Revision as of 12:43, 23 June 2011

Meeting at Carriage House

June 23, 2011

Wireless

find good NPL problems to fill out assignment
improve them by writing solutions, hints, converting to math objects, etc.
write new problems if necessary
write set definition files
save files to a nicely named directory relative to your model course
- if copied from NPL, reference the original problem
testing, including export to pdf
export

Using Webwork for Mathematics with Business Decisions

...with colleagues as one large zipped file with all dates, etc. set in a reasonable manner
Open dates all the same before the start of the course
Due dates starting one week into the course for the first set and then adding a week for each additional set
Answer due date set to far into the future

Discussion regarding how many attempts students should be allowed to have on each question
- New feature will tell students if they are resubmitting previously submitted attempts
Course header files contain info such as due dates and links to the actual problems used. Text.
Set header files contain info about the actual assignment. Perl. Can do two separate files (?) to get HTML into these files but it is better to use Perl constructs so that any printed version will also display correctly.
Problem collection files

32 pages...
Templates
Hard copy collection of assignments for the course
Problem Index
Roster
Quick Start Guide
- Including a checklist for instructors to follow as they set up their course.
Tutorial, including screenshots of various features

Demonstration of how to use the features of Webwork. Mostly a tutorial for folks who have very limited exposure to Webwork.

all typos and misteaks ;) by John Travis additional notes from others present are welcome. Add your name.

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 Demonstration of how to use the features of Webwork.
 Mostly a tutorial for folks who have very limited exposure to Webwork.