PREP 2014 Question Authoring

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Participants in the 2014 MAA PREP course are encouraged to post questions about authoring and question management in this forum. All community members are encouraged to participate with solutions.

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Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies
kronecker delta and other functions	Joel Trussell 16 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 25 Aug 2014	16
substitute j for i	Joel Trussell 17 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 27 Aug 2014	14
force anser to be number	Joel Trussell 1 Oct 2014	Joel Trussell 5 Oct 2014	12
Problem downloading a homework set for reuse elsewhere	Susanna Epp 26 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 28 Jun 2014	10
Answer checkers with Context("LimitedComplex")	Murphy Waggoner 4 Jul 2014	Davide Cervone 21 Jul 2014	10
How can an answer be a list of linear equations?	Mary Cameron 30 Jun 2014	Mary Cameron 4 Oct 2014	8
new version button	Joel Trussell 9 Aug 2014	Davide Cervone 25 Aug 2014	7
Simplifying output of automatic differentiation	Nicholas Nguyen 21 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 24 Jun 2014	7
Balance between student thought and careful programming in questions of the type "Find the ...	Murphy Waggoner 23 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 26 Jun 2014	6
Strings and Error Messages	Chrissy Safranski 24 Jun 2014	Chrissy Safranski 25 Jun 2014	6
setting test points	Joel Trussell 3 Feb 2015	Davide Cervone 4 Feb 2015	6
Differences in display between our WeBWork and the MAA's	Murphy Waggoner 24 Jun 2014	Murphy Waggoner 26 Jun 2014	5
refreshing dynamic graphs	Joel Trussell 31 Aug 2014	Davide Cervone 2 Sep 2014	5
Math mode in popup menus	Michele Titcombe 16 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 19 Jun 2014	5
Only last of several UNORDERED_ANS pairs works	Mary Cameron 12 Oct 2014	Joel Trussell 13 Oct 2014	5
How does one suppress terms with coefficient 0 in text display?	Michele Titcombe 11 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 12 Jun 2014	4
Customizing error messages	Michele Titcombe 16 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 19 Jun 2014	4
Does \{$a->ans_rule()\} associate $a with the answer blank?	Fred Brulois 16 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 18 Jun 2014	4
debugging graphics and general	Joel Trussell 8 Sep 2014	Joel Trussell 8 Sep 2014	4
How are mathematical expressions displayed with radio button options?	Mary Cameron 17 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 20 Jun 2014	4
Is there a way to turn off shuffling on matching questions?	Murphy Waggoner 9 Jul 2014	Murphy Waggoner 20 Jul 2014	4
GeoGebra applet not loading	Nicholas Nguyen 22 Jul 2014	Nicholas Nguyen 25 Jul 2014	4
Exactness: student answers and display of expressions	Murphy Waggoner 4 Aug 2014	Murphy Waggoner 13 Aug 2014	4
disabling functions	Joel Trussell 28 Dec 2014	Joel Trussell 29 Dec 2014	4
evaluating a function at multiple values in an array	Gavin LaRose 13 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 17 Jun 2014	3
Allowing a comma instead of a dot for a decimal point (and other notation variants)	Michele Titcombe 16 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 18 Jun 2014	3
Inconsistent error messages for single vs unions of intervals	Mary Cameron 19 Jun 2014	Mary Cameron 20 Jun 2014	3
Got some questions written...can we set up a place for people to test out each others	Murphy Waggoner 22 Jun 2014	Murphy Waggoner 23 Jun 2014	3
unionLists not behaving as expected	Murphy Waggoner 4 Jul 2014	Davide Cervone 6 Jul 2014	3
Can WEIGHTED_ANS be used with essay_cmp?	Murphy Waggoner 5 Jul 2014	Murphy Waggoner 20 Jul 2014	3
diffeq/FormulaUpToConstants problem	Chrissy Safranski 5 Jul 2014	Chrissy Safranski 7 Jul 2014	3
Display reduced formulas in Tex	Joel Trussell 3 Aug 2014	Davide Cervone 4 Aug 2014	3
How dynamic can a question be?	Murphy Waggoner 9 Jun 2014	Arnold Pizer 11 Jun 2014	2
Drawing in WebWork	Murphy Waggoner 9 Jun 2014	Arnold Pizer 11 Jun 2014	2
Pop-up list question	Susanna Epp 29 Jun 2014	Susanna Epp 29 Jun 2014	2
using student answers to generate output	Joel Trussell 22 Sep 2014	Joel Trussell 22 Sep 2014	2
searching for problem sets	Joel Trussell 25 Jun 2014	Chrissy Safranski 25 Jun 2014	2
Essay box and PGML	Michele Titcombe 27 Jun 2014	Michele Titcombe 28 Jun 2014	2
ImplicitEquation - still want to know if it is worth the time	Murphy Waggoner 26 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 29 Jun 2014	2
answerHints message doesn't appear	Chrissy Safranski 19 Aug 2014	Chrissy Safranski 20 Aug 2014	2
Identifying MathObjects version problems in Library	Michele Titcombe 11 Jun 2014	Gavin LaRose 12 Jun 2014	1
answer in required form	Joel Trussell 12 Jun 2014	Paul Pearson 12 Jun 2014	1
Is it possible to change the default LaTeX to Plain TeX or AMS-TeX?	Fred Brulois 14 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 15 Jun 2014	1
Interpreting ->	Susanna Epp 14 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 15 Jun 2014	1
Multivariable functions	Adam Graham-Squire 17 Jun 2014	Gavin LaRose 17 Jun 2014	1
Interactive PG Lab	Mike Daven 13 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 15 Jun 2014	1
new version button	Joel Trussell 19 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 1 Jul 2014	1
General question about PGML	Adam Graham-Squire 25 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 1 Jul 2014	1
How do we do (or look up) common LaTeX commands like itemize?	Aba Mbirika 14 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 15 Jun 2014	1
round-off error and rounding	Gavin LaRose 16 Jun 2014	Genevieve Toutain 4 Aug 2014	1
Edit2 vs. Edit3	Susanna Epp 29 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 30 Jun 2014	1
Reduced fractions in problem text and in student answers	Paul Pearson 16 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 18 Jun 2014	1
Problems with highlighting and ans_array	Mike Daven 19 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 20 Jun 2014	1
Constructing arrays in PGML, and short answer blocks	Adam Graham-Squire 25 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 1 Jul 2014	1
Which macros to load (in general)?	Aba Mbirika 1 Jul 2014	Paul Pearson 1 Jul 2014	1
Prime notation in student answers	Chrissy Safranski 25 Jun 2014	Davide Cervone 28 Jun 2014	1
Workshop 4 AM, Problem 30 doesn't work on our server	Murphy Waggoner 27 Jul 2014	Murphy Waggoner 27 Jul 2014	1
How to get draggableProof.pl macro to work outside of the PREP_2014 course?	Aba Mbirika 4 Sep 2014	Aba Mbirika 4 Sep 2014	1
get new version error	Joel Trussell 27 Oct 2014	Joel Trussell 27 Oct 2014	1
removing multiple variables - context vector	Joel Trussell 24 Aug 2014	Davide Cervone 25 Aug 2014	1
ans_rule vs. $var->ans_rule	Gavin LaRose 13 Jun 2014	Gavin LaRose 13 Jun 2014	0
Access to files on PREP 2014 Workshop	Susanna Epp 29 Jun 2014	Susanna Epp 29 Jun 2014	0
Interface MATLAB with Webwork	Joel Trussell 1 Oct 2014	Joel Trussell 1 Oct 2014	0
problem with parserCustomization.pl	Joel Trussell 7 Nov 2014	Joel Trussell 7 Nov 2014	0
Please move questions to the main problem authoring forum	John Travis 16 Mar 2015	John Travis 16 Mar 2015	0
Conjectures? with complex variables?	Murphy Waggoner 8 Jul 2014	Murphy Waggoner 8 Jul 2014	0
WeBWorK Problems for a Contemporary (General Education) Math Course?	Nicholas Nguyen 15 Jul 2014	Nicholas Nguyen 15 Jul 2014	0
Draggable proof - problem after student checks answer	Murphy Waggoner 3 Aug 2014	Murphy Waggoner 3 Aug 2014	0
dynamic graphs - how to add title, plot	Joel Trussell 4 Sep 2014	Joel Trussell 4 Sep 2014	0
problem testing function as user defined values	Joel Trussell 5 Nov 2014	Joel Trussell 5 Nov 2014	0