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If you're just starting out, see the Problem Authoring Background Information and sample problems first.
If you're working on a problem in a specific area you may find the more advanced templates useful.
If you're working on a problem and want to find out how to do one particular look at the index of problem techniques section.
More information on using Category:MathObjects in authoring problems.
Use the online calculators to try things out.

Index of Sample Problems
- Template 1 (the basic structure of a WeBWorK PG problem file)
- SampleProblem1a (old-style, non-MathObjects example)
- Template 2 (formulas, multiple choice, and string entry problems)
- Template 3 (dynamically generated graphs)
More Advanced Sample Problems
- ....

Problem Authoring Background Information
MathObjects, an object system for manipulating mathematics in WeBWorK problems.
- PGLabs, On-line labs for rendering of PG code. These labs allow you to experiment with PG syntax online.
Basic Perl syntax — PG is based on Perl, so it is important to know some basic Perl syntax.
- [How BEGIN_TEXT...END_TEXT blocks work]]
Problem Authoring Best Practices for problem authoring.
- What to do if you find a bug in a problem
- Tagging Problems with metadata for indexing and searching.
Specialized HOWTOS
- SequentialProblems revealing the problem one step at a time
- Converting CAPA problems for use with WeBWorK

Index of Problem Techniques
PG macro/library documentation from CVS
Notes on training authors, and suggestions for further documentation-- Sam Hathaway
The Good Questions project at Cornell University [1]

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 == Authoring WeBWorK problems ==
-* If you're just starting out, see the [[Problem Authoring Background Information]] and [[:Category:Sample Problems|sample problems]] first.
+* If you're just starting out, see the '''[[Problem Authoring Background Information]]''' and '''[[:Category:Sample Problems|sample problems]]''' first.
 * If you're working on a problem in a specific area you may find the more advanced templates useful.
-* If you're working on a problem and want to find out how to do one particular look at the [[:Category:Problem_Techniques|index of problem techniques]] section.
+* If you're working on a problem and want to find out how to do one particular look at the '''[[:Category:Problem_Techniques|index of problem techniques]]''' section.
-* More information on using [[:Category:MathObjects]] in authoring problems.
+* More information on using '''[[:Category:MathObjects]]''' in authoring problems.
-* Use the [[http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/PGLabs online calculators]] to try things out.
+* Use the '''[http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/PGLabs online calculators]''' to try things out.
 == Sample Problems ==