PREP 2011 Notes June 25

Meeting at Carriage House June 25, 2011

Contributing back to Webwork, Jason

Reporting Bugs in Webwork System

• Go to bugs.webwork.maa.org
• Create an account by clicking on the link on the top row
• Better to use the same email account that you may use for the webwork wiki
• Log into your regular email account and follow the link in the new email message from "Bugzilla"

-Enter a new bug report for WeBWorK
-WeBWorK 2:  	The WeBWorK 2.x series.
-Product: 	WeBWorK 2
-CG: SetMaker2 (Library Browser 2) - for David Gage

• Exploring the various Components and selecting items such as Severity, Platform, etc.

Reporting Bugs in Webwork Library

• Go to the problem in the Library
• Click on Report Bug on the link at the top
• Follow a similar screen as above
• If anyone is interested in working on the NPL:

* Contact John
* Learn SVN
* Get assigned a subset of the library

Davide

PGML

• Interactive Problem Generator
• IN DEVELOPMENT ... not yet available for production purposes
• https://courses.webwork.maa.org/webwork2/cervone_course
• A simpler way to input stuff without looking so much like programming.
• PGML is available from within the Webwork Problem Library by clicking on PGML link at the top of each problem.
• Helps with inputting and formatting the problem and answer parts of a problem.