FAQ
The different kinds of shuffling
To illustrate the different modes available when shuffling (or not)
the groups (see Groups of
questions), consider a group named OS with 4 distinct elements:
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and
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We show here the result of the use of \insertgroup, depending on the
group mode.
mode fixed
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\insertgroup{OS}
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\insertgroup[0]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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\insertgroup[1]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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\insertgroup[2]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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\insertgroup[3]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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\insertgroup[4]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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mode cyclic
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\insertgroup{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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End of group. |
End of group. |
End of group. |
End of group. |
End of group. |
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\insertgroup[0]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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\insertgroup[1]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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1 |
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End of group. |
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\insertgroup[2]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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1 |
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End of group. |
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End of group. |
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\insertgroup[3]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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1 |
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End of group. |
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End of group. |
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End of group. |
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\insertgroup[4]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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End of group. |
End of group. |
End of group. |
End of group. |
End of group. |
mode withreplacement
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\insertgroup{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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Shuffle before the new copy? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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\insertgroup[0]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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\insertgroup[1]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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1 |
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Shuffle before the new copy? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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\insertgroup[2]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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1 |
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Shuffle before the new copy? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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\insertgroup[3]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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Shuffle before the new copy? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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\insertgroup[4]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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Shuffle before the new copy? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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mode withoutreplacement
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\insertgroup{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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End of group new shuffle |
End of group. new shuffle |
End of group. new shuffle |
End of group. new shuffle |
End of group. new shuffle |
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\insertgroup[0]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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\insertgroup[1]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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1 |
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End of group. new shuffle |
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\insertgroup[2]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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1 |
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End of group. new shuffle |
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End of group. new shuffle |
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\insertgroup[3]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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End of group. new shuffle |
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End of group. new shuffle |
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End of group. new shuffle |
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\insertgroup[4]{OS}
| question | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 | Sheet 5 |
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1 |
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End of group |
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End of group new shuffle |
End of group. new shuffle |
End of group. new shuffle |
End of group. new shuffle |
End of group. new shuffle |
Subject page setting
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My subject is one A4 page long. Can I print two subjects (2 A4) on one sheet A4 (A5 mode) and then use a paper cutter?
Yes, scanning is not a problem. Make sure margins are wide enough when creating subject.
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My subject is 2 A4 pages long. Can I print double-sided?
Yes, but it may happen that some boxes are ticked by transparency if the student uses a marker.
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My subject is 3 pages long, but some are 4 pages long. Why?
This is due to LaTeX’s automatic page layout. You can try to change
some vertical spaces with but the easiest way is to force AMC to
create a subject with 4 pages \AMCaddpagesto{4} (see
Number of pages). However, this
should not be a problem, and you can leave it like that.
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My subject is 4 pages long. How do I print it on an A3 sheet on both sides?
pdfjam --booklet 'false' --landscape --a3paper --outfile DOC-sujet-pdfjam.pdf --signature '4' DOC-sujet.pdf
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A script with a graphical interface was created by an user (J. Ouin) to produce booklets. 
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LaTeX source file
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Can I use the
twocolumnsoption in the article class (LaTeX format)?No, there must be 4 corner marks per sheet. But you can use the
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The random numerical values are different between subject and correction.
The seed for pseudo-random number generator is not fixed.
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With
fppackage: see Using the fp package. The default value is 0. -
With
tikzorpgfpackage : see Using the pgf/tikz package.The seed is calculated by the formula
time * year modulo (2^31 - 1).Look at this (French) wiki page if you need to fix the problem after the exam.
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With LuaLaTeX: see Using LuaLaTeX.
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With
xfppackage: no default value, it must be set.\ExplSyntaxOn \sys_gset_rand_seed:n{4586} \ExplSyntaxOff
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I use the package cleveref and some ?? appear.
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Check question is correctly labelled with
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Check there is no blank space in the
\cref{}command or if the question labels are identical in the\AMCstudentlabel{}command.If you use
\insertgroup[X]{my group}, AMC does not verify if an element has been included or not. You may use crossreftools package and its command\crtcrefifdefinedlabel{\AMCstudentlabel{identifiant}}{code if true}{code if false}.
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Scanning and automatic data capture
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I printed the sheets using 2 pages per sheet. I have not paper cutter in my school / college. How to crop digitalized sheets?
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Convert PDF file to single images (here png format).
pdftoppm file.pdf file-single -png
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trim half of image.
mogrify -crop 50%x100% file-single*.png
Depending on the orientation (portrait) pdf file, you need to rotate the image by adding the
-rotate 90option.
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The student filled the white binary code cells!
These colored squares must be erased numerically and start again the correction; see Automated input.
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The student drew around a mark.
Usually, AMC detects correctly distored marks, and has an option to recognize sheets with only three marks. Tick on the ; see marks management.
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How to print the annotations on the paper sheets?
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Imperatively sort sheets in ascending order alphabetical or numerical.
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Annotate them : tab ou .
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Create a layer of annotations with line commands.
gs -o Annotations_complete_only.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dFILTERIMAGE All_students.pdf
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