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This tasks explains how to create a static exercise and see it.

Prerequisite:

• create-collection
• applications-on: jEditOQMath, ActiveMath, web-browser

Task steps

• first insert the exercise header and metadata
  • type “<” then “e”, “x”, “e”, “r”, “c” then press return
  • add the id attribute as requested, e.g. mini-exercise
  • set the for attribute to the reference to a concept. If directly from the task create-a-collection, simply use hello-world
  • press return to finalize this tag
  • maybe right-away add the closing element: press return to go down one line, then press “<” and “/” which should input you the closing element. Saving is a good idea at this point.
  • inside the exercise element, add “<”, “m”, “e”, press space then “>”, then add a Title element (same procedure), then input a title, say A mini exercise.
  • close Title and metadata

• we should now have reached something such as

    <exercise id="mini-exercise" for="hello-world">
      <metadata><Title>Mini-exercise</Title>
      </metadata>
  
  
    </exercise>
  

• now go below metadata and add <CMP> followed by the exercise invitation, that is, the text that is presented to learners to invite them to start the first interactive exercise

  • inside CMP, type something such as Let us start a minimum exercise.
  • close the CMP

• open the Ant Farm tab

• select the build-file of your collection (by the name you gave when creating a collection)
• double click it and throw a short look in the console pane that just opened below the editing pane
• wait till it shows BUILD SUCCESSFUL
• open the ActiveMath main menu with your browser (at http://localhost:8080/ActiveMath2/ typically)
• open the book bearing your collection name
• you should see the exercise with the given title and no Start the exercise message below it