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| 2 | WeBWorK |
2 | WeBWorK |
| 3 | Online Homework Delivery System |
3 | Online Homework Delivery System |
| 4 | Version 2.0 |
4 | Version 2.0.1 |
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| 6 | Copyright 2000-2004, The WeBWorK Project |
6 | Copyright 2000-2004, The WeBWorK Project |
| 7 | All rights reserved. |
7 | All rights reserved. |
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| 9 | Introduction |
9 | Introduction |
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| 11 | The [1]WeBWorKTeam is pleased to announce the final release of WeBWorK |
11 | This release fixes two bugs in WeBWorK 2.0. |
| 12 | 2.0. After two years of work, WeBWorK 2 is stable and ready for |
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| 13 | general use. The WeBWorK 1.x series has been end-of-lifed, and we |
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| 14 | recommend that all users upgrade to WeBWorK 2. |
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| 16 | This release includes almost all of the functionality of WeBWorK 1.9, |
13 | 1. When course databases were upgraded, sets, but not problems, were |
| 17 | and contains new functionality beyond what it possible with 1.9. New |
14 | assigned to the global user. This caused sets appear to be empty |
| 18 | feature since WeBWorK 1.9 include: |
15 | when it was assigned to a user after the upgrade. Bugzilla bugs |
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16 | [1]#611 and [2]#614 are related to this issue. |
| 20 | * An improved database system. |
17 | 2. The date calculation routines before() and after(), used to |
| 21 | + Problem sets can be manipulated in the abstract without being |
18 | compare the current time to the set dates, were not inclusive. |
| 22 | assigned to students. |
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| 23 | + Sets can be easily assigned and unassigned |
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| 24 | + Problem set defaults are stored once, making it easy to |
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| 25 | change defaults without distubing values overridden for |
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| 26 | particular students. |
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| 27 | + Support for both WeBWorK 1.x databases and SQL databases. |
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| 28 | * A more consistent and easier to use user interface. |
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| 29 | + Breadcrumbs show your current location in the system relative |
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| 30 | to the root. |
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| 31 | + Login message indicates who you are logged in as and who you |
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| 32 | are acting as. |
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| 33 | + Links bar allows quick access to many featuers of the system. |
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| 34 | + Siblings list allows one-click access to other problems in |
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| 35 | the same set or other sets in the same course. |
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| 36 | * Look of pages is fully-customizeable look due to HTML template |
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| 37 | system and CSS support. |
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| 38 | * Global Act As feature allowing instructors to view the system from |
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| 39 | the point of view of a student. |
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| 40 | * Web-based course administration tools. |
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| 41 | + Create and delete courses. |
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| 42 | + Export course databases to standard XML format, import |
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| 43 | exported databases. |
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| 44 | * Architectural improvements make it easy to add features to the |
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| 45 | system. |
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| 46 | + Object-based content generation system enables addition of |
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| 47 | new components easy. |
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| 48 | + Table-driven virtual heirarchy of system components allows |
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| 49 | for customization of system URLs. |
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| 50 | + Modular database layer enables support for additional |
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| 51 | database backends. |
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| 53 | New features since [2]PreviewRelease4 include: |
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| 55 | * New display modes: [3]jsMath and [4]ASCIIMathML (DavideCervone). |
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| 56 | * Support for problem library metadata database (JohnJones). |
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| 57 | * Improved Statistics and Student Progress functionality. |
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| 58 | * Improved Apache configuration and CourseEnvironment seeding. |
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| 59 | * Lockdown of authorization system. |
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| 60 | * Behavior of interactive problem processor customizable. |
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| 61 | * Published flag for problem sets. |
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| 62 | * Hmwk Set Editor updated to match UI of Classlist Editor. |
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| 63 | * User interface improvements. |
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| 64 | * Set Maker improvements (JohnJones). |
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| 65 | * dvipng baseline support for equation images (JohnJones). |
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| 66 | * Automatic upgrading of databases from WeBWorK 1.x courses. |
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| 67 | * Improved sorting of problem sets (WilliamWheeler). |
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| 68 | * Enable upload/download/delete problem files. |
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| 70 | (Contributiors: please feel free to add anything I've forgotten.) |
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| 72 | Availability |
20 | Availability |
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| 74 | The complete system is distributed as two tarballs. One for the |
22 | WeBWorK 2.0.1 is available our CVS repository. Read |
| 75 | WeBWorK system itself, and one for the PG system, including a standard |
23 | [3]WeBWorKCVSReadOnly for more information. |
| 76 | set of PG modules and macro files. |
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| 78 | Files are available below and on our SourceForge project page: |
25 | WeBWorK 2.0.1 is also available in tarball form from our SourceForge |
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26 | project page: |
| 79 | [5]http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93112 |
27 | [4]http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93112 |
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| 81 | Installation directly from CVS is also possible. Refer to the |
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| 82 | [6]InstallationManual for more information. |
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| 84 | Installation |
29 | Installation |
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| 86 | Documentation on installing and configuring WeBWorK is available in |
31 | Read the section in the section in the installation manual on |
| 87 | the [7]InstallationManual. Instructions on [8]CourseCreation and |
32 | [5]Upgrading WeBWorK. |
| 88 | [9]CourseUpgrade are also available. |
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| 90 | Upgrading SQL course databases |
34 | Fixing courses upgraded with WeBWorK 2.0 |
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| 92 | The structure of SQL databases changed slightly with this release. As |
36 | To fix corruption of courses upgraded with WeBWorK 2.0: |
| 93 | a result, you must modify any SQL course databases that were created |
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| 94 | with an earlier version of WeBWorK 2. Specifically, you must change |
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| 95 | the name of the problem_header field to hardcopy_header. If you are |
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| 96 | using MySQL, you can use the following tiny script: |
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| 97 | echo "ALTER TABLE set_not_a_keyword CHANGE COLUMN problem_header hardcopy_heade |
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| 98 | r TEXT;" \ |
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| 99 | "ALTER TABLE set_user CHANGE COLUMN problem_header hardcopy_header TEXT;" | |
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| 100 | mysql -u root -p webwork_CourseID |
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| 102 | Replace CourseID with the name of the course you want to modify. |
38 | 1. Log into the course with WeBWorK 1.9 and delete the global user |
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39 | (usually called global_user). |
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40 | 2. Log into the course with WeBWorK 2.0.1. You will be prompted to |
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41 | upgrade the database. Do so. |
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42 | 3. If you had assigned sets to any users with WeBWorK 2.0, unassign |
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43 | and reassign the sets to each user. |
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| 104 | Help |
45 | Help |
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| 106 | If you need help installing or using WeBWorK 2.0, visit the |
47 | If you need help installing or using WeBWorK 2.0, visit the [6]WeBWorK |
| 107 | [10]WeBWorK discussion group and post your question there. The |
48 | discussion group and post your question there. The developers monitor |
| 108 | developers monitor this forum. |
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| 110 | Bug Reports & Feature Requests |
51 | Bug Reports & Feature Requests |
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| 112 | Submit bug reports and feature requests at |
53 | Submit bug reports and feature requests at |
| 113 | [11]http://bugs.webwork.rochester.edu/. We can't fix bugs and add |
54 | [7]http://bugs.webwork.rochester.edu/. We can't fix bugs and add |
| 114 | features if you don't tell us about them! |
55 | features if you don't tell us about them! |
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| 116 | Patches |
57 | Patches |
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| 118 | While we welcome patches of any sort, by patching against the latest |
59 | While we welcome patches of any sort, by patching against the latest |
| 119 | CVS code, you save us and yourself time. A bug in this release may be |
60 | CVS code, you save us and yourself time. A bug in this release may be |
| 120 | fixed in CVS, and we can more easily handle patches against the latest |
61 | fixed in CVS, and we can more easily handle patches against the latest |
| 121 | code. Check out the latest development version from CVS and patch |
62 | code. Check out the latest development version from CVS and patch |
| 122 | against that. Consult the [12]WeBWorKCVS topic for more information. |
63 | against that. Consult the [8]WeBWorKCVS topic for more information. |
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| 124 | References |
65 | References |
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| 126 | 1. http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/WeBWorKTeam |
67 | 1. http://bugs.webwork.rochester.edu/show_bug.cgi?id=611 |
| 127 | 2. http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/PreviewRelease4 |
68 | 2. http://bugs.webwork.rochester.edu/show_bug.cgi?id=614 |
| 128 | 3. http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/ |
69 | 3. file://localhost/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/WeBWorKCVSReadOnly |
| 129 | 4. http://www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/asciimath.html |
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| 130 | 5. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93112 |
70 | 4. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93112 |
| 131 | 6. http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/InstallationManual |
71 | 5. file://localhost/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/InstallationManual#Upgrading_WeBWorK |
| 132 | 7. http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/InstallationManual |
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| 133 | 8. http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/CourseCreation |
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| 134 | 9. http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/CourseUpgrade |
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| 135 | 10. http://webhost.math.rochester.edu/webworkdocs/discuss/ |
72 | 6. http://webhost.math.rochester.edu/webworkdocs/discuss/ |
| 136 | 11. http://bugs.webwork.rochester.edu/ |
73 | 7. http://bugs.webwork.rochester.edu/ |
| 137 | 12. http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/WeBWorKCVS |
74 | 8. file://localhost/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/WeBWorKCVS |
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