In RMarkdown I usually use somewhat like
```{r}
knitr::include_graphics("myimage.png")
```
to add already existing images to the output, but this doesn't work via exams2xyz()
.
fig.path = "", fig.caption = ""
does not fix the problem.
The classic Markdown way 
doesn't work, too.
Any ideas, where I'm wrong?
EDIT: Thank's to @jaySF I'm now aware of an working directory issue, but still face the challange to embed the figures into (e.g.) the .xml-questions for moodle import.
TL;DR See the worked example in the Rlogo.Rmd
exercises provided within the package: exams2html("Rlogo.Rmd")
and http://www.R-exams.org/templates/Rlogo/
Details: The exams
package (more specifically the xexams()
workhorse function) do all the handling of the temporary directories. The exercises templates (.Rmd
or .Rnw
) are copied to a temporary directory, weaved/knitted there, read into R, and then the output file(s) are produced in some output directory. That's why some strategies from knitr
don't work for .Rmd
exams - or they just work in certain situations, e.g., when specifying full paths (rather than relative paths).
Solution: To make exams
recognize a certain existing file (not necessarily just graphics) as a supplement to a certain exercise, the .Rmd
file should simply copy that file to the current directory when the file is weaved/knitted. The convenience function include_supplement()
does exactly that and additionally searches certain directories (specifically edir
, if specified) for the files. Subsequently, the copied file "foo.ext"
needs to be included in the exercise, e.g., via 
for a graphic or [foo.ext](foo.ext)
for a hyperlink.