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+# A few notes about exercises
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+Thebe, interactive features, etc. Just a few notes for now, this will eventually be put into a manual.
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+Types of exercises:
+- here a list of things you can and cannot do
+- ...
+- ...
+- want to hide the input code but still allow a student to run it? try writing a function in a cell, then using the function in another cell. can also write a message to the student in the docstring :)
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+Go back [here](https://gitlab.tudelft.nl/mude/book/-/merge_requests/34#note_190848) and revisit a few things next time Robert/Max meet on campus.
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