Homework Sets Editor

The Homework Sets Editor is the primary location within WeBWorK for managing WeBWorK homework sets.

User Interface

The Homework Sets Editor user interface is divided into two main regions. The Actions Panel is at the the top of the page gives the user a list of various useful tasks that may be done with the homework sets in the course. The Problem Set list is at the bottom of the page and gives a selectable list of the homework sets in the course, along with options for editing the problems in each set and the users assigned to each set.

Actions Panel

The Actions Panel at the top of the Homework Sets Editor contains a list of useful tasks to help instructors with managing the homework sets in their courses. From the top region of the Homework Sets Editor a user with sufficient privileges may filter or sort the list of homework sets displayed at the bottom of the page edit the open date(s), due date(s) and answer date(s) of one or more homework sets, add a reduced credit period for one or more homework sets make sets visible or invisible to students import and export homework sets to and from the course score homework sets create a new homework set or duplicate an existing set delete homework sets These actions are performed by selecting the action by clicking on its radio button, configuring the action by selecting from among its available options and providing any required text, selecting one or more homework sets from the Problem Set List for the action (except when filtering or sorting), and finally clicking the "Take Action" button to execute the action. Homework sets may be selected individually from the Problem Set List. Also, the actions panel also includes buttons "Select All Sets" and "Unselect All Sets" to speed this process or correct mistakes. The available actions are described in more detail below in the section "Using the Actions Panel".

Homework Sets Editor Actions Panel

Problem Set List

The bottom region of the Homework Sets Editor page contains a list of homework sets, called the Problem Set List. When Homework Set Editor is first accessed, this region of the page will list all homework sets in the course unless there are more than 500 of them. This list may be filtered and sorted as described below. From the Problem Set List a user with sufficient privileges may: select one or more sets for an action chosen above, select one set (by clicking its pencil icon) to edit its open date, due date or answer date, whether or not a reduced credit period is available, or toggle its visibility to students, edit all global set details of any homework set including: all dates, reduced credit period, and visibility assignment type (homework or gateway) choice of problem header files order, weight (value), and number of attempts available for each problem in the set delete problems from a set mark one or more problems in a set correct for all users edit which users are assigned to a set change the settings of a homework set an individual user

Homework Sets Editor Problem Set List

Using the Actions Panel

Filter Homework Sets Shown in the Problem Set List

Filtering options

The list of homework sets displayed in the Problem Set List in the lower portion of the Homework Sets Editor can be filtered using the Show... action. This does not change the list of homework sets shown to students or change the availability of homework sets in any way. This filtering mechanism is designed to be a convenience for instructors whose WeBWorK courses contain a large number of homework sets. By filtering the list of homework sets shown in the Problem Set List, instructors may more easily select sets for editing, scoring, etc.

By default users with ta permissions (permission level 5) may use this feature. The permission level required for this action is determined by value of %permissionLevels{access_instructor_tools}. This value is set in the global.conf file, and cannot be change from the Course Configuration page.

To filter the Problem Set List

• select the radio button next to "Show..."
• select the filter criterion from the drop down box. The default option is sets with matching set IDs: in this case you are expected to provide a comma separated list of set IDs in the textbox. Regular expressions and wildcards are not supported. Selecting this option but including no set IDs will return no sets at all and is equivalent to selecting "no sets". The other options are
  • all sets
  • no sets
  • sets checked below,
  • sets visible to students, and
  • sets hidden from students.
• If sets checked below is chosen, then select the desired sets by clicking the check boxes next to their names in the Problem Set List.
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This filtering is not persistent and the Homework Sets Editor will return to its default display the next time the "Hmwk Sets Editor" link is clicked.

Sort Homework Sets Shown in Problem Set List

Sort criteria

The list of homework sets displayed in the Problem Set List in the lower portion of the Homework Sets Editor can be sorted using the Primary Sort:...Secondary Sort: action. This does not sort the list of homework sets as it is shown to students. This sorting mechanism is designed to be a convenience for instructors whose WeBWorK courses contain a large number of homework sets. By sorting the list of homework sets shown in the Problem Set List, instructors may more easily select sets for editing, scoring, etc.

By default users with ta permissions (permission level 5) may use this feature. The permission level required for this action is determined by value of %permissionLevels{access_instructor_tools}. This value is set in the global.conf file, and cannot be change from the Course Configuration page.

The default sorting of sets in the Problem Set list sorts sets first by Due Date and then by Open Date. Both the primary sort and the secondary sort may be changed to "Set Name", "Set Header", "Hardcopy Header", "Open Date", "Due Date", "Answer Date" or "Visibility".

Edit Sets

Permission key: modify_problem_sets

Toggle Set Visibility to Students

Permission key: modify_problem_sets

Import Homework Sets

Permission key: create_and_delete_problem_sets

Export Homework Sets

TODO

Permission key: modify_set_def_files

Score Homework Sets

TODO

Permission key: score_sets

Create a New Homework Set

TODO

Permission key: create_and_delete_problem_sets

Delete Homework Sets

TODO Permission key: create_and_delete_problem_sets

Technical Information

• Module: WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Instructor::ProblemSetList
• Path: $server_root_url/$webwork_url/$courseID/instructor/sets

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