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  * Multipart questions
!     AIM now has implemented multipart questions, using a syntax similar (but
!     not identical) to that in the Gent version of AIM.  See the question format
!     documentation to explain how it works. 

  * Focused mode
!   + The user interface for students now allows them to focus
!     on an individual question instead of working the entire quiz and one time. 
      This should improve response times quite substantially.
!   + Once a student requests the solutions to a quiz, AIM now shows the solutions
      to the student every time the quiz is requested until the student explicitly
      requests a new version.

  * Improved student feedback
    + The quiz selection page now shows each registered student a summary of 
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  * Multipart questions
!     AiM now has implemented multipart questions, using a syntax similar (but
!     not identical) to that in the Gent version of AiM.  See the question syntax
!     documentation for an explanation of how it works. 

  * Focused mode
!   + The user interface for students now allows them to focus on an individual 
!     question instead of working on the entire quiz at one time. 
      This should improve response times quite substantially.
!   + Once a student requests the solutions to a quiz, AiM now shows the solutions
      to the student every time the quiz is requested until the student explicitly
      requests a new version.

+ * Maple 9 compatibility
+   + AiM can now be run using either versions 7, 8, or 9 of Maple.
+ 
  * Improved student feedback
    + The quiz selection page now shows each registered student a summary of 
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  * Time limits on processing
!   + The maple part of AIM now imposes time limits on many things such as
      initializing a question, constructing the solution, or marking an
      answer.  All time limits default to 2 seconds. 
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  * Time limits on processing
!   + The maple part of AiM now imposes time limits on many things such as
      initializing a question, constructing the solution, or marking an
      answer.  All time limits default to 2 seconds. 
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  * Improved compatibility
!   + As a first step towards integrating AIM with Moodle or other VLE's,
!     AIM mark up its output in a way that can more easily be
      parsed by other programs.  This is mostly achieved by using <div> and
      <span> tags.  For example, question 7.2 now comes wrapped in
      <div class='question' id='question7.2'> ... </div>, and the solution
!     comes wrapped in <div class='solution'> ... </div>.  
    + There are also some changes to move closer to strict compliance with 
      the XHTML standard, e.g. replacing <br> by <br /> everywhere.  This 
      will be useful if and when we move to using MathML.

! * Postprompt flag
    + There is a postprompt>/pp> flag, for putting some text directly after
      the input box in a text question.

  * Technical changes
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  * Improved compatibility
!   + AiM now uses unicode for Netscape, Mozilla, and Safari browsers to 
!     resolve problems with the symbol font.
!   + As a first step towards integrating AiM with Moodle or other VLE's,
!     AiM mark up its output in a way that can more easily be
      parsed by other programs.  This is mostly achieved by using <div> and
      <span> tags.  For example, question 7.2 now comes wrapped in
      <div class='question' id='question7.2'> ... </div>, and the solution
!     comes wrapped in <div class='solution'> ... </div>.
!   + Other programs can ask AiM to serve its mathematical output in LaTeX
!     which can then be converted to MathML or pdf. This is used by the
!     Moodle interface.  
    + There are also some changes to move closer to strict compliance with 
      the XHTML standard, e.g. replacing <br> by <br /> everywhere.  This 
      will be useful if and when we move to using MathML.

! * Prompt and Postprompt flags
    + There is a postprompt>/pp> flag, for putting some text directly after
      the input box in a text question.
+   + Both prompt and postprompt can now be used also in matrix questions.

  * Technical changes
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  * Exponential function and pi
!   + AIM now defines the global variable e to be exp(1)
    + Students (and question authors) can enter expressions involving the
      exponential function using e instead of exp.  For example, exp(x) can
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  * Exponential function and pi
!   + AiM now defines the global variable e to be exp(1)
    + Students (and question authors) can enter expressions involving the
      exponential function using e instead of exp.  For example, exp(x) can
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      Trig    - authoring utilities for trig questions    
!     Calc    - authoring utilities for calculus questions
      Inert   - defines Inert forms of Maple expressions and allows customized
                latex formatting of expressions
!     SET     - defines an AIM class SET and related functions to get around
                the problems inherent in trying to use Maple sets in randomized
                questions
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      Trig    - authoring utilities for trig questions    
!     Calc    - uses Maple's Student[Calculus] package to automatically produce
!               step by step solutions of calculus problems
      Inert   - defines Inert forms of Maple expressions and allows customized
                latex formatting of expressions
!     SET     - defines an AiM class SET and related functions to get around
                the problems inherent in trying to use Maple sets in randomized
                questions
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      Nice    - `Nice/Monomial`(), `Nice/Binomial`(), `Nice/Trinomial`() are
                 utilities that produce "nice" monomials, binomials, and 
!                trinomials similar to those usually found in textbook questions

! * Servlet improvements
!   + ???
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      Nice    - `Nice/Monomial`(), `Nice/Binomial`(), `Nice/Trinomial`() are
                 utilities that produce "nice" monomials, binomials, and 
!                trinomials similar to those usually found in textbook questions 
! 
!   + A new manual/tutorial "AiM Authoring Tools" (work in progress)

! * Installation procedure
!   + Installation has been simplified. 
!   + It is now possible to have several AiM installations running in parallel on 
!     the same Tomcat server.