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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 digital 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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Dec 4

Styling for explore type question

Dear all, I have been trying to use the explore type question to create lesson materials. Not sure

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Styling for explore type question

Dear all, I have been trying to use the explore type question to create lesson materials. Not sure

Dec 4

Dean Ang Gmail, Christian Lawson-Perfect12

Dec 4

Page break between questions for answer sheet - Printable Worksheet Theme

Dear all, Sorry for the numerous requests. I got this one fixed myself. Basically recreated a new

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Page break between questions for answer sheet - Printable Worksheet Theme

Dear all, Sorry for the numerous requests. I got this one fixed myself. Basically recreated a new

Dec 4

Ben Brawn, Christian Lawson-Perfect2

Dec 4

removing spamming members

Sorry about this - spam has been getting through to a few google groups I'm in, so someone must

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removing spamming members

Sorry about this - spam has been getting through to a few google groups I'm in, so someone must

Dec 4

Dec 3

Feature Request

Dear Numbas Developer(s), Not sure if this is the proper channel for such request, but here's a

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Feature Request

Dear Numbas Developer(s), Not sure if this is the proper channel for such request, but here's a

Dec 3

Jane Courtney, Christian Lawson-Perfect13

Dec 1

Printable worksheet theme

I think the "standalone" box is there because you've copied frontpage.html from the

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Printable worksheet theme

I think the "standalone" box is there because you've copied frontpage.html from the

Dec 1

Martin Jones, Christian Lawson-Perfect5

Dec 1

Error on resume

I think this might have been an error that was fixed earlier this year. Have you seen this problem

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Error on resume

I think this might have been an error that was fixed earlier this year. Have you seen this problem

Dec 1

Dean Ang Gmail, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Nov 21

Exporting questions in .exam format

Hi Christian, Thank for the explanation. It's kinda disappointing cos I am using it as a large

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Exporting questions in .exam format

Hi Christian, Thank for the explanation. It's kinda disappointing cos I am using it as a large

Nov 21

Alexander Holvoet, … Christian Lawson-Perfect7

Nov 15

Confusion Checking algorithm math expressions

Thank you! Op di 14 nov 2023 om 17:30 schreef Christian Lawson-Perfect <christia...@gmail.com

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Confusion Checking algorithm math expressions

Thank you! Op di 14 nov 2023 om 17:30 schreef Christian Lawson-Perfect <christia...@gmail.com

Nov 15

Dean Ang Gmail, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Nov 14

Importing and Exporting Taxonomies from csv/json

Thank you! Sure I can do that. I will give it a try and update in the next few days. Thank you once

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Importing and Exporting Taxonomies from csv/json

Thank you! Sure I can do that. I will give it a try and update in the next few days. Thank you once

Nov 14

Alexander Holvoet, Christian Lawson-Perfect4

Nov 13

Including a (GeoGebra) calculator from Numbas + Safe Exam Browser

Dear Christian Thank you for your extensive response! And thank you for the example question; this is

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Including a (GeoGebra) calculator from Numbas + Safe Exam Browser

Dear Christian Thank you for your extensive response! And thank you for the example question; this is

Nov 13

Alexander Holvoet, … Christian Lawson-Perfect4

Nov 2

Allow students to enter interval

Dear Christian Thanks for the response! We'll have to experiment with a custom marking algorithm

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Allow students to enter interval

Dear Christian Thanks for the response! We'll have to experiment with a custom marking algorithm

Nov 2

Dean Ang Gmail, … Don Shearman7

Oct 21

Formatted and Dynamic text in SVG

Yes this is possible by including the variable name in curly braces in the SVG file. For example, if

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Formatted and Dynamic text in SVG

Yes this is possible by including the variable name in curly braces in the SVG file. For example, if

Oct 21

Wim Obbels, … Dev Shah3

Oct 19

LTI provider (in docker): hardware specs/tuning suggestions

Hi Christian We are also having ongoing performance issues with Numbas at our place. Last year we

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LTI provider (in docker): hardware specs/tuning suggestions

Hi Christian We are also having ongoing performance issues with Numbas at our place. Last year we

Oct 19

Numbas Users, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Oct 3

That's great, thank you. It is a very helpful feature for easy navigation. On Tue, 26 Sept 2023

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That's great, thank you. It is a very helpful feature for easy navigation. On Tue, 26 Sept 2023

Oct 3

cat.b....@gmail.com, Christian Lawson-Perfect4

Sep 27

Help troubleshooting a question

Ohh, then this might have been an instance of a bug someone else reported last week and that I fixed.

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Help troubleshooting a question

Ohh, then this might have been an instance of a bug someone else reported last week and that I fixed.

Sep 27

Alexander Holvoet, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Sep 27

Pausing attempts in Numbas LTI provider when Safe Exam Browser has difficulties

Thank you for the link! I didn't know yet about access changes. I understand the software cannot

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Pausing attempts in Numbas LTI provider when Safe Exam Browser has difficulties

Thank you for the link! I didn't know yet about access changes. I understand the software cannot

Sep 27

Belinda S, Christian Lawson-Perfect6

Sep 26

Total score not appearing in Quiz summary

We've found out that the change I made has made it so that you can't have scores only

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Total score not appearing in Quiz summary

We've found out that the change I made has made it so that you can't have scores only

Sep 26

Gizem Intepe, … Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Sep 12

Numbas issue in reviewing the test

I've just found Dev's reply in my spam folder. Just to update everyone else: this was a bug I

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Numbas issue in reviewing the test

I've just found Dev's reply in my spam folder. Just to update everyone else: this was a bug I

Sep 12

Dean Ang Gmail, Christian Lawson-Perfect2

Sep 12

Yes, 3D works the same as any other kind of GeoGebra applet. Here's a question with that applet

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Yes, 3D works the same as any other kind of GeoGebra applet. Here's a question with that applet

Sep 12

Louise Lynch, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Sep 6

WCAG 2.1 for LTI

Our VPAT is now online at https://docs.numbas.org.uk/en/latest/accessibility/exam-vpat.html. It

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WCAG 2.1 for LTI

Our VPAT is now online at https://docs.numbas.org.uk/en/latest/accessibility/exam-vpat.html. It

Sep 6

Alexander Holvoet, Christian Lawson-Perfect4

Aug 29

not urgent: "funny" error with SEB + multiple Numbas LTI provider servers

Ah, so the launch has all the right parameters present, but not the right values. I'll have to

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not urgent: "funny" error with SEB + multiple Numbas LTI provider servers

Ah, so the launch has all the right parameters present, but not the right values. I'll have to

Aug 29

Chris Templet, … Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Aug 29

Question Navigation Mode broken?

Yes, that's right - when I introduced menu mode, I intentionally didn't add an "end exam

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Question Navigation Mode broken?

Yes, that's right - when I introduced menu mode, I intentionally didn't add an "end exam

Aug 29

Louise Lynch, Christian Lawson-Perfect4

Aug 29

Not an LTI Launch

Oh whoops, you're right! I've fixed that, I think. On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 at 13:54, Louise Lynch

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Not an LTI Launch

Oh whoops, you're right! I've fixed that, I think. On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 at 13:54, Louise Lynch

Aug 29

Aug 29

Numbas Error: Cannot read properties of undefined -- Moodle, SCORM

Another discovery -- I see the error when logged in as me, but the learning management specialist

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Numbas Error: Cannot read properties of undefined -- Moodle, SCORM

Another discovery -- I see the error when logged in as me, but the learning management specialist

Aug 29

John Dickson, Christian Lawson-Perfect2

Aug 29

Matrices and variable testing

The problem is that Numbas isn't giving you the right error message: there's an error in

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Matrices and variable testing

The problem is that Numbas isn't giving you the right error message: there's an error in

Aug 29

Dean Ang Gmail, Christian Lawson-Perfect4

Aug 15

Help! Urgent . Development site not running!

You are a savour! Works like magic! On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 at 23:07, Christian Lawson-Perfect <

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Help! Urgent . Development site not running!

You are a savour! Works like magic! On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 at 23:07, Christian Lawson-Perfect <

Aug 15

Dean Ang Gmail, Christian Lawson-Perfect2

Aug 15

Can you email me the .exam source file of this question, please? On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 at 18:53, Dean

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Can you email me the .exam source file of this question, please? On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 at 18:53, Dean

Aug 15

Dean Ang Gmail, Christian Lawson-Perfect2

Aug 15

Using external javascript framework

Can you give a bit more detail about what you'd like to do? I suppose you might want to start by

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Using external javascript framework

Can you give a bit more detail about what you'd like to do? I suppose you might want to start by

Aug 15

Alexander Holvoet, … Christian Lawson-Perfect7

Aug 4

Some help with configuring exam options

Dear Christian Thank you for the responses(s)! Kind regards, Alexander Op wo 2 aug 2023 om 12:38

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Some help with configuring exam options

Dear Christian Thank you for the responses(s)! Kind regards, Alexander Op wo 2 aug 2023 om 12:38

Aug 4

Dean Ang Gmail, Christian Lawson-Perfect3

Aug 3

Using the Eukleides Extension

Thanks, Christian. Works like a charm. :-) On Thursday, 27 July 2023 at 14:45:02 UTC+8 christia...@

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Using the Eukleides Extension

Thanks, Christian. Works like a charm. :-) On Thursday, 27 July 2023 at 14:45:02 UTC+8 christia...@

Aug 3

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