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Welcome to the Numbas Users Group.

This is a discussion/information forum for anyone who is using Numbas in any capacity; using the questions and exams in the public database, creating their own questions and exams or just finding out about Numbas.

The e-Learning Unit at Newcastle University will provide support wherever possible (subject to resource availability) to any users who have genuine educational uses for Numbas

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Feb 24

LTI provider -> editor connection error

Hi, all. I've got a working Numbas LTI provider connected to our Blackboard instance, and I'm

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LTI provider -> editor connection error

Hi, all. I've got a working Numbas LTI provider connected to our Blackboard instance, and I'm

Feb 24

h_...@web.de, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Feb 24

simplify terms containing a exponential function

Thank you! Now it works. My line is now with variables to substitute: $ f(x) = \simplify[std,!

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simplify terms containing a exponential function

Thank you! Now it works. My line is now with variables to substitute: $ f(x) = \simplify[std,!

Feb 24

Christian Lawson-Perfect, … Jonny Rae5

Feb 24

A notation question

I've just spotted this thread in my inbox. I thought I'd mentioned this at the time, but

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A notation question

I've just spotted this thread in my inbox. I thought I'd mentioned this at the time, but

Feb 24

h_...@web.de, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Feb 24

Styles of notation

This is a good suggestion, thanks. There isn't currently a way of setting the notation to be used

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Styles of notation

This is a good suggestion, thanks. There isn't currently a way of setting the notation to be used

Feb 24

Tom Salyers, Christian Lawson-Perfect2

Feb 22

LTI provider database schema?

Ah, I saw the email you sent to numbas@ncl.ac.uk before this one! For everyone else's benefit,

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LTI provider database schema?

Ah, I saw the email you sent to numbas@ncl.ac.uk before this one! For everyone else's benefit,

Feb 22

Julia Goedecke, Ulrich Goertz3

Feb 21

Question about complex numbers

Thanks Ulrich, we will try it out. Julia On Sat, 20 Feb 2021, 12:24 Ulrich Goertz, <ugoertz@gmail.

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Question about complex numbers

Thanks Ulrich, we will try it out. Julia On Sat, 20 Feb 2021, 12:24 Ulrich Goertz, <ugoertz@gmail.

Feb 21

samuel...@gmail.com, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Feb 18

Error I don't understand

Thanks! It took some finding, and I can't quite see what I was originally trying to achieve with

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Error I don't understand

Thanks! It took some finding, and I can't quite see what I was originally trying to achieve with

Feb 18

Jim Pettigrew, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Feb 16

Custom marking algorithm question

Thanks very much Christian. It does help. I suspected the code I was using (borrowed from elsewhere)

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Custom marking algorithm question

Thanks very much Christian. It does help. I suspected the code I was using (borrowed from elsewhere)

Feb 16

Jenny Hughes, … Simon Vaughan4

Feb 16

Numbas support in institutions

Thank you Jonny and Simon, glad you've both found useful things to help with it. A local user

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Numbas support in institutions

Thank you Jonny and Simon, glad you've both found useful things to help with it. A local user

Feb 16

Mario Orsi, … Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Feb 16

Error in previously working question

Ulrich is right. I've fixed the question. Thanks for letting me know! On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 20:

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Error in previously working question

Ulrich is right. I've fixed the question. Thanks for letting me know! On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 20:

Feb 16

Will Foreman, Christian Lawson-Perfect2

Feb 16

Square of trig functions

This problem is so old that Charles Babbage wrote a whole essay about how much he didn't like sin

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Square of trig functions

This problem is so old that Charles Babbage wrote a whole essay about how much he didn't like sin

Feb 16

Antony Edwards, … Julia Goedecke6

Feb 12

Student to mark a question as "impossible"

Hello, I just used Christian's "tick if impossible" question to do a similar thing with

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Student to mark a question as "impossible"

Hello, I just used Christian's "tick if impossible" question to do a similar thing with

Feb 12

William Haynes2

Feb 11

Hi Christian, After thinking this over for a couple of days, I know what is causing the problem. My

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Hi Christian, After thinking this over for a couple of days, I know what is causing the problem. My

Feb 11

Guillermo Bernardo Durán González, Christian Lawson-Perfect6

Feb 10

Thank you very much for your guidance. Regards Guillermo El mié, 10 feb 2021 a las 4:45, Christian

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Thank you very much for your guidance. Regards Guillermo El mié, 10 feb 2021 a las 4:45, Christian

Feb 10

deevan shafait, Christian Lawson-Perfect2

Feb 2

Running Numbas LTI provider on Oracle?

(I also replied to this privately, but I'm replying again here for everyone else's benefit)

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Running Numbas LTI provider on Oracle?

(I also replied to this privately, but I'm replying again here for everyone else's benefit)

Feb 2

Thomas Winyard2

Jan 25

Old exams throwing error

Just to say I spent some time over the weekend and managed to fix the problem here (though I did it

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Old exams throwing error

Just to say I spent some time over the weekend and managed to fix the problem here (though I did it

Jan 25

Christian Lawson-Perfect

Jan 21

Numbas training sessions - February 2021

We're planning on running some more Numbas training sessions. The first session, aimed at

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Numbas training sessions - February 2021

We're planning on running some more Numbas training sessions. The first session, aimed at

Jan 21

Brendan MacDonald, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Jan 21

Number of attempts per question

Ok, thanks for letting me know. Yeah, that's the workaround I was using (make each question

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Number of attempts per question

Ok, thanks for letting me know. Yeah, that's the workaround I was using (make each question

Jan 21

Melissa Heath, Christian Lawson-Perfect4

Jan 21

Error: Variable value_generators is not defined

Thanks for your patience with this. I think I've pinned down the problem and fixed it. Let me

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Error: Variable value_generators is not defined

Thanks for your patience with this. I think I've pinned down the problem and fixed it. Let me

Jan 21

Antony Edwards, … Christian Lawson-Perfect8

Jan 21

Minimal example for custom marking script

I thought there was an example of that in 'how-tos', but apparently not, so I've made one

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Minimal example for custom marking script

I thought there was an example of that in 'how-tos', but apparently not, so I've made one

Jan 21

Antony Edwards, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Jan 19

SCORM cloud - Numbas zips contain blacklisted file

Thanks Christian, that works perfectly now. Ant. On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 7:16:00 PM UTC+11

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SCORM cloud - Numbas zips contain blacklisted file

Thanks Christian, that works perfectly now. Ant. On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 7:16:00 PM UTC+11

Jan 19

Sean Duffy, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Jan 19

Access to Scorm Zip File

This turned out to be much easier to fix than I thought. I've pushed some code to our master

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Access to Scorm Zip File

This turned out to be much easier to fix than I thought. I've pushed some code to our master

Jan 19

Clodagh Carroll, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Jan 13

More than one "Show steps" option in a single question part

Hi Christian, That's great - I took a look at your example and have tried something similar for

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More than one "Show steps" option in a single question part

Hi Christian, That's great - I took a look at your example and have tried something similar for

Jan 13

William Haynes, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Jan 7

Sharing custom part types

Would it be sensible to have an option to make individual themes and custom part types available to

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Sharing custom part types

Would it be sensible to have an option to make individual themes and custom part types available to

Jan 7

Julie Crowley, … Christian Lawson-Perfect4

Jan 6

Access Forbidden Exams

Hi all, I've finally had enough of that behaviour and changed it back: you can view an exam even

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Access Forbidden Exams

Hi all, I've finally had enough of that behaviour and changed it back: you can view an exam even

Jan 6

Andreas Vohns, … Christian Lawson-Perfect8

12/17/20

Having a hard time with a custom marking algorithm

And by the way: Your German is spot on and the custom marking algorithm is a mighty powerful tool.

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Having a hard time with a custom marking algorithm

And by the way: Your German is spot on and the custom marking algorithm is a mighty powerful tool.

12/17/20

Don Shearman, … William Haynes13

12/16/20

Review of question using Geogebra extension not working in Blackboard

I'm seeing a similar problem on my Final Exam today. The question is marked as correct when the

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Review of question using Geogebra extension not working in Blackboard

I'm seeing a similar problem on my Final Exam today. The question is marked as correct when the

12/16/20

Ulrich Goertz, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

12/16/20

Wrapping JME code in an extension?

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks! Ulrich christia...@gmail.com schrieb am Mittwoch,

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Wrapping JME code in an extension?

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks! Ulrich christia...@gmail.com schrieb am Mittwoch,

12/16/20

Don Shearman, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

12/14/20

Enable steps option re-enabling itself

Thanks Christian, appreciate the speedy responses as always. Regards Don Shearman On Mon, Dec 14,

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Enable steps option re-enabling itself

Thanks Christian, appreciate the speedy responses as always. Regards Don Shearman On Mon, Dec 14,

12/14/20

Christian Lawson-Perfect, Ulrich Goertz3

12/14/20

Development update: November 2020

Thanks Ulrich, I'm glad to hear that! On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 at 21:46, Ulrich Goertz <ugoertz@

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Development update: November 2020

Thanks Ulrich, I'm glad to hear that! On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 at 21:46, Ulrich Goertz <ugoertz@

12/14/20

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