AMC

As explained in Printing and exam, it is not always possible to photocopy one answer sheet to give to several students. However, when using a separate answer sheet and when questions and answers are not to be shuffled, you can photocopy the subject, and print all the answer sheets separately. We detail here the proper way to follow.

Here is a minimal example:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[separateanswersheet]{automultiplechoice}
\begin{document}

\noindent{\bf Subject}

\begin{question}{sum}
  How much are one plus one?
  \begin{choices}
    \wrongchoice{1}
    \correctchoice{2}
    \wrongchoice{3}
  \end{choices}
\end{question}

\begin{question}{k2}
  How high is the K2?
  \begin{choices}
    \wrongchoice{around 8000m}
    \correctchoice{around 8600m}
    \wrongchoice{around 9000m}
  \end{choices}
\end{question}

\AMCcleardoublepage

\onecopy{5}{

\AMCformBegin

{\large\bf Answer sheet:}
\hfill \namefield{\fbox{
    \begin{minipage}{.5\linewidth}
      Name:

      \vspace*{.5cm}\dotfill
      \vspace*{1mm}
    \end{minipage}
  }}

\AMCformS

}

\end{document}

You will get from this LaTeX file one subject (sheet numbered 0) to print and photocopy to all students, and several answer sheets to print (one for each student).

Suppose you want to use a single generic answer sheet for all your exams. You simply print answer boxes on it (say 5 for each questions, and 40 questions), and give the students a subject that you wrote somewhere else. The point here is that the correct choices are not pointed out in the LaTeX file, so that AMC does not know about them. The solution is to give one answer sheet to the teacher to fill correct choices. Then, after scanning and AMC analysis, you simply have to tell AMC which is the teacher completed answer sheet.

To implement this idea, follow these rules:

Here is a minimal example:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage[insidebox,noshuffle,postcorrect]{automultiplechoice}

\begin{document}

\onecopy{5}{

\noindent
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
\hline
student number & class & subject\\
\hline
 \vspace{-0.25cm}
 & &\\
\AMCcode{StudentNum}{10}&
\AMCcode{class}{2}&
\AMCcode{subject}{3}
\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\hfill\namefield{\fbox{
    \begin{minipage}{.25\linewidth}
      Name:

      \vspace*{.5cm}\dotfill

      \vspace*{.5cm}\dotfill
      \vspace*{1mm}
    \end{minipage}
  }}\hfill


\vspace{.5cm}
\noindent\hrulefill

\begin{multicols}{2}\columnseprule=.4pt

\begin{question}{01}
\begin{choicescustom}
\wrongchoice{}%
\wrongchoice{}%
\wrongchoice{}%
\wrongchoice{}%
\wrongchoice{}%
\end{choicescustom}
\end{question}

\begin{question}{02}
\begin{choicescustom}
\wrongchoice{}%
\wrongchoice{}%
\wrongchoice{}%
\wrongchoice{}%
\wrongchoice{}%
\end{choicescustom}
\end{question}

% continue here to get as many questions as needed...

\end{multicols}

}

\end{document}

You can then process the LaTeX file in AMC, print the sheets, scan them after the exam, and start AMC automatic data capture (including the teacher sheet). When you click on Mark in the Marking tab, letting Update marking scale ticked, you will be prompted for the teacher answer sheet number. You can then continue as usual.

	Note
	You can also write the letters outside the boxes: replace the insidebox option with outsidebox, and write your questions in the following way: \begin{question}{01} \begin{choicescustom} \wrongchoice{A }% \wrongchoice{B }% \wrongchoice{C }% \wrongchoice{D }% \wrongchoice{E }% \end{choicescustom} \end{question}

	Note
	To use this option only for the questions answers (and not for the student number), type, just after \begin{document} \makeatletter \def\setoutsidebox{\AMC@outside@boxtrue} \makeatother Then, use this command locally (inside braces) in the form : {\setoutsidebox\AMCform}

In some situations, it can be useful to prepare nominative sheets for all students, from a list of students. Let us see how this can be done.