[LON-CAPA-users] style for printed exams?

[Lucas, Mark]

Doug,

I’ll give my limited take on what the style files can do and let the experts fill in the gaps.

A style file can be used to rewrite tags as far as I understand. This can be done in a way that
differentiates between renderings (web, tex, …) .

The style file code below displays the title, duedate and weight for all problems to which this
style is applied. It replaces the <problem> tag with the information shown.
I have no idea if you can get away with inserting raw tex in the tex rendering, but I doubt it.

The only way I can possibly think to do this is to redefine the foil tag with a deprecated font
tag or div tucked in. (I can see Gerd and Stuart cringing already).

Later,
Mark

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<definetag name="problem">
    <render>
        <tex><problem><displaytitle /><displayduedate /> Points:<displayweight />\newline</tex>
        <web><problem>
              <p><displaytitle /></p>
              <p><displayduedate /> Points: <displayweight /></p>
        </web>
    </render>
</definetag>

<definetag name="/problem">
    <render>
        <tex></problem></tex>
        <web></problem></web>
    </render>
</definetag>

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On Nov 10, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Mills, Douglas G <dmills at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Hey Friends,
> 
> Any thoughts on the query below?  Thanks,
> 
> Doug
> 
> Douglas Mills
> Director of Instructional Technologies
> Department of Chemistry
> University of Illinois
> dmills at illinois.edu
> (217) 244-5739
> 
> 
> From: <Mills>, Doug Mills <dmills at illinois.edu>
> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 11:02 AM
> To: Discussion list for LON-CAPA users <lon-capa-users at mail.lon-capa.org>
> Cc: Doug Mills <dmills at illinois.edu>
> Subject: style for printed exams?
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> We seem to be unable to control the size of the fonts for the ANSWERS next to the radio buttons when printing exam mode problems, as for a Lon-Capa generated scantron exam. I know there is a 
>> "Apply Style File" option in the authoring space at the level of the problems, but am not sure what that does or doesn't do. I know also that css styles applied to the problems do not impact their printed form. What am I missing? Thanks,
>> 
>> Doug
>> 
>> Douglas Mills
>> Director of Instructional Technologies
>> Department of Chemistry
>> University of Illinois
>> dmills at illinois.edu
>> (217) 244-5739
>> 
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