unilur

Overview

unilur is a R package to help writing tutorials, practicals or examination papers with rmarkdown.

With unilur you can render the following outputs from a single rmarkdown file:

• a PDF or HTML file with the exam or tutorial questions (answers remaining hidden) as a PDF or HTML file.
• the same output as above but with the answers appearing in coloured boxes.
• a cleaned up Rmarkdown file (without answers) to be filled by the candidate.

In addition, you will be able to:

• Create coloured boxes to highlight some markdown or R content.
• Create examination papers with
  • multiple choice questions
  • a candidate identification form
  • dotted lines placeholders to fill in answers

Installation

The source code is hosted on github. To install the R package, run the following code:

devtools::install_github("koncina/unilur")

The package contains example templates illustrating some of the possibilities.

Usage

Use one of the following rmarkdown output formats to start writing your tutorials or examination papers:

• unilur::tutorial_html
• unilur::tutorial_pdf
• unilur::tutorial_html_solution
• unilur::tutorial_pdf_solution
• unilur::answer_rmd

Articles

You can read these articles to find more informations on how to use the unilur formats:

• Writing tutorials or practicals
• Writing examination papers
• Create custom box themes