User Manual for the ExerTran Coursework System


Table of Contents
Overview
System Startup
Student Interface
Manager Interface
Username-password Table Sub-system
Selecting records
Row Display Functions
Cut and Copy Functions
Cut Buffers and Cut Buffer Functions
Paste Commands
Sort Function
New and Edit Functions
Load-from-file Function
Save-to-file Function
Save-to-Database Function
Show-Cut-Buffer Function
Clear-Cut-Buffer Function
Refresh Function
Close Function
AddPassword Function
AddRoles Function
MailPasswordsToUsers Function
Question List Table Sub-system
Common Table Functions
Table Specific Functions
Marks Table Sub-system
Common Table Functions
Table Specific Functions
The Marks Aggragation Sub-system
Display logged in user details!
Display Question System
Management and XML Functions
Quit Management System"
Log files
Question Generation
Generating the files from the XML definition
Question Document Elements and Attributes
Question Document XML Element: question-document
Question Document XML Element: topic
Question Document XML Element: question
Question Document XML Element: question-message
Question Document XML Element: image
Question Document XML Element: question-part
Question Document XML Element: variable
Question Document XML Element: set
Question Document XML Element: random
Question Document XML Element: fixed
Question Document XML Element: equation
Question Document XML Element: answer-integer
Question Document XML Element: answer-double
Question Document XML Element: answer-text
Question Document XML Element: question
Question Document XML Element: questionnaire
Question Document XML Element: sub-answer
Question Document XML Element: wrong-answer-response
Question Document XML Element: helpfile
Question Document XML Element: comment
Question Document XML Element: strings
Question Document DTD File
Recovery when marks fail to be stored in the database