Examy

This project and its code are property of the University of Würzburg HCI Group.

Prerequisites

• Latex
• Pygments (for the latex minted code environment)
• pdf2svg

Usage

The extension assumes to get opened in a workspace that contains all questions in a questions directory and all exams in an exam directory.

Questions

Questions are described in a Markdown document each. Questions can be multiple choice or free form. The type has to be given in the yaml frontmatter. A first level heading describes the title. It is followed by a second level heading titled Question that starts the question part. A second level heading titled Answers lists available answers. Multiple choice answers are formatted as a task list. Free form questions place the solution text here.

---
type: MultipleChoice
---
# The question title goes here
## Question
Tick all correct answers

## Answers
* [ ] A
* [ ] B
* [X] C

Exams

Exames are described in a YAML file each. They list the general information of the exam with a list of contained questions.

Caching

The extension caches the question information per workspace and only updates changed questions or exams.

Developing

• Run npm install in terminal to install dependencies
• Run the Run Extension target in the Debug View. This will:
  • Start a task npm: watch to compile the code
  • Run the extension in a new VS Code window