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|The [[Introduction|WeBWorK Project]] wiki is a place for WeBWorK instructors, authors, administrators and developers to collaborate.
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=WeBWorK Documentation Wiki=
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To join us  just '''[[Special:RequestAccount|request an account]]'''.
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=== What is WeBWorK? ===
  
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Once your account is approved, then you can [[Help:Editing|contribute to the wiki]] and participate in the [http://webwork.maa.org/moodle/mod/forum/index.php?id=3 forums].
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[[File:ExampleWebWorkProblem.png |thumb|300px|left|Example of a WeBWork Problem]]
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WeBWorK is a well-tested homework system for delivering individualized problems over the web. By providing students with immediate feedback as to the correctness of their answers, students can be encouraged to make multiple attempts until they succeed. With individualized problem sets, students can work together but will have to enter their own work to receive credit.  
  
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=== What is WeBWorK? ===
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The instructors are provided with real-time statistics, resulting in lesson plans that can be customized to better serve students. 
  
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As of <s>August 2012 there were more than 550</s> <s>September 2013 there were more than 725</s> November 2015 there were more than 1000 institutions using WeBWorK. The majority of the institutions using this homework system are located in the USA, but many are located in Canada and Mexico, as well as in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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WeBWorK is an [[License|open source]] Perl-based system for delivering individualized homework problems over the web. By providing students with immediate feedback as to the correctness of their answers, students are encouraged to make multiple attempts until they succeed. By individualizing problems, cheating is discouraged. By providing instructors with real-time statistics, lesson plans can be customized to better serve students.  WeBWorK is partially supported by the [http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DUE DUE Division] of [http://www.nsf.gov/ NSF]. (See: [[Grants,_awards,_and_support|Grants, awards, and support]].)
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The [[Introduction]] article and video summarize many of the key features and benefits of WeBWorK.
 
 
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== The WeBWorK Community ==
 
 
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Revision as of 09:00, 19 April 2016

WeBWorK Documentation Wiki

Wiki.png
 Request Wiki Account
To join the Wiki request a Wiki account. Once your account is approved, you can contribute to the wiki and participate in the forums.

What is WeBWorK?

Example of a WeBWork Problem

WeBWorK is a well-tested homework system for delivering individualized problems over the web. By providing students with immediate feedback as to the correctness of their answers, students can be encouraged to make multiple attempts until they succeed. With individualized problem sets, students can work together but will have to enter their own work to receive credit.

The instructors are provided with real-time statistics, resulting in lesson plans that can be customized to better serve students.

As of August 2012 there were more than 550 September 2013 there were more than 725 November 2015 there were more than 1000 institutions using WeBWorK. The majority of the institutions using this homework system are located in the USA, but many are located in Canada and Mexico, as well as in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Collection.png
 A Gallery of Courses
Model and sample courses using WeBWorK Assignments
Intro video.png
 Introduction to WeBWorK
An article and video summarizing many of the key features and benefits of WeBWorK.
Webworkmap-aug-2012-small.png
 WeBWorK Sites
Map of known WeBWorK Sites

Documentation

Echo-ambass-48px.png
 A Community of Users
Forums, events, users, etc.
Gartoon-globe-48px.png
 Getting started with WeBWorK
installation, etc.
User-phd-48px.png
 Instructors
Resources for teachers
User-library-48px.png
 Authors
Want to write some problems?
Echo-infra-48px.png
 Contribute to WeBWorK
Join this open source community
User-student-48px.png
 Students
Support pages for students using WeBWork

Support

WeBWorK is partially supported by the DUE Division of NSF.

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