrary size MathWriter automatically formats matrices and other two dimensional arrays In order to create self sizing parentheses for a tall fraction 1 Pull down the Style menu to Auto Math Options and release the mouse A pop out menu appears 2 Click on Auto bracket sizing if it is not checked and click OK This includes the auto sizing feature in the set to be enabled in step 3 3 Now click on Auto Math in the Style menu or press 38 E This activates those items you have checked in the Auto Math Options window In general activate Auto Math only while you are typing an equation and then toggle this feature off with 38 E to reduce the computational load E D 4 D fers 4 Type here gt D 4 To complete equation 4 type an ordinary left parenthesis select the fraction template 38 and supply the numerator press enter type the denominator press enter and then type a 5 Complete the expression below by adding the matrix 122 Appendix E D p ford 6 To construct an array of any number of rows and columns just select the appropriate construct from the Templates window in this case vectors and matrices the next to last row on the Templates window and create the elements The first element corresponds to row one column one 7 Press tab to move to the
44. ach question at the end of the examination in indi vidual files or in a composite format when multiple versions are generated Because the options for generating examinations are so numerous ExamBuilder provides macro files called Build Choices with which to reconstruct fre quently used combinations of conditions For example if you normally use mul tiple choice tests with a specific numbering format and a specific page ar rangement use Build Choices to quickly create that set of configuration conditions Additional customization is provided by exam template files to be discussed later When requested ExamBuilder provides a usage log to indicate which test ques tions are used on each version of an examination This log file permits you to edit or improve individual questions in the question file and then to create new examinations using the same set of questions In addition you can generate a list of the examinations on which each question appears a cross reference xref list If you subsequently discover a deficiency or ambiguity in a particular question you can consult the xref file to know immediately which versions of your exam are affected ExamBuilder allows you to use the considerable editing and formatting tools that are available in MathWriter for modifying and printing examinations You can modify examinations both content and format that were generated from supplied question banks just as if you had typed t
45. al modification When a file is locked using this command a lock icon appears in the EB window to the left of the file and bank name Preferences sets the default font and text size used within ExamBuilder questions With Open New Questions Automatically you may ask that ExamBuilder present each a new template in entire question view rather than a summary view Build Exam is the most powerful and most complex command in Exam Builder This dialog box controls the automatic creation of examinations which questions are used the nature and destination of the output examination files and the formatting that occurs during the exam building process This Log Document Examine Log Files Page Setup Print Switch To MathWriter 3 M Quit Q Edit menu Command Guide 57 command also directs the creation of an audit trail of question usage for automatically created exams and provides a convenient means for establishing combinations of frequently used menu options An alternative manual approach to exam building is handled separately Log Document creates a log file for an existing exam file whether it was created using the Build command or manually and whether created in one or in multiple sessions However as discussed on page 42 you must not have deleted the question markers WARNING The question number is a relative number If you insert or delete questions in the bank the number of all h
46. alue Topic Chapter Section Objective Fig 3 34 Sort by submenu 48 Chapter 3 Create questions from templates Once you have created a new question bank you need to insert a template within the desired sequence of existing questions a template appropriate to the question structure This produces a framework for storage and retrieval As discussed in the previous section you use some of the fields to select questions when you are building an examination The fields for these are common to all questions Other fields contain the contents of the questions Since this is your first record its position is the same whether you insert it using the before or after command View b First Be Last 38 gt Previous 3 Next 38 New Before b New After r Delete Transfer To Document aT Transfer From Document 0 Transfer Options 4 Select Question New After or New Before Figure 3 35 and drag to the desired question type Figure 3 36 An examination can contain any combination of question types in any sequence Of course common sense and respect for your students will dictate restraint The question types are shown in Figure 3 36 the New After submenu Key board equivalents are provided for the more commonly used New After com mand but not in the New Before submenu Free Form Essay 31 EG Multiple Choice Format Matching Format Fig 3 35 Question menu Fill In The Blank 2 True Fals
47. an alternative organiza tion a file for each chapter and a bank for sections or topics Using this nomenclature you can instruct EB to randomly select questions from a specific bank or from all banks in the book when creating multiple forms of an examination This makes it easy for you to create examinations that have variants of a question For example you can ask each student to compute the mean and standard deviation for different sets of numbers Access to the answers of old exams will not allow the student to fake comprehension of an underlying concept EB can be instructed to select randomly a specified number of equivalent questions from within a bank and to produce as many different examination versions as desired Of course EB can also automatically produce the corre sponding answer sheets as well as study versions of the examinations with answers for distribution to the students if desired Questions A question is the smallest logical unit within a bank In traditional nomencla ture a question constitutes a record Figure 3 1 displays the format of a free form question one of seven classes of questions Five of these classes free 20 Chapter 3 form essay fill in the blank true false multiple choice and matching are meaningful without regard to contiguous questions The other two utilize inter dependencies scenario questions require that some sequence such as an introduc tion to a group of questions be preserve
48. ario question M Fig 3 43 Scenario and composite question templates Creating and storing the contents of questions Descriptive fields 1 Before entering the text for the descriptive fields topic chapter selection objective point value assign a default font and font size using Preferences on the File menu Figure 3 44 Remember the distinction between screen and LaserWriter fonts and select the font according to your printer type The built in LaserWriter fonts are identified by underlines in Style Text Fonts Text within the cells Mathematics Using ExamBuilder 51 Preferences Default Font Size 12_ ra Automatically Switch To Question Templates View For New Questions Cancel ok Fig 3 44 Preferences on the EB File menu 2 To enter text in a text only cell simply click within the cell and type Word wrap and cell height increases occur automatically as text is typed into the cell The Font Size and Style menus apply to text within the Q and A cells according to the usual Macintosh interface rules Multiple typefaces can be included within a cell Figure 3 45 The text in a text only cell can be typed directly into the cell and edited Note As discussed on page 23 each cell can contain either text or a PICT graphic To store a composite of text graphics or mathematics in a cell EB transforms the composite into a PICT EB can transfer such a co
49. as you form an expression If Auto Math is inactive while you create an expression you can select an existing expression and then choose Auto Math amp E to size the expression automatically 1 x 1 x J x2 1 x2 Fig 4 19 Parentheses typed without and with auto sizing The typeface indicator in the status bar at the bottom right corner of the document window appears in inverse when Auto Math is active If you turn this feature off MathWriter runs faster The Italics Exception List command is not available in this version The Metrics command is not available in this version The User Styles command is not available in this version The Windows menu The Windows menu Figure 4 20 provides access to various windows Tools Templates Palettes Modules Clipboard Help and any open document window You can arrange the windows of the open documents for convenient access The use of the Tools Templates and Palettes windows is discussed in detail at the beginning of this chapter Clean Up Windows Arrange exam document windows Tools Window A Tools b Show Hide the Editors and subscript superscript tools Templates Window Palettes Window pani Tappe HERREG i iprart Uivrebensss iilveru Show Hide the mathematical templates Show Hide the Greek alphabet Typing aid not available in this version Interactive Library glossary not available in this version Modules b Activate the ExamB
50. assign a diacritical mark to a character in the text Use the Raise and Lower commands to adjust the height of these diacritical marks Use Remove to remove a diacritic Select one or more characters to enable the remaining operators MathWriter automatically stretches these overbars underbars grouping brackets etc as needed Use the split I beam to edit within the structure The Raise Lower and Remove commands apply to the structures while selected The Style Menu Text Fonts Raise R Lower L Remove umlaut or dieresis Command Guide 79 Fig 4 13 Diacritical menu The Style menu Figure 4 14 contains menus for assigning fonts typeface families sizes and styles Auto Math Options User tivies Fig 4 14 Style menu ities Enceotions List Text Fonts Assign font family Text Sizes Assign a font size Tent Style Assign a font style Greek Toggle to and from Greek Larger Size Increase font size also use with option Smaller Size Decrease font size also use with option Style 1 Select user defined Style 2 typeface combinations Last Style Revert to previous typeface combination Auto Math Enable Auto Math Options Select combination of options Not available in this version Not available in this version Not available in this version The Text Fonts command provides access to a submenu that contains a list of fonts Figure 4 15 The li
51. at line of the blinking insertion point Edit a footer in context Scroll if necessary and look at the contents of the footer In the right corner find the word more and click between left parenthesis and the word more Then type Continue for to see how footers are edited Backspace to correct any typing errors If you backspace too far the word more may jump to the beginning of the line With the cursor placed right before the m in more press tab to restore the word to its original position Cut Copy and Paste To observe editing with Cut Copy and Paste in the Edit menu follow the instructions to change the sentence below from Please move this word to Move this word please Please move this word Select Please using the mouse or using the arrow keys and shift key With 38 X cut it from the text and with 38 V paste it after word or use the Cut and Paste selections in the Edit menu Then complete the editing by changing capitalization and punctuation Select Clipboard from the Windows menu to see a copy of the word Please placed there by the cut command Click the Clipboard Close box top left corner to close it Save the document If this file were not locked you could use Save on the File menu to save your document However you can rename the file and save a copy of the entire exercise in MathWriter format if you select Save As from the File menu Print a copy
52. ate a log of questions used on each exam and a cross reference list organized by question 1 Click on the Log check box and choose either New File or Existing File from the pop up menu Each option branches to a standard file dialog 42 Chapter 3 Other options Create a Build Choices set Build the examinations Log files You can examine the log file created during the Build process with the File Examine Log Files command as discussed on page ExamBuilder creates log files from the exam file using the markers stored as special memo notes associated with the questions The remaining options Matching Format Multiple Choice Format Transfer Options Scramble Questions Sort in the Build dialog are identical to the commands discussed in connection with automatically building an examination with user selected questions see pages 36 and 37 and will not be repeated here In case you decide to reconstruct the same set of choices in a subsequent session create a Build Choices set so you can quickly restore this combination of options 1 After selecting the Build options appropriate to your needs as you have done so far Figure 3 22 select New Set of Build Choices from the pop up menu Figure 3 23 and name the set as discussed on page 39 The file name can con tain spaces but no colons ExamBuilder automatically stores the Build Set in the ExamBuilder Prefs file for use in subsequent sessions T
53. ause TEXT preserves only limited formatting information In particular the character formatting font size and style and graphics are not preserved Save a Copy Import Graphics File Preferences Doc Info Page Layout Doc Layout Doc Preferences Print 3 T Command Guide 73 Save a Copy allows you to save a snapshot of the current file including the changes since the last save under a different name different file type and different disk It leaves you in the file under the previous name in which you were working before executing the command however This distinguishes it from Save As Import Graphics File allows MathWriter to read graphics directly from a file without the need for the application in which you created the graphic Preferences allows you set global defaults to configure MathWriter for your needs In contrast with document specific conditions set in Doc Preferences Preferences lets you establish a default configuration for the primary startup file and for the New command on the File menu Your choices are stored in the MathWriter Pref file in the system folder An Auto Screen Refresh option provides supplemental timed screen refreshing Use amp option Z for supplemental manual redrawing of the entire screen A file warning option provides advisory messages and lists missing fonts when you open a file to assure file content integrity The enable disable
54. ays all of the symbols from the Symbol font except the Greek alphabet which is available when you click on the Palettes window Windows menu In addition the Greek alphabet is immediately accessible from the keyboard Press 3 spacebar to toggle between the current font and the Greek alphabet Pull down the Palettes menu and move the cursor among the items in the window The name of the character on which you place the cursor appears in the row at the bottom of the window Click on a character to insert it into your document Geometry Operators Math Calculus sets Logic Arrows Misc Brackets Variables Fig 4 12 Palettes menu You can copy any of these rows in the Palettes menu to the Palettes window First select the Palettes window Windows menu This places the Greek alphabet at the bottom of the screen Then pull down the Palettes menu and select Geometry The Geometry row of characters appears at the bottom of the screen with the Greek alphabet To remove Geometry from the screen select it again from the Palettes menu MathWriter marks each row that you copy to the Palettes window with a check When you place the cursor immediately to the right of an alphabetical character the diacritics on the top row of the Diac menu Figure 4 13 become available Note that the name of the diacritic on which you place the cursor appears in the row at the bottom of the window Click to
55. cals 8 2 are available The first is the usual square root the second allows you to supply a root and the third is for long division Press enter to move from within the radical to the second entry the root Press enter to leave the structure 3 The product symbol template 8 3 allows you to place limits above and below the product symbol or to the right of the product symbol to conserve vertical space for in line expressions MathWriter automatically positions the cursor in the lower portion and reduces the font size Supply the lower limit and press the enter key to move to the upper limit Supply the upper limit and press enter to return to the baseline to enter the function The limits can be of arbitrary complexity Use the split I beam to edit within the limits Press enter to move the insertion point to the base level 4 Like the product symbol template the summation template 38 4 allows you to place the limits above and below the symbol or to the right to conserve verti cal space for in line expressions MathWriter automatically positions the cur sor in the lower index and reduces the font size Supply the lower limit and pressenter to move from the lower limit to the upper limit Supply the upper limit and press enter to move to the baseline to supply the function The limits of integration can be of arbitrary complexity Use the split I beam to edit with in the limits Press enter to move the insertion point to the base level
56. command to provide a warning if aMath Writer document requires a font that is not currently available to your operating system Multiple Choice Format Scramble Numbering This command Figure 3 14 allows you to specify whether you want EB to scramble the ordering of the response alternatives and which numbering format it should use when forming an exam Multiple Choice Format EJ Scramble Answers Number Format Leading Trailing Cancel OK Fig 3 14 Multiple Choice Format 4 Check Scramble Answers Figure 3 14 to shuffle the sequence of the alter natives in multiple choice questions when they are transferred If unchecked the transferred sequence matches the sequence of the stored questions 5 Use the Number Format pop up menu Figure 3 15 to select one of the five formats for numbering the alternatives Edit the boxes Leading and Matching Format command Scramble Numbering Select a question Using ExamBuilder 31 Trailing to specify any text that should precede or follow the numbers such as parentheses brackets dashes periods etc Fig 3 15 Number formats Specify in the dialog box Figure 3 16 whether you want ExamBuilder to scramble the questions and answers and which numbering format to use for the questions and answers Matching Format EJ Scramble Questions And Answers Question Item Format Leading Trailing mesak Answer Format Leading Trai
57. d but any combination of the related group of questions can be used in any order but composite questions are multipart questions for which sequencing of the questions is essential and must be preserved Note With multiple choice questions the ordering of the alternative choices can be scrambled while preserving the prescribed positions of some such as none of the above lt lt ExamBuilder gt gt Difficulty Objective Goal M Scope indicator Scroll among questions Point Value i0 Weight Scroll within a question e Expandable space for question tent ox picture Expandable space for answer tent ox picture Fig 3 1 ExamBuilder window in entire question view Viewing question fields Several fields Figure3 1 common to all question types are specifically reserved for characterizations of examination questions that are useful when selecting questions for a specific examination These fields are listed Table 3 1 When selecting questions for use in an examination you control the amount of information displayed in the EB window using the View command on the Question menu The Short Summary items 1 4 in Table 3 1 the Long Summary items 1 7 in Table 3 1 display these descriptors Use the Entire Question view to see and to edit the actual questions as well as the above fields These three views are illustrated in Figures 2 4 and 2 5 Double clicking anywhere on the summary view of a question expands the view
58. d by shading 2 on the ruler Double click on a tab in the ruler to open a window for additional control or to choose a tab leader and alignment symbol To obtain left right full and center paragraph alignment select the paragraphs and click on the icon Alignment applies to the paragraph that contains the blinking insertion point or to multiple paragraphs of selected text The usual text selection techniques such as dragging shift clicking etc apply however to identify a paragraph for justification or tab placement you only need to place the insertion point within that paragraph MathWriter automatically passes the ruler settings from one paragraph to the next when you press the return key If you change the ruler settings a small ruler icon on the left border of the window identifies ruler changes unless you use Hide Messages on the Format menu to hide this and other message icons such as memo notes and sidebar indicators The status bar at the bottom of the document window Figure 4 13 contains information about the position of the insertion point within a mathematical expression Base in this figure and the adjacent text Figure 4 14 shows examples of the insertion point in mathematical expressions and in a table With the insertion point adjacent to the 1 the first up arrow indicates an exponent placement and the down arrow indicates that the exponent has a subscript In the second example the cursor is adjacent to t
59. d processor template document The questions were 2 Chapter 1 numbered automatically and the total point count was also inserted automatically An actual exam of course would be unlikely to contain such a mixture of question types Name Section May 15 1993 Page 1 of 1 Total Points 30 1 Points 5 Free Form Essay In twenty five words or less describe the impact of computers on the field of theoretical physics Answer The impact has been very large 2 Points 2 Fill In The Blank In the world of animals the giraffe is the tallest Answer large 3 Points I True False The field of Mathematics is involved in the study of people named Matthew Answer False 4 Points 3 Multiple Choice Of the following five possibilities which is the fastest computer a IBM PC Jr b Tandy TRS 80 c Macintosh IIfx d Apple II e Macintosh 512 Answer c 5 Points 5 Matching Match the following five actors with the movies they starred in 1 Meryl Streep a Dead Poet s Society 2 Ronald Reagan b Barbarella 3 Robin Williams c Mask 4 Cher d Bed Time For Bonzo 5 Jane Fonda e Sophie s Choice Answers e d a c b 6 Points 4 Scenario Ifa 1 b 2 c 3 d 4 and e 5 then 6a Points 2 Scenario Free Form Essay What is the sum of a b c d and e Answer a b c d e 15 6b Points 2 Scenario Free Form Essay What is d e equal to Answer d e 1 7 Points 10 Composite Ifa 0 b 10 c 10
60. diting This is really a re building option When you choose to create an exam automatically build an exam you will be presented with a number of choices about exactly how you want the process to take place These include such questions as which question banks to draw from how the questions should be numbered whether to create an answer key and what the file name of an exam should be You have the option of saving all the settings you select as a set of Build Choices so that creating the same type of exam another time can be as simple as 1 selecting the Build Choices and 2 clicking the Build button Manual exam building 1 If the EB window is active return to the MW window To do this either click on a portion of a MW window if one is visible or select Switch To MathWriter on the File menu or press M 2 Select Exam def from the New submenu of the File menu This creates a copy of the template file previously configured to receive questions The question numbering variable was established in this exam file using Variables Format on the MW Format menu and uniformly spaced tabs were established after double clicking on the ruler Position the insertion point to indicate the destination location of the question to be transferred into this window by EB 3 Switch to the EB module by clicking on any visible portion of its window or select ExamBuilder from the Modules submenu of the Window menu or press 8 option 1 si
61. e 3 Multiple Choice 4 Matching 5 Scenario 6 Composite Fig 3 36 New After submenu All question templates share the descriptive fields described at the beginning of this chapter Figure 3 1 Supply data for as many of these fields as your needs and interests dictate you can complete them now or later Note If you later open the book and wish to edit this question select Question View Entire Question A multiple choice template initially contains one field marked Q for storing the question and one marked A for storing an answer you must add cells as needed Figure 3 37 5 To add another answer cell place the insertion point in an answer cell and select New Before or New After 8 J or K from the Cell menu Figure 3 38 Note You may set the default view for new question templates using Edit Preferences Figure 3 44 New Before New After 3K Delete Picture Tent nswer Minable Arrange Horizontally Arrange Vertically Fig 3 38 Cell menu Fill in the blank Multiple choice Using ExamBuilder 49 lt lt ExamBuilder gt gt HIE Mathematics 10 Calculus I Il Ill 25 Questions 9 Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve 2x 2y Srey O at the point 1 2 A 3 A EJ A We A 13 aly 45 A 18 5 A 7 g s EE a Fig 3 37 An example of a multiple choice question To ide
62. e 3 14 This is the master dialog box for controlling the building of examinations au tomatically Here you specify the source of questions the file destination of the generated examination s the formatting options the use of an audit trail of questions and whether the questions should be scrambled and or sorted In future sessions you will likely use a Build Choices set to reestablish these conditions with a single command Consider each of these categories Customize Source Destination Special Build Exami s Customize Use Build Choices Ve Se of Build Choices Selected Yj Source Marked Questions Yj From Current Bank w Destination Current Document Yj Special O Log tp deg Ave Matching Format PJ Sera Multiple Choice Format O sort Transfer Options Cancel Build J Fig 3 14 Build Exam s dialog box Customize commands Source commands Marked questions Destination commands Using ExamBuilder 35 No Build Choices set now exists if this is the first time you have used the ExamBuilder system The pop up menu Figure 3 15 contains commands to create a new named set of choices to rename the currently selected set of choices and to delete the currently selected named set of choices To use this feature name and save your frequently used sets of choices to quickly reestablish this same combination of Build Dialog choices later simply select the set by name then
63. e Matrix Format command Use the split I beam from the Tools window to edit a cell outlined with a dotted box when you click within a cell or an expression within the cell Click outside the structure to return to normal typing Press option to temporarily change from an I beam to a split I beam 70 Chapter 4 Tools window Fig 4 21 Tools window The Apple menu About MathWriter 2 0 The floating Tools window Figure 4 21 serves multiple purposes Use the split I beam cursor to place the insertion point inside an existing mathematical structure The full I beam allows you to place the insertion point in ordinary text The small vertical up and down arrows move the insertion point above or below a symbol reduce the font size and center the subsequent input The slanted up and down arrows position superscripts and subscripts Clicking the bottom icon is equivalent to pressing the enter key and will move you out of superscript or subscript mode and back to the baseline or to the level on which the insertion point was before you clicked on the slanted up or down arrow File Edit Format Palettes Diac Style Windows Fig 4 22 MathWriter menu bar The Apple menu contains information about the application and provides access to the desk accessories Figure 4 23 Use the Font DA Mover to modify the list About MathWriter 2 0 Title page antennene apii iin information Alarm Clock Chooser Desk Control Pan
64. e equation number to the first equation follow these steps 1 Drag a right tab 4 near the right margin 3 Place the insertion point immediately to the right of the first equation verify that you placed a tab near the right margin and inspect the ruler If necessary add a right tab We centered the equation at the ruler position by a center tab To avoid a contradiction NEVER use centered paragraph alignment and a tab to number equations 4 Press tab to position the insertion point at the right margin and select equation number z from the last row of the Palettes menu As you drag the cursor over each icon its name appears on the bottom row of the menu When you release the mouse button MathWriter automatically calculates and assigns the equation number The new equation becomes number 6 the original equation becomes number 7 and MathWriter updates the cross reference to the original equation in the last paragraph of text too The program handles subequation numbering in an analogous manner It numbers multiple parts of any equation but you have to identify the linked variable by number by relative number or by pointing With Variables Format in the Format menu you can assign such things as the variable style format and style of enclosing brackets for equation numbers MathWriter automatically updates all variables of this type throughout the document if you change any of the choices in Variables Format Format
65. e existing RAM effectively a Set Application Memory Size to utilize the available memory using Get Info on the File menu at the MultiFinder level The memory allocated is used by MW your open document and EB You should allocate at least 2000K bytes although a minimal configuration is 1000 Kilobytes b With severe RAM limitations operate under Finder rather than MultiFinder e Disable features not currently needed a Use the Black amp White Setting for the Monitor using the Control Panel Color is marginally useful and significantly impacts speed b Toggle the Auto Math features off 38 E when not entering a mathematical expression e Use multiple smaller documents if the memory utilization indicator on the status bar exceeds 90 Also have only necessary documents open simultaneous ly when RAM is limiting e Configure the document window and floating windows to minimize overlap thereby reducing complicated screen refreshing e When possible add text at the end of paragraphs to reduce screen refreshing time e Use ExamBuilder Module with the more powerful word processors MathWriter Educational and MathWriter Professional Additional features include spell checker thesaurus hyphenation math science engineering dictionary revision tracking interactive library memo notes sidebars back ground pictures user styles overview multiple columns auto italics in mathematical expressions tab on user selected character li
66. e is not available in this version Find Replace is not available in this version Find Replace is not available in this version Spell checking is not available in this version The Thesaurus command is not available in this version The Hyphenations command is not available in this version 76 Chapter 4 Insert Delete Insert and Delete add or delete a row or column of a table or matrix that contains the insertion point Use the Math Editor to place the insertion point within a table The Format menu Hide Ruler Show Ruler 8 Ruler Options Paragraph Format 3 J The Format menu Figure 4 11 contains such commands as paragraph for matting matrix formatting and automatic numbering formatting The basic unit of organization in MathWriter is the paragraph created when you press the return key The ruler always remains at the top of the window and never scrolls out of view If desired you can hide the Ruler Hide Ruler E Ruler Options a Paragraph Format d Line Spacing 3K Matrix Format Variables Format inseri barrie insert Cahurnn Break Insert Page Break Calc Prev f or Size 2D Hide Layout Hide Messages Show Invisibles Hide Pictures Display Hide Ruler Select unit of measurement Borders spacing page breaks for paragraphs Generalized line spacing Matrix table spacing and formatting Numbering format page question date etc Not available in this version Not a
67. e of the questions and the formatting choices when you create the question file The ExamBuilder system provides additional numbering and placement control as it transfers the questions into the exam document Even after the questions are transferred into an exam document considerable reformatting capability remains available 7 Before selecting any questions establish the formatting you want Exam Builder to apply as you transfer the questions manually from the question file into the examination document Three Question menu commands are applicable Transfer Options Multiple Choice Format and Matching Format command The font size and style of the text of the stored questions can be preserved or matched automatically with the adjacent characters in the exam 1 Select Question Transfer Options to access a dialog box Figure 3 12 2A question file can contain multiple subgroupings called banks To view questions in another bank you must first select it from the last group of commands on the Bank menu Style Content Point count Using ExamBuilder 29 2 If you wish to preserve the text attributes of the stored questions being transferred into the exam document select those attributes here The attributes of text for unchecked categories will be changed to match the adjacent text in the exam document WARNING Changing the font can produce unexpected results because characters other than alphabetic and numera
68. e only when you make a selection in MathWriter This command applies to manual not automatic transfer of questions into an examdocument ExamBuilder can take the typeface of a question from context or preserve the attributes of the stored question Questions and or answers can be transferred Answers can be placed at the end of the document after each question or in a unified answer key The point value for a question can be transferred with a question Scramble Answers shuffles the answers for multiple choice questions A similar command in Build Exam applies to automatic building an exam Five item numbering formats as shown on page 37 are provided Matching Format allows you to scramble the matching items and answers and to format the numbering of the items and answers as shown on page 36 62 Chapter 4 Cell menu New Before 3 J New After 8 K Delete Picture Text Answer The cell menu Figure 4 8 deals with the component parts of questions especially multiple choice questions Multiple choice and matching questions can have an arbitrary number of items attached the first three commands of this menu allow you to add or delete these appended cells Each cell in a question including the added cells contains either text or a graphic The multiple choice question cell that contains the correct answer is identified by a check in the square adjacent to the correct cell in the entire question view To identify
69. e pop up menu NG SET af BURG Chafces Selected True False v Multiple Choice New Build Set Prelim Untitled Set Rename This Set of Choices Cancel New New Set of Build Choices Delete This Set of Build Choices Fig 3 23 Sample menu of Build Choice sets and set naming dialog box After selecting the options in the Build Exam box Figure 3 22 appropriate to your needs select New Set of Build Choices Figure 3 23 from the pop up menu to obtain a dialog box for naming the set Supply a file name and click New or press return The file name can contain spaces but no colons For convenience avoid using an excessively long name Note The Rename This Set of Choices and Delete This Set of Build Choices options are enabled when an existing build choices set is selected 4 Select Random Questions Figure 3 22 from the source pop up menu and a Select button appears 40 Chapter 3 5 Click the Select button Figure 3 22 to open a window Figure 3 24 in which you can create an arbitrary number of selection panels to guide the random selection process Random Question Specifications From Bank Samples d if Select Random Questions From All Questions Y Cancel ok Fig 3 24 One illustrative selection panel 6 Click New Figure 3 24 to create a selection panel for this scrolling wind ow Figure 3 25
70. e tehend bere feck Spp Not available in this version PRESGUPUS Not available in this version Huphe naling Not available in this version Insert P Add a row or column to a table matrix b Delete Remove a row or column from table matrix Fig 4 26 Edit menu The Undo command restores the document to its status prior to the most recently executed command Undo lets you explore alternatives as well as correct mistakes Undo is not available for a few situations such as within mathematical expressions The Cut and Copy commands are dimmed and disabled until you select the portion of text you want to act upon The Cut command removes the selected material from the document and places it on the Clipboard for subsequent transfer to another location while the Copy command simply copies the selected material to the Clipboard without disturbing the original To view the contents of the Clipboard pull down the Windows menu at the top of the screen until you reach Clipboard and then release the mouse The Clipboard stores material from only one Cut or Copy operation at a time Clear removes a Paste 3 V Clear Select All 38 A Copy Other Paste Other Show Selection Command Guide 75 selection but does not affect the Clipboard The Clipboard remains intact even after you exit MathWriter allowing you to transfer material to another application Paste inserts into the document at the insertion point material previ
71. e ten icons in the Templates window Figure 4 19 contains two to ten options in pop out menus window Fig 4 19 Templates window To use the templates click on the category icon to unfold the list and drag to select just as you do with pull down menus 2 You can safely ignore the mathematical tools in MathWriter if you do not require their use 68 Chapter 4 Pop out menus 2 EI JET Alternatively you can activate these menus from the keyboard Press and hold command 8 and type a numeral key 1 9 use 0 for number 10 to select a menu e g 1 is the fraction menu Then type the numeral displayed adjacent to the desired icon If you do this without a pause the menu does not unfold to remind you of the choices Any invalid keystroke aborts the choice MathWriter displays tiny numerals within the specific icons when you use keyboard access 1 Of the fraction options 8 1 the first displays the numerator and denomi nator in the current font size The second option immediately decreases the font size for smaller in line expressions The third option produces a slanted fraction line MathWriter automatically draws the fraction bar long enough to accom modate the length of both the numerator and denominator and automatically centers the shorter expression Press enter to move from the numerator to the denominator Press return at any time to immediately return to the baseline 2 Three choices of radi
72. e the collection of test items is often drawn from a companion textbook Related items within a book are grouped into an arbitrary number of banks that correspond to chapters sections or topics having some logical relationship Banks contain an arbitrary number of questions or test items that you either select individually or allow ExamBuilder to select randomly The subparts of a question are called cells and all cells of a question are transferred into the exam file if the question is selected Test items can contain text mathematics and graphics making ExamBuilder useful in a broad range of disciplines Each question when shown in detail includes information in the following descriptive fields Figure 1 4 book and bank number of questions in the active question bank check box for manual selection question type check box for inactive status difficulty rating description of topic chapter or section objective and point value A book file is disk based so its size is limited only by the available disk space not available RAM There is a template structure for each question type When you select a question template ExamBuilder produces one of the forms shown in Figure 1 3 When a free form essay question template is selected ExamBuilder creates rectangular regions the width of the window for the question and answer The height ad justs automatically to accommodate the contents Fill in the blank question templates provide space befo
73. ected in a previous session as identified in a log file 5 Individually select questions by clicking the selection fields see page 21 as you scroll through the questions 5a Select the question bank Samples for this example from the Bank menu The names of the banks in this book appear at the end of the Bank menu Selecting one deselects the previously selected one 1 This notation means select Modules on the Windows menu 34 Chapter 3 The view Unmark all questions Choose questions Select the Build Exam command 5b Select one of the three views Use the Question View command or the keyboard equivalents see page 27 5c Select Edit UnMark All Questions to assure that no questions remain unintentionally selected 5d To select a question bring it into view by scrolling the question number is in the scroll box by using the First Last Previous and Next commands on the Question menu or by using the keyboard equivalents 38 lt 8 gt 8 or respectively and then clicking in the check box Figure 3 13 The check mark is displayed in all three views After selecting the subset of questions you wish to use in this examination proceed to the next step EB Demo EB Demo 1 Eree Fo Free Fa wv Topic Topic Chapter Objecti Fig 3 13 Unmarked and marked questions 6 Select File Build Exam 8 E to access the dialog box Figur
74. ection of questions adds a few additional considerations but the process is basically the same as for user selected questions The following discussion emphasizes the differences We will also create multiple exams When you automatically build an exam you must specify one of the three categories of destination files for the exam Current Document MathWriter Default File Format or a Default File The actual choice is made in step 9d below but you must prepare the receiving MW file first For convenience in this example we use the same Exam def file used before but we will select it differently Alternatively you could return to MathWriter 3 M create a master file that contains the elements common to all exams in the set and return to ExamBuilder option 1 Quick Start Guide 15 1 Open the EB file of questions using the Open Book command on the File menu In this exercise open the supplied EB Demo book Note The book appendage on the file name is a convenient but optional way to identify the file 2 Click on the Build Exam command in the File menu or use amp E and adjust the pop up menus and check boxes as instructed below to match Figure 2 8 See chapter 3 for more details on the choices you have when building an exam Build Exam s Customize Use Build Choices Ne fe of Build Choices Selected Yj Source Random Questions Yj Select Destination Default File Exam det Yj 2 Enams i sl sala a
75. ed by the absence of an ellipsis after the command name on the menu To simplify the task of manually selecting questions for an examination use this command to specify a particular viewing order of the questions within the current bank when in the short or long summary view The actual storage order in the file is unaffected The names of the banks in the current book are appended to the end of this menu Select a bank name to make it the active bank 60 Chapter 4 Question menu View First 3 lt Last 3 gt Previous 3 Next 3 New Before New After Once you have opened or created a book and a bank with the Question menu Figure 4 7 you can view full questions or shorter summaries You can scroll through the questions by mouse or by menu When a specific question has been located you can delete it add a new question before or after it modify it or transfer the question into an exam file You can transfer individual selections cells and questions between Exam Builder and MathWriter and perform various formatting tasks during the transfer process Formatting options for manually transferred questions are provided in this menu these options are provided from the File Build Exam dialog box for questions transferred automatically Mew 4 Select scope of view First Be past 3 Locate questions Previous Next e New Before p Create and delete templates for seven New After b types of questions
76. el Accessories Key Caps Fig 4 23 The menu Notice that sales and support are provided by the publisher not the developer MathWriter Version 2 0 Module Project Director J Robert Cooke Math Writer is a trademark of Programmer E Theodore Sobel Cooke Publications Ltd 221 Langmuir Lab Written with MEW Pascal C and Assembler Comel Business and Technology Park Ithaca HY 14850 1990 91 Cooke Publications Ltd ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Distibuted by For service support and sales me BrooksiCole Publishing Company Phone 408 373 0728 a 511 Forest Lodge Road Far 408 375 6414 Pacific Grove CA 93950 Bimet D2246 applelink apple com Spell Finder and Word Finder 1996 90 Microlyties Ine UFO Systems Ine amd Xerox Corp Hyphenation 1995 90 Mierolyties Ine and Herox Corp Fig 4 24 The About MathWriter 2 0 window Command Guide 71 Desk Accessories The names of desk accessories currently available to the system also appear on the Apple menu Use the Font DA Mover to modify this list See the Macintosh Utilities manual for a discussion of desk accessories The File menu The File menu provides access to the file management commands global and document specific configuration commands printing choices and the exit command Beer New b Create new documents from templates Open 0 Open existing MW exam documents Close 10 Close the active MW exam document Save
77. er selecting all the questions to be used proceed to the next step 9 Click on the Build Exam command in the File menu or use 3 E and adjust as required any of the pop up menus and check boxes See chapter 3 for more details on the choices you have when building an exam Build Exami s Customize Use Build Choices Ne fe of Build Choices Selected Yj Source Marked Questions Yj From Current Bank w Destination Current Document Yj Special O Log i 42 dee fe Matching Format Scramble Questions Transfer Options Cancel Fig 2 7 Build Exam dialog box 9a Customize The Customize category should read No Set of Build Choices Selected This option permits you to save and to recall all choices made in this large dialog box Quick Start Guide 14 9b Source If necessary use the pop up menus to designate Marked Questions from the Current Bank as the source of questions for this exam 9c Destination If necessary choose Current Document as the file to receive the questions In step 2 you chose a preconfigured file to receive the questions That file already contains a course header page numbering typeface choices and a question numbering variable 9d Special Access to several miscellaneous features is provided here You will use the defaults in this exercise You can of course create a log file for this build session to track question usage The Matching Forma
78. erscripting subscripting tools as follows 4 88 2 se Toggles between and Option drag tab Smooth drag Command drag left margin Doesn t move indent marker Option symbol in palettes Vertical bar always extends to the limits of the line Option 1 Command 8 ExamBuilder and MathWriter Keyboard Commands EB1 Mw2 Mw2 Mw2 Key Command 8 Command 8 Command Shift Command Option Select All Select All Copy Ruler amp Format Bold style Bold Auto Bracket Copy Copy Copy As Picture Transfer From Doc Calc Prev or Size Paste Style Build Exam Auto Math Number equation Find Replace Copy Format Insert footnote Find Next Paste Format Italicize Greek Replace Selection Italic Italic New cell Before Paragraph Format Delete Row New cell After Line Spacing Delete Column Long Summary Lower Diacritical Switch To MathWriterNew Entry Entry From ClipboardCopy Memo N K gt lt lt Cc A el alol l Of Z 2 CP AP ez ol al l oO gt New Book New Entry From Selection Paste Memo Open Book Open Column Before Auto Operator Spacing Plain Plain or Print Column After Quit EB Quit Row Before Raise Diacritical Copy Ruler Revision Tracking Short Summary Save Copy Style Auto Use Symbol Font Transfer To Doc Print or Plain Paste
79. est size that is included The generated sizes may appear ragged on the screen but they print smoothly on the LaserWriter Less frequently used font sizes in one pixel one point or 1 72 inch increments are also available Fig 4 10 Size menu Sizes in pixel increments up to 127 are selectable 64 Chapter 4 Style menu Use the Style menu Figure 4 11 to assign the font style attributes to existing text or to specify the style of subsequently entered text The plain attribute is special because it removes any combination of styles Bold Italic Underline Outline and Shadow can be used in any combination Condense and Expand removes or adds one pixel between characters respectively Plain P Bold B FERE 1 Underline U Qntling Shadow Condense Extend Fig 4 11 Style menu MathWriter Commands MathWriter provides the editing formatting and printing support for ExamBuilder To utilize the full power of ExamBuilder you need to understand the host word processor If your exams do not include mathematical expressions you can safely ignore the discussion of those aspects The JQ menu commands are unavailable in this version MathWriter s Main Screen The MathWriter screen is remarkably simple Figure 4 12 The ruler is thin and is always at the top of the screen never usurping window space in the body of the text nor scrolling out of view You can even remove the ruler using the F
80. f an answer cell must retain its position among the possible answers e g None of the above place the insertion point within that cell and deselect Mixable to remove the check mark on the menu adjacent to that command this places a dark border around the box in the second column to indicate that the response is NOT mixable i e its position in the list is fixed even if you select the scramble option when building exams q aA AL None Fig 3 41 Multiple choice question template A matching question Figure 3 42 begins with an introductory statement Q cell and is completed by one or more Item Answer pairs With the insertion point within an I A cell use the New Before or New After command on the Cell menu to add others as needed Place the correct match for the I cell in its companion A cell ExamBuilder will handle the scrambling Fig 3 42 Matching question template Both the scenario and composite questions Figure 3 43 provide space for an introductory statement A light or a solid shading in the thin rectangle to the left of a scenario or composite question respectively identifies it as that ques tion type When you add a new question immediately following either type ExamBuilder asks you if the new question is to be attached to the preceding scenario or composite question e Attach this question to the previous Scen
81. formation To access other question banks in this book pull down the Banks menu and select one from among those listed at the bottom of the menu after the Sort By command Notice that the active question bank has a check by its name in the Banks menu 3 Switch among the three views of the questions in this question bank using the View submenu of the Questions menu There are three levels of detail to choose among Short Summary Long Summary and Entire Question In the Short and Long Summary views Figure 2 4 the question number is displayed at the left border of the item When you use the Entire Question view Figure 2 5 only one question is visible at a time and the vertical scroll bar box on the right of the ExamBuilder window indicates the number of the displayed question If the question is larger than the ExamBuilder window a second vertical scroll bar for scrolling within the question appears to the left of the question number scroll bar E lt lt EnamBuilder gt gt nel E lt lt ExamBuilder gt SSsq _0948 EB Demo Book Samples 13 Questions EB Demo Book Samples 13 Questions 1 Free Form Essay 5 Points Easy Free Form Essay 5 Points vw Topic Sample Essay Question Topic Sample Essay Question 2 Ein In The Blank 2 Points Eas Chapter Section w Topic Objective 3 True False 1 Point Eas Topic Fill In The Bla
82. g and pasting text graphics cells and entire questions as well as some miscellaneous editing commands 58 Chapter 4 Undo 8 Z Cut Cut Cell Cut Question X Copy Copy Cell Copy Question 38 C Paste Paste Cell Paste Question V Clear Paste Before Select All 3 A UnMark All Questions Clear Document Undo 2 Undo last command Cut Question 36H Standard tools for Copy Question C interaction with Paste Text SEL the clipboard Clear Applies to text Paste Before graphics cells and ti 7 Select All aga ESTOS Global command to Mark UnMark all questions UnMark All Questions Clear Document Insert Point Count Erase receiving document Count points currently in doc Fig 4 5 Edit menu Undo reverses the immediately previous command Cut removes a highlighted text or graphics selection a cell or a question from the question file to the Clipboard The name of the command changes according to its usage Copy copies a highlighted text and graphics selection a cell or a question from the ExamBuilder document to the Clipboard BUT does not remove the selection from the document The name of the command changes according to its usage Paste copies the contents of the Clipboard to the location of the insertion point in the data base document Clear removes a highlighted text or graphics selection a cell or a question from the question file window BUT does not place a copy on the
83. g ExamBuilder 43 e Using the cross reference file derived from the log file you can locate all versions of the examination that include a specific inappropriate question Table 3 2 Marker content Marker Line Contents a ExamBuilder module name Book Bank Directory ID Question Number Question Type OT BR WwW N e Point Value if Multiple Choice 7 Correct Answer i moe Question Order Correct Answers ExamBuilder 2 Correct Answer for Item U if Matching Table 3 3 illustrates the structure of a tab delimited ExamBuilder log file The line numbers have been added for convenience Each log file can contain any number of build sessions The contents of a log file are taken from question markers If you delete those markers the log file and the total point count will be incorrect Otherwise the removal of the markers does not affect the printed exam Line 1 is the session description line it contains the name of the session number of exams and the date and time the session was started Lines 2 and 11 Example1 Test and Example2 Test are the names of the exam files ExamBuilder created the file name using a family name Example a sequence number 1 and a file extension Test The number of questions is also included here The number of questions per file could vary if you use scenario or composite questions since random
84. hWriter Help and Exam def files must either be in the same La ad a folder with ExamBuilder MW2 0 or in the system folder The EB l Demo book file can be placed anywhere When activated the first time a 2 ES MathWriter Pref and an ExamBuilder Prefs file will be created Mathifriter Help Deo exam automatically and placed in the system folder read ea ee Pref ExamBuilder Prefs Allocate RAM Fig 2 1 File icons Because MW2 retains its open documents in RAM you must allocate space for both MW2 and its open documents during this first session While at the Finder level single click the ExamBuilder MW2 icon select Get Info from the File menu and assign as much as your system supports preferably 2000K or more for Application Memory Size and click the close box If you have only 1 megabyte of RAM you must use the Finder rather than the MultiFinder Quick Start Guide 8 Activate ExamBuilder MW2 0 The first step in using ExamBuilder is to activate the word processor 1 Double click on the ExamBuilder MW2 0 icon not the ExamBuilder Module icon At startup the word processor automatically locates the Exam def file the help file and ExamBuilder Module Because this is your first use of the word processor the system creates a MathWriter Pref file in the System folder If you wish additional background on the use of the word processor access the online help from the Windows menu or experiment with the tutorial exercises
85. he Rename This Set and Delete This Set options are enabled only if a Build set exists and is selected Click Build to create the examination s from the questions randomly selected according to the conditions prescribed When ExamBuilder completes the exam s control returns to MathWriter Log files preserve a record of the questions used in an examination Log files are created from the markers or memos Table 3 2 attached to the questions when they are transferred into the exam document If these markers are not removed while you are editing the exam document several uses can be made of this information e When you place a global point total marker in an exam document using Edit Insert Point Count ExamBuilder tallies the points automatically ExamBuilder does NOT update the point total if you subsequently add questions if you delete the markers or if you edit the assignment of individual points in the exam The count is taken from the hidden uneditable question markers only when the total point count command is used e The log file reports the origin of the questions used book bank and question number within the bank If you discover a flawed question in an exam this information allows you to locate the question e A log file lets you reuse the same questions again to reconstruct the same set of questions on each examination after editing some of the questions in the file Log file contents Usin
86. he subscript and the down arrow indicates this a a E Fig 4 13 MathWriter status bar tl ny s 2 1 2 2 T 4 C1 2 Base Fig 4 14 Insertion point position within a mathematical expression 1 The Macintosh user interface standard specifies this command key If you are accustomed to Command P for print rather than plain refer to the Appendix for reassignment instructions using Cmd Key Switcher 66 Chapter 4 The cursor k I i BE Tt T SS Ee Fig 4 15 MathWriter icons When the insertion point is in a table or matrix the status bar gives the row and column number of the element you are editing Figure 4 14 A thin horizontal line at the far left and flush with the bottom of the Base panel Figure 4 13 shows the fraction of RAM in use The solid line represents actual usage and the dotted line represents the additional usage that can be purged by MathWriter if necessary As mentioned earlier MathWriter documents are memory resident so you should allocate as much memory as possible to MathWriter using Get Info on the File menu at the Finder level Also on the status bar in Figure 4 13 are the horizontal scroll bar the position of the insertion point within the document line 1 and character 0 and the current font font style and font size which are plain Geneva 12 point During computation intensive operations like reformatting or loading a file a progress indicator appears in the
87. heck the inactive box to retire the item until you decide to re enable it If you attempt to use this question when creating an examination manually you will be asked to approve the action Use the pop up menu at the top right Figure 3 1 to assign a difficulty level Easy Medium Hard to characterize a test item This field can be used when selecting questions randomly sorting items for ease of selection from the screen display and when sorting the order of questions when building automatically The topic field contains a description of the subject covered in this question You can use keywords or phrases Use the Bank Sort command to establish viewing order by topic This field identifies the relevant textbook topic and citation This free form entry can include section page or other references to sources Use the Bank Sort command to establish viewing order This field identifies the goals or performance criteria relevant to this question Use the Bank Sort command to establish viewing order 22 Chapter 3 Point value field Scope indicator field Scrolling within a question Scrolling among questions Change view icon Question transfer icon Close Zoom and Grow boxes Assigning a point value to a question provides a numerical basis for recognizing the importance or difficulty of the item when you take a test or compute a weighted score for the examination Use the Bank Sort command to establish viewing order To
88. hem yourself As just mentioned you can also edit the entries in a question file Using ExamBuilder you can create files of questions and answers or easily select questions from already created question files to form custom exams Each question is entered and stored in one of the seven formats free form essay fill in the blank true false multiple choice matching scenario or composite When you are choosing questions ExamBuilder allows you to display the ques tions in either detailed or summary form You can also rearrange the display 4 Chapter 1 order of the questions on the screen according to a number of descriptive attrib utes such as point value topic or chapter To make question selection easier each question also has various descriptive attributes associated with it such as topic objective difficulty point value and so on ExamBuilder s Modular Design CEEE ExamBuilder 1 0 Module Because ExamBuilder is the first of a new class of software a few comments about its organization are in order ExamBuilder is a specialized data base program designed specifically to store retrieve and print arbitrary collections of the seven most common types of examination questions In addition the formatting editing and printing features of a word processor are also needed To produce this hybrid software we created and introduced the concept of modules an innovation that provides many benefits for the user and devel
89. hoice of printer printer options margin sizes and header and footer sizes Use File Doc Format to assign the placement of headers and footers within the document Use File Doc Preferences to set font font size font style paragraph alignment and line spacing combinations for styles 1 amp 2 elf relevant use the Format menu to assign ruler options line spacing matrix formats and formats for the variables such as date time etc ExamBuilder works best with fixed uniformly spaced tabs Use the Style menu to set the font size and style for the body of the document eSupply any text or graphics that you wish to appear in the default file 3 Use Save As on the File menu to turn your document into a default file select MW Default File from the pop up menu as the file type Save the file in the same Appendix 113 folder with MathWriter or in the system folder so that MathWriter can immediately add this name to the New submenu list To use copies of this template you need only select it from the New submenu The file is immediately added to the New submenu list When you select a default file from New MathWriter automatically makes a copy of that file Palettes and Diac menus The Palettes and Diacriticals menus are always available Palettes provides mouse access to the characters of the Symbol font except the Greek alphabet which is available from the Palettes window a few special characters and the Variables A
90. ication date number of question banks and number of questions in each bank Check the Locked check box to prevent changes accidental or otherwise to the questions in this book Book EB Demo book Locked oO Creation Date Mon 4ug 13 1990 Modification Date Wed Jun 26 1991 Question Banks 7 Bank Questions Samples 13 Chapter 2 12 Fig 3 47 File Info dialog Using ExamBuilder 53 f After creating a book of questions you can print a copy for verification and Print the book archival purposes ExamBuilder supports both the ImageWriter Figure 3 48 and LaserWriter Figure 3 49 The printing process parallels that for MathWriter Each printer type has its own page setup and print dialog Note Normally the exam template will be configured for your printer type but if change the printer type with Chooser or change to a different computer having a different choice remember to use Page Setup on File Page Layout of MW to assure compatibility If you make this change scroll through the exam document to confirm format readiness for printing ImageWriter ImageWriter v27 OK Quality Best Faster Draft Page Range All From To Cancel ImageWriter waT OK Copies 1 Paper US Letter A4 Letter Paper Feed amp Automatic Hand Feed OUS Legal International Fanfold O Computer Paper Source All Banks EJ Page Break Between Orientation Special Effect
91. ice and are indicated with a e at the left text margin Again do not begin until you have made a working copy and have safely stored the master disks The Symbol font is installed as part of the MathWriter application If you wish to print MathWriter files you must also install the appropriate print driver select the driver using Chooser and connect and prepare the printer for printing Optionally print these instructions Exercise 1 Reviewing a Short Memo This first exercise describes how to open an existing file navigating through a document exploring the interface printing the document and quitting This exercise asks you to read through and work on the following hypothetical memorandum from the authors to new MathWriter users As you move through the memorandum which is the same in the manual and on the screen the text will tell you what to do MEMORANDUM Date Nov 15 1990 To MathWriter New Users From The Authors Subject MathWriter basic features a first glimpse We assume that you have a basic familiarity with the Macintosh interface as described in the materials supplied with your computer Consequently this first glimpse will describe the basic features you need to perform simple tasks with MathWriter moving around within a document formatting paragraphs identifying typefaces moving text saving and printing a document and ending a session 108 Appendix Basic features Move around within a document
92. igher numbered questions is affected If you must maintain a correspondence between a printed copy of the questions and a log file or between a log file see File Log File and answer keys add new questions at the end of the bank and simply mark retired questions as inactive in the full view of the question of course these changes can be made only if the file is not locked by the system or using File Info Examine Log Files allows you to display a log file on screen transform it into an editable text file and produce a cross reference index of question usage Page Setup establishes printer and paper configuration parameters Exam Builder prints the question file while MathWriter prints the exams you build Before using the Page Setup command you may need to use Chooser in the Apple menu to select a different printer type The Page Setup dialog depends upon your choice of printer ImageWriter or LaserWriter In the Print dialog box you select or assign print quality page range number of copies paper feed bank view of the questions and page breaks This command provides mouse and keyboard 8 M access to MathWriter You can also click in an inactive MathWriter or ExamBuilder document window to switch between them The termination command is always the last command on the File menu It closes any open ExamBuilder documents and returns control to MathWriter The Edit menu Figure 4 5 provides commands for cutting copyin
93. l expressions and to number equations automatically M athematical expression editor Preparing to write mathematics Exercises Before we examine math writing features you need to configure the MathWriter environment for these activities If the Templates Palettes and Tools floating windows are not visible select them from the Windows menu and drag them to a convenient working location The Templates window behaves as if it were a vertical menu bar press on a template category and drag to select a specific template Alternatively you may type command 8 and the row number followed by the column number of a specific template For example 3 2 and selects the square root If you pause before typing the column number the selection menu pops out to prompt you Typing other than one of the valid numerals aborts the command Use the following instructions to explore the auto formatting templates that were used to create the equation that follows step 4 Use the space that follows the equation as a place to experiment 1 Select the root template by mouse from the Templates pop out menu or by Appendix 117 keyboard 38 and from the Templates window The insertion point is positioned to receive the argument 2 Type 1 sin x The root symbol expands automatically 3 Press enter not return to exit the root Create y 1 sin x Type here If you make a mistake or wish to modify the expression press option
94. lable in this version of MW e Character Editor identified by an arrow cursor and used for moving characters e Sidebar Editor identified by the cursor is not available in this version You can reach these tools from the Tools window or from the keyboard Fig 4 22 Templates Window See the previous discussion of the Template Window on pages 67 69 The Palettes window Figure 4 23 contains the Greek alphabet Click on one of the letters of the alphabet to type it The character appears in your text at the location of the blinking insertion point You can add palettes from the Palettes menu at the top of the screen Pull down the Palettes menu 84 Chapter 4 Modules Clipboard Help 8 Names of Open Documents row name and release This places that row of symbols at the bottom of the screen for easier access To remove that row pull down the Palettes menu and click on that row name again Fig 4 23 Palettes windows The Font Table which provides mouse access to every character is not available in this version The Library and Library Window commands an interactive glossary are not available in this version The Modules submenu provides access to modular extensions of MathWriter You can extend the scope of MathWriter by adding modules This first module disk based ExamBuilder can interact with the data structure of the active RAM based exam document
95. le menu New Book 3 N Open Book 3 O File Info Preferences Build Exam 3 E The file menu Figure 4 4 according to interface standards is always located co to the Apple menu New Book ZN c EA reate a question file Open Book 380 Open a question file File Info Question file statistics and lock Preferences Global font preferences Build Exam Dialog box for building ls Rt che Men aan Ofte SL aM examinations automatically Log Document Audit trail of question Examine Log Files usage and cross references Page Setup Print question file Print not an exam file Switch To MathWriter 3M Exit control Fig 4 4 The File menu Let s examine each of the File menu commands This menu command allows you to create a new book of questions You must supply a name and destination for the file of questions you intend to store The Open Book command provides access to previously created ExamBuilder question files The usual techniques are available for navigating among disks folders and files Only one file can be open at a time Note that the File menu does not contain a Save or Save As command because ExamBuilder saves records automatically The File Info dialog box characterizes the file book name creation date modification date number of banks names of banks and number of questions in each and permits you to protect the file from accident
96. lected question into the MathWriter document in one of two question WAYS e Click the icon 4 at the bottom left corner of the EB window that depicts transfer into a document The companion icon denotes transfer from a document and is used when creating the questions as discussed later Select Question Transfer To Document or use the keyboard equivalent T Repeat steps 8 and 9 for each question you wish to transfer manually Save the exam 10 Switch to MW click on the exam document window select File Switch To MathWriter or type 8 M save the exam document perform any additional formatting desired save the document again and then print it ExamBuilder can print the book but MW prints the exams you build We recommend that you always save the exam file before printing as a precautionary measure because exam documents are RAM resident only until you create a file Multiple choice and matching questions frequently need some manual tabbing for correct alignment The editing and printing of exam files is discussed later in this chapter Automatic exam building In addition to building an examination manually you can also produce an examination automatically from questions you select either by tagging or marking the questions to be used and then letting ExamBuilder transfer copies of the selected questions into a MathWriter exam document or by letting ExamBuilder select questions Random selection is especially useful when
97. ling a b c Yj Cancel OK Fig 3 16 Matching format dialog box 6 Check Scramble Questions and Answers to randomize the sequence of the answers and questions as they are transferred Figure 3 16 If unchecked the transferred sequence matches the sequence of the stored question and the answer key utilizes the pairing of questions and answers in the question file 7 Use the pop up menus same as Figure 3 15 to select one of the five formats for numbering the question and the answer lists Edit the boxes Leading and Trailing to specify text if any that should precede or follow the numbers of the questions and the answers 8 Select a question for transfer into the document Since the Entire Question view displays only one question at a time it is the de facto selected question when visible In the other two views you must click on a question to select it ExamBuilder preserves what you see is what you get operation by allowing you to select displayed questions i e you do not simply select questions by number from a printed list In the Summary view the highlighted question not a checked question is the selected question Note Use File File Info to review the history of the book its name the names of its banks and the number of questions in each This is also the place to lock write protect the question file to prevent accidental modifications 32 Chapter 3 Transfera 9 Transfer the se
98. ls are not the same in all fonts do not have standard keyboard assignments and therefore substitutions can change the meaning of a question ExamBuilder preserves the font identification of PICTs transferred into an exam document The names of fonts used in PICTs not just the local font number are passed to MW which then converts the name into the local font identification number Transfer Options Style Information O Font O Size EJ Style Content E Questions EJ Answers After Each Question y LJ Individual Point Count Speed i Transfer All As Pictures Faster Cancel OK Fig 3 12 Transfer options dialog box 3 Specify the portion of records you want ExamBuilder to transfer questions only answers only or both questions and answers If answers are included use the pop up menu Figure 3 13 to specify whether the answers are to be listed separately merged with the questions or placed in a unified answer key if multiple exam versions are being produced At End Of Document After Each Question Unified Answer Key Fig 3 13 Transfer options Select this option if you want the ExamBuilder system to place the point value of each question immediately following the question number To have EB total the points of selected questions use Edit Insert Point Count AFTER you place all questions in the exam document because that operation triggers a one time only tally The tally is taken f
99. ly means placing tabs at fixed intervals by double clicking on the ruler and formatting a user defined variable for automatic question numbering using Variables Format of the Format menu You must choose among three categories to designate the destination exam file Figure 3 17 In step 2 you anticipated this choice by opening an exam template so select current document here Current Document MathWriter Default File Format Default File Fig 3 17 Destination file categories 36 Chapter 3 Special commands Log Matching Format Multiple choice Format 8 Identify the current MathWriter document by selecting Current Document from the Destination pop up menu Figure 3 17 Note The other possibilities are to create a user specified number of files in MathWriter Default File Format with an assigned sequence of names or to use an unopened user selected Default File These options will be discussed later in this chapter This category covers miscellaneous operations performed during the transfer process create a listing log of questions used establish the format for numbering of matching and multiple choice questions set typeface transformation rules choose whether questions and or answers and point counts are transferred and whether the questions are transferred as a stream of editable characters or as PICTs 9 Set the Special options as follows 9a Do not check the box for creating a log file Fig
100. make calls to code within Math Writer such as question numbering and use MathWriter for formatting and output To add a module simply place it in the system folder or in the same folder with MathWriter MathWriter locates and incorporates such modules when you next open the application To remove a module exit from MathWriter and remove the module from its folder The Clipboard command on the Windows menu provides diagnostic access to the contents of the Clipboard used to transfer text and graphics between applications or from one location to another within a document The mathematical expression in Figure 4 24 is shown as a PICT file because it was placed there using Copy As Picture Copy Other submenu on the Edit menu PICT OFER Fig 4 24 Clipboard window The Help window supplies online hints on the use of MathWriter features Scroll through the list or select a topic to go directly to a specific topic The final entries on the Windows menu are the names of open documents Either click on an exposed portion of a document window or select it here by name to make it the front window on the screen This version of MathWriter is arbitrarily limited to two open documents M athW riter G uided T our About the E xercises The exercises that follow present step by step instructions for completing various common tasks Some of the steps are numbered and are essential to completing the task Others are simply suggestions for pract
101. mber are provided The Insert Memo command is not available in this version The Insert Column Break command is not available in this version This command forces a page break Use Show Invisibles to locate a hidden character marker To remove one click to the right of it at top of page and press delete See Paragraph Format for an alternative method Use this command to automatically size the or symbols After you enter the integrand press 3 D to resize the integral sign Show Layout toggles with Hide Layout to reveal or hide the boundaries of the headers footers margins etc Cursor changes also indicate the boundaries Hide Messages toggles with Show Messages and they display or hide the markers for paragraph ruler changes in the left margin You may adjust the File Print dialog box to allow these markers to be printed Show Invisibles toggles with Hide Invisibles and provides access to or hides the hidden formatting characters such as tabs line breaks page breaks end of paragraphs and spaces 4 To remove these markers click just before the next character NOT just after the marker and press delete 78 Chapter 4 Hide Pictures Show Pictures Hide Pictures toggles with Show Pictures and suppresses or produces the display of pasted graphics in order to produce faster scrolling A rectangular placeholder preserves the page layout The Palettes menu The Diac menu The Palettes menu Figure 4 12 displ
102. menu You cannot edit these variables placed within the document as you would other character strings you can only make changes using Variables Format uSelect Show Invisibles from the Format menu to locate the dynamic variables identified by dotted boxes and Hide Invisibles to conceal them Automatic numbering of other entities such as questions is also possible In addition you can re define this set of dynamic variables for other items and Appendix 125 MathWriter will automatically track them To create a questions user defined category follow these steps 1 Select Variables Format in the Format menu and click Rename 2 Assign a variable name e g Questions and select it in the scrolling window 3 Select a numbering scheme decide on no leading bracket and a trailing period assign a starting number and delete the category label e g select and press delete Click OK MathWriter adds this name to the icon 4 Drag the mouse over the user defined category on the Palettes menu to verify that the program has assigned the new name 5 Select and adjust the parameters for the subquestion and question reference variables This completes the guided tour Close this file and begin experimenting
103. more characters To edit within a horizontal grouping press the option key to obtain the split I beam cursor Floating windows The properties common to MathWriter s floating windows are discussed here refer to Exercise 5 for more detail 1 Select each of the four windows Templates Palettes Tools and Font Table from the Windows menu 1 Tf no default files are present the New command will not contain a submenu 114 Appendix Auto save Summary 2 Place the cursor in the gray region adjacent to the Close box of each and move to a convenient location 3 Explore each menu Click on the I beam in the Tools window to be sure that you are in text editing mode when you complete this 4 Remove the floating windows by reselecting them in the Windows menu or clicking in their Close boxes We recommend that you set the automatic file saving feature on Doc Preferences of the File menu as insurance against file loss The minor delay caused by Auto save can offset the inconvenience of retyping The Auto backup command also enabled on Doc Preferences preserves the immediate past copy of your document for even better protection We STRONGLY recommend that you use these protection features when composing original material at the keyboard In this exercise you have learned to use input aids to euse online help echange typeface characteristics transfer rulers and other formatting from one paragraph to another ecreate re
104. mposite cell stored in PICT format into an exam document either in its compressed PICT format or translate it back into its original editable format see pages 11 30 and 52 To transfer a mathematical expression from MW into EB or any other standard applications via the Clipboard use Edit Copy Other Copy As Picture rather than the usual Edit Cut or Edit Copy command B Helvetica Bold BI Helvetica BoldOblique Chicago Courier Geneva Helvetica Plain Helvetica Oblique Bold 36 Monaco TEREE 1 New Century chibk Underline U New York Hutiine symbol Shadow Times Condense Venice Extend Fig 3 45 Typeface menus 3 Create mathematical expressions involving built up structures and any text associated with those cells within MathWriter by the usual process then select them and paste them into ExamBuilder To transfer the selection click in the ExamBuilder window to make it the active window and transfer the selection using Transfer From Document on the Question menu or 3 D You can also click the hs icon in the bottom corner of the ExamBuilder window to effect the transfer of the selection 52 Chapter 3 Graphics Edit menu Book statistics 4 Transfer graphics including mathematics and any text to made a part of the graphic bit mapped object and encapsulated PostScript into a question cell just as described for mathematical expressions You can also paste a graphic from the Cli
105. n Figure 3 30 and press continue A log file can contain multiple log sessions see Table 3 3 Examine log files Cross reference file Text version of log files Using ExamBuilder 45 Log This Session As Demo Session Fig 3 30 Name the log session within a log file At this point ExamBuilder constructs a log file by extracting the required data from the hidden markers Table 3 2 in the exam file Let s review the Log files created either during a Build Exam command or as a separate action as just discussed 1 Select Examine Log Files on the File menu 2 Open the file Exam Demo Log If desired click the Log File button Figure 3 31 to open yet another log file Log File Exam Demo Log Demo Session lt 1 Exams 2 16 91 4 05 PM Exam Demo 4 Questions EB Demo Book Samples 12 3 4003 Cross Reference Save As Tent OK Fig 3 31 Review a log file Refer to the Appendix for a discussion of the contents of this file You can generate two text files using this Log file 3 Click the Cross Reference button shown in Figure 3 31 This tab delimited cross reference file identifies the examinations that contain each question 4 Click the Save As Text button to generate a text file of the contents of the log file This is a tab delimited file that can be read by other standard applications such as a spreadsheet 46 Chapter 3 Reconstruct a set of examinatio
106. n a multiple choice question click in the column immediately following the item number or select Cell Answer to identify the only correct answer Command Guide 63 Mixable A multiple choice cell is called mixable if its position can be scrambled or shuffled An example of a nonmixable item is none of the above Arrange Hori zontally Arrange the answer cells in rows or columns with this command Arrange Vertically Font menu Use the Font menu Figure 4 9 to assign a font to an existing selection or to specify the font of subsequently entered text This list displays the names of the fonts currently available to the system Use the Apple supplied Font DA Mover utility to change this list Utilities such as SuitCase II provide a convenient alternative User created screen and LaserWriter fonts can be added too Use the supplied Adobe Symbol font to assure well formed brackets etc and to preserve the boldface attribute of the Greek symbols ont Chicago Courier Geneva Helvetica Monaco New Century Schibk New York Symbol Times Venice Fig 4 9 Font menu A sample list of fonts currently selectable Size menu Use the Size menu Figure 4 10 to assign the font size attribute to existing text or to specify the size of subsequently entered text The size entries listed in outline style are the sizes of the fonts that have stored bitmaps for screen display the sizes in plain style are generated from the near
107. n the EB File menu type 3 M or click on a visible portion of the exam document See the instructions at the end of this section under Editing Formatting and Printing an Exam Automatic exam building with user selected questions When you build an exam automatically you must specify one of the three categories of destination files for the exam Current Document MathWriter Default File Format or Default File The destination choice is made in EB in step 9d below but you must prepare the receiving MW file earlier 1 If the EB window is active return to the MW window To do this either click on a portion of the desired window if visible or select Switch To MathWriter on the File menu or press amp M 2 In anticipation of using Current Document as the EB destination select Exam def from the New submenu of the File menu This creates a copy of the template previously configured to receive questions and supplied with ExamBuilder Position the insertion point to indicate the precise destination of the question to be transferred into this window by ExamBuilder 3 Switch to EB by clicking on any visible portion of the EB window or select ExamBuilder from the Modules submenu of the MW Window menu or press option 1 since this is the first and only module listed 4 Open the EB file of questions using the Open Book command on the File menu In this exercise open the file EB Demo book supplied with ExamBuilder
108. n the same window See Page Layout and Document Format on the File menu for controls This is the text region Show Layout displays the boundaries of the text body headers and footers using dotted lines Cursor shape changes also identify the regions F Fig 4 16 Layout lines Command Guide 67 FA Body E Header Every page D Footer Every page Fig 4 17 Pop up cursor locator Floating windows Palettes window The floating Palettes window contains the Greek alphabet and any rows of symbols from the Palettes pull down menu that you choose You can modify move or remove the floating Palettes window Figure 4 18 It responds to the shift key for uppercase Greek letters To place the floating Palettes window on the screen select it from the Windows menu Then click on the name of a row in the Palettes menu rather than on the specific symbols to copy a row of symbols to the floating window You can remove a row by clicking on it again in the Palettes menu You can reposition the floating Palettes window by placing the cursor just below its Close box and dragging it Elle e Ly fete le Intel fe faquly foln e to efoto laly oy Fig 4 18 Greek alphabet in the Palette window Templates Smart Templates the templates in this window format fractions radicals products summations integrals set operators special structures such as limits grouping brackets vectors and matrices and tables Each of th
109. nce this is the first and only module listed 4 Adjust the settings as needed in the Transfer Options Questions menu dialog box Figure 2 6 a Check Font Size and or Style if you wish to maintain those features assigned to the question rather than having them change to match the typeface adjacent to the insertion point in the exam document b Select the content to be transferred Questions and or Answers If answers are to be included also specify a placement After Each Question or At End of Document Quick Start Guide 11 Transfer Options Style Information J Font J Size EJ Style Content E Questions EJ Answers At End Of Document w O Individual Point Count Speed EJ Transfer All As Pictures Faster Cancel OK Fig 2 6 Manual transfer options c Decide whether you want the point count for each question displayed d Select Transfer All As Pictures Faster to preserve the layout and style of the stored question by leaving the question in PICT graphics format This also speeds the transfer considerably If this option is not checked the question is reconstituted in the exam document character by character This provides greater editing and formatting flexibility after the exam is created 5 Click the OK button to implement your choices 6 Only if you will be selecting multiple choice questions a Select Multiple Choice Format on the Question menu b Decide whether you want EB t
110. ne numbering color character editor for cropping sizing and positioning of graphics find replace for text typeface and mathematics a font table for access to all characters by mouse support for additional modular extensions CHAP TER 4 Command Guide This chapter provides a guide to ExamBuilder and MathWriter commands moving left to right to each main menu and top to bottom within a menu For clarity all menu commands are displayed here using undimmed type ExamBuilder Commands File Edit Bank Question Cell Font Size Style Fig 4 1 ExamBuilder menu bar Apple Menu The Apple menu Figure 4 2 hosts the About ExamBuilder window Figure 4 3 which identifies the program the copyright notice and the publisher s address End user support is provided by the publisher not the developer About ExamBuilder Fig 4 2 About ExamBuilder ExamBuilder Math Yrritert 2 0 Module Version 1 0 Published exclusively by Created by Wadsworth Inc i Cooke Publications Ltd 10 Davis Drive 221 Langmuir Lab Belmont C4 94002 Cornell Business and Technology Park 415 592 2250 i ithaca NY 14850 Corporate Testing 800 327 0325 Project Director J Robert Cooke Programming amp Design E Theodore Sobel Manual J Robert Cooke Functional Design Advisory David Cassel Edith Cassel Steven Holzner 1990 91 Cooke Publications Ltd ALL RIGHTS RESER YED Fig 4 3 About window 56 Chapter 4 Fi
111. next column or to create the next column in the same row 8 Press return to move to the next row or to create the next row in the same column 9 To move into an existing cell use option click with the mouse or shift with the arrow keys MathWriter reformats the array as you type Use Matrix Format in the Format menu to set placement line type justification and spacing of cells Pull down the Format menu to Matrix Format and release the mouse to view the formatting possibilities Any changes made in the Matrix Format when a matrix is selected apply to that matrix only any changes made when no matrix is selected apply to all future matrix input As a final exercise reproduce the following table 123 456 Yo 1A Appendix 123 1 Use 8 0 and 2 to activate the table template Create rows and columns just as in the matrix example Use 0 for row 10 The cells of a table can contain numbers text graphics or mathematical expressions Use Matrix Format in the Format menu to change the defaults When the insertion point is within a cell you can insert or delete a row or column using Insert and Delete on the Edit menu Remember option click to edit within a cell The status bar indicates the row and column of the insertion point Technical support In addition to the need for writing equations technical writing places other special demands on a word processor The increased complexity of input due t
112. nk 2 Points is Topic 4 Multiple Choice 3 Points East Chapter Section Topic Objective ib Lb Fig 2 4 Short and Long Summary views Khanh gt gt SEEN 13 Questions EB Demo Book Samples Point alue q In trentetive words or less describe the impact of computers on the field o theoretical physics a The impact has been very large i Fig 2 5 Entire Question view Creating an Exam To create an exam start by choosing UnMark All Questions on the Edit menu to assure that no previously selected questions remain selected Then select one of four ways to create the exam 1 Manual Exam Building Choose questions and transfer them into an exam file a MathWriter file one at a time Quick Start Guide 10 2 Automatic Exam Building with User Selected Questions Select all the ques tions you want transferred into one or more exams MathWriter files then let ExamBuilder transfer them into the word processor document number them etc 3 Automatic Exam Building with Randomly Selected Questions Select the question banks you want questions drawn from and the question selection criteria and let ExamBuilder create as many exams as you need one per file 4 Automatic Exam Building with Questions Identified from a Log File Select the same questions utilized in a previous session after question e
113. ns In the event you discover a flaw in a question such as an ambiguity which has been used in creating a set of examinations or a topic not covered in lecture you can use the log file to identify the versions affected A new set of examinations can be constructed using the old log file and the edited questions Use Select Log File from the Build Exam dialog box s source pop up menu after modifying the question or marking it as inactive from the Entire Question view Edit and Print an Examination ExamBuilder derives much of its power from the editing formatting and print ing capabilities supplied by its host because the exams are produced as MathWriter documents Printing exams whether they were created manually or automatically requires a knowledge of MathWriter operation so a brief Guided Tour of MathWriter is supplied on the distribution disk The online help window also contains a terse summary of the commands Ordinarily you will need to edit the exam very little if you use a template or default document appropriate to your needs You may have to adjust the tab settings and tab text to align it properly especially if you are using multiple choice and matching questions that require columnar alignment The page numbering variables must be placed in a header or footer Use of the variable for total page count lets students quickly determine whether a page is missing Three date variables are provided one vari
114. nt value or type 10 Click the Build button in the Build Exam dialog box after all your choices have been made EB will create two exam files as requested It will number the questions and take into account the choices you made in the Build Exam dialog box To look at your exam edit it and print it see the instructions in the next section Editing formatting and printing exams EB always generates exam files rather than sending material directly to the printer This provides you an opportunity to refine the exam before printing it Most of considerable editing formatting and printing capabilities of MathWriter are available for this task Quitting Quick Start Guide 17 1 Choose Switch To MathWriter from the EB File menu or click on the Close box to return to MW for final editing formatting and printing 2 Refer to the second half of chapter 4 and to the MW Exercises file tutorial for a brief guide to using the text editing and formatting features of the MW You may need to provide tabbing for text alignment At this point you have complete editing and formatting control unless you chose to transfer questions as PICTs in which case you traded speed for some editing control 3 If your printer is properly attached selected in Chooser select Print on the File menu adjust the options as needed and click OK Figure 2 10 LaserWriter LaserWriter 11 NT 52 Copies E Pages All O From To Cancel C
115. ntify the correct answer even when the answers are scrambled place a check v in the second column Figure 3 37 by clicking Free form Free form questions Figure 3 39 have a single set of Q and A boxes of variable size Use the Grow box to set the width the height adjusts automatically to the contents o Fig 3 39 Free form question template The fill in the blank template Figure 3 40 provides two Q regions one before and one after the embedded blank For a question having a leading blank leave the first Q cell empty for a trailing blank leave the second Q cell empty Click on the Length button to specify the length of the blank To create a question having multiple blanks use New Before or New After on the Cell menu with the insertion point in the second Q box to create additional sets of Q and A boxes g Answer blank length inches e Apply to all answer blanks in this question Fig 3 40 Fill in the blank question template Multiple choice questions Figure 3 41 initially have one question box and one answer box Click within an A box and use New Before or New After on the Cell menu to add other A boxes Place the insertion point within the cell 50 Chapter 3 Matching Scenario and Composite of the correct answer and select Answer from the Cell menu I
116. o scramble the multiple choice alternatives and select a numbering format for the alternatives c Click the OK button to implement your choices 7 Only if you will be selecting matching questions select Matching Format from the Question menu a Decide whether to scramble the questions and answers b Select numbering formats for the questions and answers c Click the OK button to implement your choices 8 Scroll through the list to select questions When using a summary view click to highlight the desired question when using the Entire Question view the currently visible question is selected de facto Note Use the View submenu of the Question menu to select the desired level of displayed detail EB s inter face allows you to select what you see rather than by a list of numbers Quick Start Guide 12 9 To transfer the selected question click on the transfer icon Lat the bottom of the EB window or choose Transfer To Document from the Questions menu or T to copy the question into the exam document at the insertion point The question will be numbered automatically Note You assign the numbering format using the Variables Format command on the Format menu of MW 10 Repeat steps 8 9 as needed to select and transfer additional questions into the exam 11 EB places the questions in the MW document that was active when you entered EB To look at your exam edit it and print it select Switch To MathWriter o
117. o the enlarged set of fonts and symbols font sizes and font styles was discussed in Exercise 3 Now we will explain several other features of special importance Automatic numbering Numbering equations and cross referencing them in the text is an important feature for writing math Suppose you decide to assign a number to the first equation Equation 1 then would become equation 2 Without MathWriter s automatic numbering you would have to find and increase all succeeding equation numbers and all cross references to them in the text and elsewhere MathWriter handles this task automatically Even if you use cut and paste operations to edit your manuscript MathWriter updates the numbering and linkages correctly This assumes of course that you move both an equation and its associated equation number together Warning If you remove an equation number which is linked to a cross reference variable the cross reference number is no longer meaningful and is changed to a 66 F r A Z Zo r lt 1z zol lt r 1 FO a 27 i C E zo where n 0 1 2 6 124 Appendix and the integral along C is taken in the positive direction Find the Laurent series expansion in powers of z for the function 1 fO CHE Observe that f z is analytic for all values of z such that 1 lt Izl lt 3 We may find the Q S of 6 by using the following device Pennisi et al Elements of Complex variables To add th
118. of MathWriter usage is provided by the online Help file available using MathWriter s Windows menu In addition a set of word processor tutorial exercises in included as part of the ExamBuilder system 3 Select ExamBuilder from Windows Modules or use its keyboard equiv alent e g 3 7 1 if EB is the first entry in the Modules submenu This opens the ExamBuilder window and changes the menu bar Figure 3 9 to provide appropriate commands File Edit Bank Question Cell Font Size Style Fig 3 9 ExamBuilder menu bar 4 Open the question file EB Demo book using File Open Book The book opens to the view that existed when the file was used last File saving is automatic so the File menu contains no Save command The Short Summary the most abbreviated of the three views permits an abbreviated summary of several questions at once Only one book can be open at a time so opening another book automatically closes the open one The Long Summary Figure 3 10 supplies additional detail but is otherwise similar to the Short Summary The third form for viewing and editing questions the Entire Question view Figure 3 10 displays all fields of a question although some scrolling and or use of the Grow box may be required to bring all portions of the question into view 5 Use the View submenu or the keyboard equivalents to cycle among the three views Short Summary amp S Long Summary L Entire Question 3 Alterna
119. of this document To print the document click on the Chooser command in the Apple menu The 110 Appendix Summary name of your printer should appear in the box User Name If not select Print from the File menu make the selections necessary and click OK in the print dialog box So far you have learned to Scroll within a document and move the insertion point Locate headers and footers and edit them Create and format paragraphs first line indent tabs leaders and paragraph alignment Locate the position of the insertion point and identify the typeface of the adjacent character to the left Cut copy and paste text eSave and print a document To end this and other MathWriter sessions select Quit from the File menu The Exercise 1 file is write protected so exit without saving when prompted You may continue this guided tour Exercise 2 Input Tools Online help Word processors contribute a great deal to the task of perfecting a manuscript In fact this may be the important contribution a word processor makes to the writing process MathWriter supports both mouse and keyboard input for most commands By pointing and clicking the mouse the novice or infrequent user can easily and quickly use MathWriter without having to memorize commands On the other hand the experienced or power user will appreciate the speed afforded by keyboard commands Whatever your level of experience you can mix these approaches as you wish
120. omposite question for which EB preserves all parts as a unit including the sequencing H Scenario Composite Composite questions Figure 3 8 contain a common initial statement followed by one or more questions The sequencing of the set of questions is crucial so if you choose any one of these questions the entire set including the introductory cell is selected and the parts will not be shuffled even if you select scramble in the Transfer Options dialog box Succeeding questions may depend on the content and or answer of an preceding question in the composite When you select a cell the leftmost column that contains Q I or A becomes highlighted The Copy command on the Edit menu then applies to the entire selected cell To create a scenario question first select a question if one exists in this bank and use Question New Before or Question New After to select a scenario template This creates the cell for the common text and or graphic Next add a free form essay fill in the blank true false multiple choice or matching question template using Question New Before or Question New After When asked whether to Attach this question to the previous Scenario Composite question click Yes to add this question to the sequence or click No if this question template is not part of the sequence e I a20 10 c 100 and d 50 then g Whati es a Aant Bii eo 4 jet 0 undefined q What is one pos
121. on the disk envelope and is an extension of this copyright page Network or site licenses must be executed separately The software described herein may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the appropriate license Trademark information Apple Computer Inc Finder ImageWriter LaserWriter MultiFinder Cooke Publications Ltd ExamBuilder MathWriter Manager Vicki Sawyer Roberts Supervisor Valary Cruz Technical Support Gregory S Hill Manuscript Editor Phyllis Larimore Cover Design Katherine Minerva The Guide was written and formatted entirely in MathWriter and output on a Linotronic 300 Imagesetter The special version of MathWriter included in the ExamBuilder system is licensed for use only as the host for the ExamBuilder Module PREFACE ExamBuilder is a tool for using a data base of questions to create and print examinations The tedium of creating examinations can be dramatically reduced with ExamBuilder even making the creation of practice tests simple The easy creation of multiple versions of an examination is particularly useful for large classes and allows tests to be given in classrooms and lecture halls during regular class hours without resorting to evening testing when multiple classrooms become available The functional specifications for ExamBuilder were prepared by Vicki Roberts and Greg Hill David Cassel Edith Cassel and Steven Holzner shared their extensive experience
122. on usage and cross references Print question file Page Setup not an exam file Switch To MathWriter M Quit Exit control Undo last command Standard tools for interaction with the clipboard Applies to text Cut Question Copy Question SC Paste Text EAU Clear Paste Before graphics cells and Select All gen _ Testions Global command to UnMark All Questions a Mark UnMark all questions Clear Document Insert Point Count Erase receiving document Count points currently in doc New Question Bank Rename Question Bank Delete Question Bank Create rename and delete sets or related questions within a book Sort the questions in this bank by category for easier selection Samples Chapter 2 Select question banks in this book View Select scope of view First Last n Locate questions Previous Next Create and delete templates for seven types of questions New Before New After Delete Transfer text and pictures to and from the question file according to defaults Transfer To Document Transfer From Document Transfer Options Multiple Choice Format z Numbering formats Matching Format New Before New After 38K Delete Create or delete cells within a question Picture Identify structure of cell Identify the answer cell and if Minable position change is allowed Arrange Horizontally Arrange Verticall
123. ons you select Place the insertion point in the exam document to identify the destination point for the question transferred before you use the Transfer To Document command by mouse or by keyboard An icon at the base of the EB window provides alternate access to this command To transfer a question scroll through the question file to locate and select a question When in summary view select a question by clicking on the question when using the entire question view question selection isde facto the question in view is automatically selected Transferring a question as a graphic preserves its exact format and layout and also provides a faster response which may be important for use on the Plus and SE computers It also makes it uneditable however The numbering scheme applied to the alternatives in multiple choice and matching questions during transfer are discussed below This command transfers a selection from an exam document into a question template this command is available by mouse from this menu and from the keyboard Text can be entered directly by keyboard and formatted within an ExamBuilder question template Mathematical expressions however must be created within MathWriter and transferred into a question as a picture possibly grouped with text and graphics Neither EB nor MW has editing capability for graphics but graphics can be brought into a MW document or EB file via the Clipboard Transfer From Document is availabl
124. oper Because ExamBuilder is a module you have immediate access to the minimal word processing features required to edit format and print the exams you build If your needs expand you can simply replace the word processing host supplied with ExamBuilder with a more powerful version of the same word processor For example you can have access to spell checking hyphenation a thesaurus automatic revision tracking an interactive glossary and so on A family of modules is expected to extend the scope of the word processor in many directions and thereby enhance the support available for building exams The original Macintosh system design included desk accessories We extended this concept in four ways First a module is designed to interact directly with only one application making a translation for compatibility with the clip board unnecessary Second a module is self linking to the host at startup Third since a module is application specific it can manipulate the host s ac tive file directly In this case ExamBuilder is designed to insert questions di rectly into the host s active file Fourth a module can also access some code within the host thereby avoiding duplication of code This allows ExamBuild er for example to automatically numbers the questions in the exam file using the equation numbering code of its host ExamBuilder is a modular extension of the technical word processing software MathWriter Because of the
125. options supported and because you may have a few preferred combinations ExamBuilder supports a customization technique You can create Build Choices to save and later quickly configure the Build Exam dialog box for the same named combination of options File Build appropriate to your needs Build an exam automatically with user selected questions Startup Choose a destination file Open EB Choose a source file Selecting questions The bank 1 Activate MathWriter 2 Select an exam template File New submenu such as Exam def Ordinarily you will prepare your own template file and save it using MW s File Save As with the MW Default file type before using ExamBuilder Recall that such files appear automatically in the New submenu if stored in the system folder or in the folder with MW You can create custom templates according to your own preferences and needs See page 26 for additional details Cross references will be used extensively in this chapter for brevity 3 Select ExamBuilder from Windows Modules or use 3 1 This opens the ExamBuilder window and changes the menu bar Figure 3 9 4 Open the file EB Demo book in this example using File Open Book ExamBuilder provides three alternative ways to extract questions from a question file automatically marked user designated questions randomly using user designated selection criteria and after editing re using a set of questions sel
126. ormat menu The tab wells and paragraph alignment controls are at the right above the vertical scroll bar At the bottom is the status bar You can resize drag close or scroll the document window in the customary Macintosh fashion File Edit Format Palettes Diac Style Windows untitled 1 a E q mii Piri tii tii 1 Oy ta Zk Ha rEg e Sli Base ee Lt co Fig 4 12 MathWriter main screen configured without mathematical tools jeneva Ruler and tabs F thi The status bar Command Guide 65 MathWriter is paragraph based you create a paragraph by pressing the return key The ruler displays the tab settings for the current paragraph i e the paragraph with the flashing insertion point The tab wells at the right of the document window just above the vertical scroll bar contain left right center and decimal alignment tabs this placement avoids a reduction in the critical vertical dimension of the screen important for displayed equations Double click in the ruler to select ruler options for uniformly spaced tabs To place a tab drag one from the well and pull it into the text area to decide its exact placement or place it directly on the ruler When released the tab icon snaps to the ruler as if attached to a rubber band To remove a tab drag it off the right end of the ruler past the print boundary indicate
127. ously cut or copied to the Clipboard Clear removes a selection from a document without placing a copy of that selection on the Clipboard It is equivalent to pressing the delete key Use this command to remove large blocks of text when memory is limited Select All selects all of the material in that portion of your document either the body header footer footnote sidebar memo etc identified in the pop up menu at the insertion point locator in the status bar that contains the insertion point Unlike Cut Copy and Paste which apply to the combination of types of textual and graphic material within a selection you can choose various types of formatting information such as Ruler Format Ruler and Format Style and Picture and copy them using Copy Other Copy Ruler Copy Format and Copy Ruler and Format relate to the paragraph containing the blinking insertion point Copy As Picture 8 shift turns the selected material into a PICT format graphic element and places it on the clipboard Use this command if you wish to transfer an equation to another application Paste Other which complements Copy Other pastes the information you retrieved with Copy Other into the document at the location of the insertion point Show Selection scrolls to the paragraph containing the blinking insertion point of the active window Revision tracking is not available in this version Revision tracking is not available in this version Find Replac
128. over Page No First Page gt Last Page Paper Source Paper Cassette Manual Feed O Page Range Refers To Page Variable Numbers Print Markers For O Memos O O Ruler Changes m O Revisions Print Multiple Copies Uncollated gt Collated O Print Both Sides O Reverse order Paper Motion Configuration Fig 2 10 MW print dialog box The printer dialog choices are probably clear except Paper Motion Configuration If you click on the configuration appropriate to your situation the Print Both Sides option will provide instructions for changing the paper and the printing will produce output in the normal reading order If EB is active click Quit on the EB File menu or click the close box to return control to MW Then to end the session click Quit in the MW File menu 1 Tf the original MW template was not formatted for this printer type select Page Layout on the File menu click the Page Setup button select printer type and click to close the two dialogs If you changed the printer type scroll through the document to inspect any changes produced 18 Chapter 2 ExamBuilder menus About ExamBuilder Create a question file Open a question file File Info Question file statistics and lock Preferences Global font preferences Dialog box for building Build Exam aE pai examinations automatically Log Document Examine Log Files Audit trail of questi
129. pboard into a cell A cell contains either all text or all graphics Unlike a text cell a picture cell s dimension is fixed by the size of the included graphic so if you need wide margins on your exam make your graphics narrow Text stored in graphic format PICT will be visually indistinguishable from a text cell The Font Size and Style menus of course do not apply to graphics To verify the contents of a cell as picture or text select the cell and see which item is checked on the Cell menu The Edit menu Figure 3 46 applies to selected text to selected questions in the short or long summary views and to the entire contents of a cell whether a picture or text When you select a question in summary view ExamBuilder highlights the question When you select a cell in entire question view ExamBuilder highlights the associated Q or A box Cut Question 3H Cut 36H Copy Question C Copy Cell C Paste U Paste Cell U Clear Clear Paste Before Paste Before Paste Cell Before Select All A Select All A Select All A UnMark All Questions UnMark All Questions UnMark All Questions Clear Document Insert Point Count Clear Document Insert Point Count Clear Document Insert Point Count Fig 3 46 Edit menu 5 Select File File Info to get information about the book file Figure 3 47 the creation date modif
130. pe x 4 Press again and type 2 Observe that the leftmost display in the document status bar uses two up arrows tt to indicate that the insertion point is two levels removed from the baseline 5 Observe the status bar as you press enter twice How would you type a subscript to a superscript as in the next equation 5 et x 1 Click to the right of the equals sign and add a space 6699 2 Type e 3 Press 3 Jand type x 4 Press 8 again and type 2 5 Press enter once to return to the level of the x Now there is only one up arrow in the status bar 6 Press 38 apostrophe or click on the arrow pointing downward u in the Tools window for a subscript 7 Type J and press enter to return to the superscript level 8 Press enter again to return to the baseline MathWriter reformats the expression after each keystroke so you need not count spaces before typing even the most complicated expression Nesting to any depth is supported Appendix 119 Remember to option click to place the insertion point within the expression Suppose you wish to type the error function that appears frequently in probability theory and heat conduction problems erf x d 2 X A erf x In each example position the insertion point without reminder 1 To create a fraction choose the first fraction template followed by for the first template row and the second template column or use the mouse
131. r the previous example see page 26 1 Activate MathWriter and select ExamBuilder from Windows Modules This opens the ExamBuilder window 3 Select Build Exam from the File menu 8 E to access the master dialog box Figure 3 22 that shows the choices relevant for this example These choices have produced a different Build dialog box than shown in Figure 3 14 Customize Using a Build Choices set Create a build set Source random questions Using ExamBuilder 39 Build Exami s Customize Use Build Choices Ve fa ef feild Cheices Safected Yj Source Random Questions vj Select Destination Default File Exam def Yj 2 _ Enams Mame Sequence Extension i Demo Exam Special Log AEZ AAA TT Matching Format K Scramble Questions Multiple Choice Format transfer options Cancel Buia Fig 3 22 Build dialog box being used to automatically build an exam This paragraph is for completeness only do not use Build Choices now If you had previously saved the combination of options in this master dialog box as a Build Choices set you could quickly recover these options by selecting that Build Choice file by name from the customize pop up menu If desired you could use these choices as a starting point for further adaptation Figure 3 23 shows a multiple choice template as having been selected The names of user defined sets appear in the top portion of th
132. re and after a blank of user specified length Multiple blanks can be created True false questions have radio buttons for entering the answer Multiple choice questions can have any number of response cells although initially the template has only one A matching question tem plate provides space for a general question and an arbitrary number of item answer pairs Scenario and composite questions can have an arbitrary number of related questions of the previous five types A scenario question consists of several linked questions that share an introductory statement and they can include graphics and background materials Composite questions have an in troductory statement but unlike scenario questions the linked composite ques tions are considered interdependent and are therefore treated as a sequential unbreakable set 6 Chapter 1 EB Derma book ExamBuilder stores each exam question and answer as a single record in a ques tion file usually referred to as a book Each record contains space for a few descriptive fields that are common to every question as illustrated by the multiple choice example in Figure 1 These include topic chapter section reference objective point value difficulty level and whether the question is currently active i e available for selection SS a inamBuilder p Ll A question can be of arbitrary length and can contain Mathematics 10 Calculus I 11 Ill Objective
133. re overridden Plain P Bold 36B TEREE 1 Underline u motiine ghadom Condense Extend Other Styles Fig 4 17 Text Style submenu Y MathWriter has an enhanced set of Other Styles Figures 4 17 and 4 18 When processing the additional information needed for a color monitor MathWriter will perform more slowly To disable the color output use the Monitor command in the Control Panel on the Apple Menu Greek 3 spacebar Larger Size Smaller Size Style 1 38 lt Style 2 38 gt Last Style 3 Auto Math 8 E Auto Math Options Command Guide 81 Other styles O Plain O Words only Digeadense M Bold O Strikeout Osray O static O Overbar a O Underline Box Underline pattern OOutline O Low underline OShadom Underline weight Background pattern _ sd Background color Character color Fig 4 18 Other Styles Because the Greek alphabet is so widely used in mathematics science and engineering a dedicated menu command and key command for rapid access are provided The Greek command is disabled by a selection from the text font submenu For rapid changes both the mouse and keyboard commands toggle between Greek on the Symbol font and the last font in use The Last Style command on this menu plays the same role for all other fonts Because one changes font size so frequently when typing mathematics Math Writer supplies special menu
134. reserving the font attributes is preferred because the choice and placement of mathematical symbols varies among fonts and changes might distort the cont ent Check only questions to produce an exam The answers can be printed separately for scoring purposes or in combination with the questions for distri bution to the students after the exam The unified answer key choice provides a composite answer key when multiple versions of an exam of multiple choice questions are created Transfer Options Style Information O Font O size EJ Style Content EJ Questions EJ Answers After Each Question O Individual Point Count Speed EJ Transfer All As Pictures Faster Cancel Fig 3 21 Transfer options dialog box and placement of answers At End Of Document After Each Question Unified Answer Key 9e If you wish to scramble the ordering of the marked questions check the Scramble Questions box 9f If you want ExamBuilder to sort the questions when being assembled check the Sort box and select a pop up category By Difficulty By Point Value or By Type 38 Chapter 3 Build an exam 10 Finally click the Build button at the lower right corner of the Build Exam s dialog box Figure 3 14 and ExamBuilder constructs the examination from the marked questions according to the specifications in the Build dialog box Automatic exam building with randomly selected questions Startup Select the Build
135. rom the uneditable hidden memo notes not the 30 Chapter 3 Speed displayed values so if you remove any of the hidden notes or manually edit the point values you must also manually modify the reported total point count ExamBuilder ordinarily transfers text and mathematics from the question file into the exam document character by character including mathematical expressions such that full formatting flexibility is preserved With the low end Macintoshes this flexibility exacts a considerable computational cost To overcome this limitation you can elect to transfer each cell in a question as a single composite graphic Text mathematics and pictures are stored as PICTs this option just disables the translation back to editable text There is an additional reason for exercising this option preserving the exact layout and format of the question The price you pay for this advantage is a commitment a priori to a page width The ExamBuilder system provides an extension to the standard interface These files store the font names for text even that used in PICTs not just the FONT IDs which vary from computer system to computer system and the ExamBuilder system translates the font names into the appropriate local font identification numbers Hence the PICT graphics stored in ExamBuilder questions can be transferred with font integrity into an exam document with any system As a further precaution use MathWriter s File Preferences
136. s Tall Adjusted Current Bank 50 Reduction janie E View Short Summary E No Gaps Between Pages Long Summary Questions Page Break Between Fig 3 48 ImageWriter dialog boxes LaserWriter LaserWriter Page Setup LaserWriter Options Paper US Letter Q A4 Letter Tabloid sonnel Flip Horizontal OUS Legal B5 Letter i ile a Reduce or mm Printer Effects Enlarge ES Invert Image a KF ont substitution Precision Bitmap Alignment 4 reduction Orientation E Text Smoothing i SEE Larger Print Area Fewer Downloadable Fonts E 3 Unlimited Downloadable Fonts in a Document aster bitmap Printing About LaserWriter Page Setup Font Substitution If selected the Laserwriter substitutes Times for New York Helvetica for Geneva and Courier for Monaco Text Smoothing and Graphics Smoothing This is a fine tuning feature that can make some text and or graphic bitmaps such as from MacPaint look better Faster Bitmap Printing Test and graphic bitmaps print faster with this LaserlWriter LaserlWriter 11 NT option selected However some documents may not print Copies m Pages All C From About LaserWriter Options Precision Bitmap Alignment This option eliminates the minor distortion you may find in
137. s you drag the cursor over the Palettes menu your current choice appears on the bottom row The Variables include the following creation date current date which you can use in a default file to obtain the current date automatically creation time current time page number and total number of pages which can appear only in headers and footers equation numbers subequation numbers textual cross reference to an equation one set of user defined variables analogous to equation numbering and document file name You can use these to dynamically number questions The file name variable allows you to insert the name of the file into the text automatically so you can more easily maintain the correspondence between printed output and the MathWriter file used to print it The file name variable provides the identification needed to match the answer key with the versions of the examinations MathWriter treats a dynamic variable as a single uneditable entity whose format and style are set with Variables Format on the Format menu The name of the user defined variable and its starting number are also set using Variables Format MathWriter automatically updates existing variables as you insert delete cut and paste them The Diac menu supplies mouse access to the diacritical marks when the insertion point is immediately to the right of some alphabetic character The horizontal grouping symbols are available only when you have selected one or
138. s in the File menu During a file save operation the Auto backup command retains the previous version of the file by appending backup to its name before making a new copy If a backup file already exists MathWriter replaces it with the new backup file This approach assures that the two and only two most recent copies are preserved MathWriter does not compute the size of a file before executing the save command Therefore if insufficient disk space is available to save a complete copy the partial file and the older copy will be deleted and you will be prompted to insert a disk with sufficient space Save a copy IMMEDIATELY The Save As command is similar in function to Save except that a window appears on the screen in which you can type a name for the file This window also offers a pop up list of allowable file types This format preserves your complete document and all document specific configuration information Always save a copy in this format other formats may not preserve all the information needed to resume editing The MathWriter Default File selection saves your MathWriter document configuration placing it in the New submenu on the File Menu if saved in the system folder This becomes stationery Virtually every word processor can read or translate the TEXT file type When MathWriter or any other word processor reads such a file the file may not look on screen as it looked originally bec
139. sible way of finding an answer to part b ASE the professor Fig 3 8 Composite question 26 Chapter 3 Building Examinations Having established a vocabulary in the previous section we can now turn our attention to the productive use of EB with a question file In a later section we discuss techniques for creating a file of new test questions and editing questions in an existing file For the moment we assume that you simply want to use the book of questions supplied with this ExamBuilder system to create an examination You can select questions individually while viewing them and transfer them immediately into an exam document for editing and printing You can also mark individual questions and then build examinations automatically ExamBuilder can produce multiple versions of examinations by shuffling questions and or the answer alternatives in multiple choice and matching questions Another way to generate examination variants is to let ExamBuilder select questions randomly from the various banks of questions according to user defined criteria ExamBuilder can produce a transcript or log of the questions used and automatically print answers Chapter 2 presented a cursory introduction to exam building but now let us examine in depth the options and possibilities provided Manual exam building Startup Choose a destination file To make these instructions more specific we refer to the files supplied in the EB
140. special relationship between the two packages you have access to the powerful formatting graphics and equation building features of the MathWriter system most of which are included in ExamBuild er MW2 You cannot activate the ExamBuilder Module by double clicking its icon You must activate it from the Modules command on the Windows menu of its host ExamBuilder Mi 2 0 Overview 5 A reduced feature of MathWriter is the host of ExamBuilder and is named ExamBuilder MW2 0 This host system produces exam files which are Math Writer documents and therefore are fully compatible with the Educational and Professional versions of MathWriter Note If you are allergic to mathe matics and don t require MathWriter s special mathematical features just leave them hidden ExamBuilder Files Exam file 1 Question gt 2 Question S 3 Question Figure 1 2 Question file Question Cell Cell Question Cell Cell Cell Bank Question Cell Cell Question Cell Cell Building an Exam Length a False C True aly a o Figure 1 3 Free Form Essay Fill In The Blank True False Multiple Choice Matching Composite Initial templates Exam questions are stored in a named ExamBuilder question file that is referred to as a book becaus
141. st depends upon those fonts currently available to the system The laser fonts available to the LaserWriter Plus are underlined If you press the option key while selecting text fonts each font name appears in its respective style Figure 4 Chicago Chicago Courier Courier Geneva Geneva Helvetica Helvetica Monaco Monaco New Century Schlbk New Century Schlbk New York New York Symbol Eypfos Times Times Denice Perice Fig 4 15 Text Font submenu and fonts listed using own font 80 Chapter 4 Text Sizes Text Style MathWriter identifies the fonts internally by name not just by ID numbers When you open a file MathWriter warns you if the entire set of fonts used in the document is unavailable to the operating system MathWriter extends this machine independence to include any PICT graphics pasted into a Math Writer document The Text Sizes submenu lists the sizes Figure 4 16 and shows various standard font sizes The outlined sizes identify the fonts with actual bitmaps available to the system The system must create the other sizes which will appear ragged on the screen and on ImageWriter output but not on LaserWriter output Macintosh System 7 0 addresses this problem 48 Other 64 Fig 4 16 Text Sizes submenu The standard Text Styles Plain Bold Italic Underline Outline Shadow Condense and Extend are available from this submenu Figure 4 17 When you select Plain all other styles a
142. st or answer file Quick Start Guide 16 Random Question Specifications f From Bank Samples f Select 4 Random Questions From All Questions From Bank Chapter 2 select EY Aaron Questions From Question Type Fy Multiple Choice F Fig 2 9 Question selection panels 9d Special Access to several miscellaneous features is provided here You will use the defaults in this exercise You can of course create a log file for this build session to track question usage The Matching Format button controls the scrambling of questions and answers and the numbering scheme for matching questions The Multiple Choice Format button provides controls for scrambling answers the arrangement of the choices on the page and the numbering format for the choices for multiple choice questions The Transfer Options dialog box provides control for typeface inclusion of questions and or answers inclusion of point counts for individual questions and the total for all questions transferred and whether the question should remain in PICT format on the exam or be converted back into a fully editable format With the exception of the total point count and file name extension this dialog is the same as discussed earlier Figure 2 6 for the manual transfer of questions When Scramble Questions is checked the ordering of the marked questions will be shuffled automatically Alternatively the questions can be sorted by difficulty poi
143. status of automatic file saving is also noted when files are being opened In the Doc Info window you see that MathWriter automatically tracks the number of sessions the creation date the date last modified and the size of your document file The Abstract Notes box lets you jot down notes about the file The Page Layout command on the File menu controls the page layout spec ifications for the document A portrait illustrates your choices of columns margins etc MathWriter measures the margins from the physical edges of the paper not the edge of the print area Page Setup lets you set paper size reduction percentage orientation font substitution text smoothing graphics smoothing and faster bitmap printing Doc Layout of the File menu allows you to specify the placement of headers footers footnotes and endnotes throughout the document by clicking on icons Doc Preferences offers a variety of options for your document Styles 1 and 2 enable you to create and assign style combinations with a keystroke Auto save and Auto backup are provided The Overview command is not available in this version Depending upon the choice of printer you made in the Chooser Apple menu when you click Print on the File menu different choices exist If your file has previously been set up for one printer and you choose the other click Page Lay out File menu and then click in the Page Setup box before printing In general you should
144. stion type There are seven types of question available A question can include text mathematics and graphics bit mapped object and encapsulated PostScript but since each cell question or answer is stored entirely as either text or as a graphic EB transforms a composite selection into a PICT graphic when transferring it from the document into a question You can type text directly in a cell but you must create mathematical expres sions in MW and then transferred them into a cell of the question template You can change the width of a cell question or answer using the Grow box in the ExamBuilder window The height of a free form cell Figure 3 2 adjusts automatically to accommodate the typeface the number of lines of text and the height of a picture Q In trentefive words or less describe the impact of computers on the field of The impact has been very large Fig 3 2 Free formssay question The fill in the blank template Figure 3 3 initially contains four cells The first question cell labeled Q can contain text a PICT or can be left blank The second cell provides a blank of user specified length Click the Length button to assign the length The third cell like the first is an optional question cell and can contain text a PICT or can be left empty Optionally you can add any number of sets of these three cells The fourth cell labeled A contains the answer In the world of
145. swers when placing them in the document in either paragraph or columnar format To add additional item answer pairs to the question template place the insertion point within an existing pair and choose Cell New Before or Cell New After or their keyboard equivalents Jor amp K respectively e Match the folowing five actorsiactesses with the movies they starred in i AE 1 _ IE E eee e a Dead Poet s Society Fig 3 6 Matching question Scenario questions Figure 3 7 begin with an initial common statement poss ibly including text graphics and math that is followed by one or more ques tions The number and sequence of the questions is immaterial All make use of the common problem statement but are otherwise independent of each other The parts of scenario questions can be any combination of types free form essay fill in the blank true false multiple choice and matching EB assures that the common introductory material is included if any of its append ed questions is selected Composite Using ExamBuilder 25 g 2 c 3 J d and e 5 then q Whatis the sum of a A 7 af and of g bet et e515 o Whatis s eequal tor e q What is the square of a Eg 16 Fig 3 7 Scenario question To identify the parts of a scenario question a shaded vertical bar appears to the left of the test item A solid bar to the left of the test item identifies a multipart c
146. t button controls the scrambling of questions and answers and the numbering scheme for matching questions The Multiple Choice Format button provides controls for scrambling answers the arrangement of the choices on the page and the numbering format for the choices for multiple choice questions The Transfer Options dialog box provides control for typeface inclusion of questions and or answers inclusion of point counts for individual questions and the total for all questions transferred and whether the question remains in PICT format on the exam or is converted back into editable format With the exception of total point count and file name extension this dialog is the same as the Transfer Option command discussed earlier for the manual transfer of questions Figure 2 6 When Scramble Questions is checked the ordering of the marked questions will be shuffled automatically Alternatively the questions can be sorted by difficulty point value or type 10 Click the Build button in the Build Exam dialog box after all your choices have been made ExamBuilder will create an exam file that includes the questions you selected It will number the questions and take into account the choices you made in the Build Exam dialog box To look at your exam edit it and print it see the instructions at the end of this section under Editing Formatting and Printing an Exam Automatic exam building with randomly selected questions Random sel
147. the answer either place the insertion point within the correct answer cell and select Answer on the Cell menu or simply click in the second column adjacent to the correct answer cell Any multiple choice items that must not be scrambled e g an item such as none of the above can be identified as non mixable Finally multiple choice items can be arranged in rows or in columns New Before Create or delete New After 8K cells within a Delete question Picture Identify structure Tent of cell Answer Identify the answer cell and if position change is allowed Minable Arrange Horizontally Arrange Vertically Arrangement of choices as a paragraph or in columns Fig 4 8 Cell menu Use these commands to add an arbitrary number of new cells to multiple choice and matching questions after creating the base template using Question New Before or New After Place the insertion point within an answer cell to enable this command To remove a cell in multiple choice and matching questions place the insertion point in the target cell to identify it and then use this command Each ExamBuilder question cell can contain either editable text or a graphic The nature of the contents of the currently selected cell is indicated by a check mark in front of one of these menu selections Note that text and mathematics can be treated as a graphic and even joined with a graphic before being transferred into a cell I
148. transfer and display the point value of individual questions in the exam select Individual Point Count in Question Transfer Options or in File Build Exam Transfer Options A thin rectangular region at the left edge of a question in each view is shaded when a question belongs to a multipart sequence of questions Note Selection of a continuation question in a scenario sequence automatically selects the common header question but in a composite question it automatically selects all parts of the sequence too If the question window does not reveal the entire question a vertical scroll bar automatically becomes available Use the Grow box at the bottom right corner of the window to make the window larger A second vertical scroll bar becomes active regardless of the view Short Summary Long Summary or Entire Question when more than one question is included in the active bank of questions In the entire question view the scroll box displays the number of the question currently displayed in summary views the question number is displayed to the left of the question Drag the scroll box to locate a specific question by number Click on the up or down scroll arrow to move to the next question or click in the scroll bar above or below the scroll box to scroll up or down in steps of 10 questions Menu and keyboard equivalents for scrolling through the question bank are provided see inside covers Note Questions numbers are relative not
149. tyle Plain and removes all other style attributes Bold Italic Underline Other styles access to numerous other styles Font Size Style J ustification Alignment Revert to immediately previous style Style 1 of user selected attributes Style 2 of user selected attributes Use Doc Preferences in the File menu to assign user selected attributes 112 Appendix Transfer of paragraph formatting Each new paragraph automatically inherits the formatting of the preceding paragraph To transfer the Ruler Format Ruler amp Format and Style information from one paragraph to another 1 Click within the originating paragraph 2 Make a copy of the desired information using Edit Copy Other 3 Click within the destination paragraph 4 Paste the information using Edit Paste Other Using default documents Many documents such as examinations contain repeatedly used formats for course identifications etc You might have a preferred font for these documents depending upon esthetics or printer availability A sample stationery file Exam def is include with ExamBuilder To speed the creation of such documents create and use skeletal default files as follows 1 Use the New command from the File menu not a New submenu even if one is present to open a blank generic document 2 Assign all global properties of this default template document Change the existing defaults as desired Some options are Use File Page Layout to set the c
150. uilder No Open Book appears at the top of an otherwise blank window 2 Use the File Open Book or 8 O command Figure 3 to open an existing Book or File New Book 8 N to create a new empty one For a new file you must provide a name and destination 2a Supply a name for the file e g EB Demo2 book Optionally append book to the name to identify this file as a book of questions 2b Select a disk drive and folder 2c Click Save ExamBuilder automatically saves a question when you scroll to another you need not execute a save command explicitly In fact no save command exists Before you can add questions you must create and name a bank a question file subcategory 3 Select Bank New Question Bank and supply a name A bank is an internal subset or group of questions used to restrict the random selection process when creating examinations As you create each question bank ExamBuilder appends its name to the Bank menu Figure 3 To access a bank select it by name from this menu the current bank is indicated by a check mark EB also enables the Rename and Delete options ExamBuilder stores the questions in the order assigned during entry but if you are using the Long or Short Summary Views selecting questions may be easier if you view them with a different display order Use Bank Sort By Figure 3 34 to change the viewing order fa Question Number Type Difficulty Point V
151. uilder Module Clipboard Show Hide the Clipboard window Help Show Hide the online Help untitled 1 List Select the open documents Fig 4 20 The Windows menu Clean Up Windows Tools Window Tools Templates Window Palettes Window Command Guide 83 Clean Up Windows stacks the document windows with a slight offset that makes the multiple filenames partially visible and allows you to make any file active by clicking within its window The floating windows Templates Palettes and Tools can remain active while a document window is active To completely remove these windows either click their Close boxes or reselect the window from the Windows menu Scrolling will be faster if the floating windows do not obscure the document window which would require the screen to be redrawn more often The Tools Window selection command tab displays or hides the floating Tools window Figure 4 21 If you reposition the Tools window Math Writer retains the new location of the window even if you temporarily remove the window Type 8 tab 8 A to bring the Tools window Figure 4 21 to the foreground We use A in the menu to denote the tab key Fig 4 21 Tools Window The Tools submenu provides menu access to two editors e Text Editor identified by the traditional I beam cursor e Math Editor identified by a split beam cursor and used for editing within mathematical expressions Two editors are not avai
152. ure 3 18 this will be discussed later Note If checked the options would be New File and Existing File Mim Se Fig 3 18 Log option 9b If you have included matching questions click the Matching Format button Figure 3 14 to specify whether you want the questions and answers to be scrambled specify the question item and answer formats Figure 3 19 The leading and trailing boxes allow you to provide surrounding text or characters Five number format choices are provided Figure 3 19 Matching Format EJ Scramble Questions And Answers Question Item Format Leading Trailing mzs Answer Format Leading Trailing Cancel OK Fig 3 19 Matching format dialog box and numbering formats 9c If you have included multiple choice questions click the Multiple Choice Format button Figure 3 14 to specify whether you want the answers to be scrambled Figure 3 20 to specify the layout arrangement of the answers and to specify the numbering format Transfer Options Scramble Sort Using ExamBuilder 37 Multiple Choice Format EJ Scramble Answers Use Default Settings Arrangement Horizontal Vertical Number Format Leading Trailing Fig 3 20 Multiple choice format dialog box and numbering formats 9d Set the transfer options Figure 3 21 that control the transformations and content choices you want exercised during examination construction P
153. usable default or template files stationery econfigure MathWriter for your particular needs euse the floating windows eenable the Auto saving feature to protect your files Exercise 3 Graphics MathWriter supports the mixing of graphics such as pictures and figures with text It can also import mathematical expressions as graphics but a far more powerful approach to writing mathematics is described in Exercise 4 In addition to handling traditional bitmapped and PICT file types such as those created by MacPaint and MacDraw MathWriter can also handle encapsulated PostScript files such as those created by Adobe Illustrator or Mathematica It reads these graphics files directly as well as by using the usual transfer via the Clipboard Appendix 115 y fix Xi x Fig l A Mathematica created picture MathWriter can resize crop and position these graphics It treats a graphic as a tall character within a line of text You can also apply various border designs and background patterns to sidebars Place a graphic ey in a line of text 1 To move a copy of the MathWriter icon from the above line select it using the I beam cursor and copy it to the Clipboard using Copy on the Edit menu or 38 C You could also use the Scrapbook or another application to place the graphic on the Clipboard 2 Place the insertion point at the destination location somewhere in the document 3 Use Paste Picture from the Edit menu to transfer
154. vailable in this version Manual page break see Para Format too Calculates height of integral and absolute value Display boundaries Display message icons in left margin Display formatting characters Hide pictures for scrolling speed Fig 4 11 Format menu Hide Ruler toggles with Show Ruler The Ruler displays the formatting information for the paragraph that contains the blinking insertion point When you select the Hide Ruler command the tab and justification controls from the vertical scroll bar disappear too Ruler Options lets you choose a ruler measured in inches centimeters or points To change the format of a paragraph place the cursor within that paragraph to select it You can shade paragraphs place lines borders along the sides of paragraphs and set the vertical spacing before and after paragraphs In this window you can also link paragraphs begin a new page with a particular paragraph or prohibit a paragraph split over a page break Use the Page break before option to force the text that immediately follows the insertion point to appear on the first line of the following page No icon is associated with Page break before Use this dialog box to verify the existence of or to remove it Line Spacing 38 K Matrix Format Variables Format Insert Page Break Calc Prev or Size 3 D Show Layout Hide Layout Hide Messages Show Messages Show Invisibles Hide Invisibles Command Guide 77
155. y Arrangement of choices as a paragraph or in columns Chicago Courier Geneva Helvetica A sample list Monaco of fonts currently selectable New Century Schibk New York Symbol Times Venice Font sizes available to EB Sizes in outline style are in system Sizes in pixel increments up to 127 are selectable Plain 3P Bold B falc 1 Underline U Outline hadom Condense Extend Selectable font styles CHAP TER 3 Using ExamBuilder ExamBuilder Structure The ExamBuilder Module is a specialized data base designed to store and to retrieve examination questions and to facilitate their selection and placement to form actual examinations MathWriter hosts the data base by providing an editing formatting and printing environment for examinations produced by EB This chapter provides step by step instructions for performing the various exam building tasks including the creation and use of files of questions Books and banks ExamBuilder stores data in files called books because a collection of questions and answers often but not necessarily coincides with the contents of a specific textbook A book usually includes chapters or sections of more limited scope In EB this subgrouping is treated as a question bank or more simply as a bank and is a group of questions with a common focus A book usually contains multiple banks Note With this same structure you can create

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