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=== Past Video Conference Topics === |
=== Past Video Conference Topics === |
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| − | *''' Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 5pm EST -- |
+ | *''' Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Jason Aubrey & Mike Gage |
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+ | ** Discussion focusing on tasks for the summer of 2009 |
| + | *''' Wednesday February 25, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Sarah Osborne (Techsmith) and Jason Aubrey (University of Missouri) |
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| + | **Using Video in WeBWork |
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* '''Wednesday February 11, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Paul Pearson, University of Rochester "Managing WeBWork Email." |
* '''Wednesday February 11, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Paul Pearson, University of Rochester "Managing WeBWork Email." |
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** Using Gmail to centrally manage WeBWork email. |
** Using Gmail to centrally manage WeBWork email. |
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Revision as of 18:51, 18 March 2009
Contents
Video Conferences on WeBWorK topics
Instructions for joining video conference
Upcoming Video Conference Topics
Planned schedule: alternate Wednesdays: 5PM EST, 4PM CST, 3PM MST, 2PM PST unless otherwise noted
- March 25, 2009 5pm EDT Gavin LaRose will talk about using the Gateway testing feature of webwork
Past Video Conference Topics
- Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Jason Aubrey & Mike Gage
- Discussion focusing on tasks for the summer of 2009
- Wednesday February 25, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Sarah Osborne (Techsmith) and Jason Aubrey (University of Missouri)
- Using Video in WeBWork
- Wednesday February 11, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Paul Pearson, University of Rochester "Managing WeBWork Email."
- Using Gmail to centrally manage WeBWork email.
- Instructions on the Wiki: How to Effectively Manage Email Sent Vida the Email Instructor Button
- Preview of next Web-Conference on embedding Video (and other stuff) in WeBWork problems.
- Managing Email Effectively Web Conference Recording (Video)
- Wednesday January 28, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Doug Ensley, Shippensburg University
- Wednesday January 14, 2009 at 5pm EST -- Vicki Roth, University of Rochester
- Assessment of WeBWork
- For more information see, http://webwork.maa.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=13
- Assessment Web Conference Recording (Video)
- User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations (from NSF)
- Wednesday 12/17/2008 at 5pm EST-- Robin Cruz, College of Idaho
- Presentation of PreCalculus Problems
- Writing has presented a different set of challenges to that of writing Calculus problems.
- Precalculus Problems Web Conference Recording (Video)
- Wednesday 12/3/2008 at 5pm EST, Darwyn Cook, Alfred University
- Discussion of proposed GraphObjects interface (see Graph_Object_Wishlist)
- GraphObjects Web Conference Recording (Video)
- Wednesday 11/19/2008 at 5pm EST, Jason Aubrey and Mike Gage
- Geogebra applet examples -- Jason
- Discussion of AppletObject API specification -- led by Mike
- AppletObjects Web Conference Recording (Video)
- Mike Gage's WeBWork Course for Applet Development
- GeoGebra.org
- Friday, 11/14/2008, Mike Gage
- Collection of physics problems: http://hosted.webwork.rochester.edu/webwork2/physics_library/
- Use guest login to see problems
- Model calculus course -- under construction: https://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=2
- This is the first semester calculus course taught at the U. of Rochester (from Stewart's calculus book).
- You will need to fill out the information for a "New Account" -- it's a quick process.
- The code for the WeBWorK questions is being converted to conform to current best practices using MathObjects. Set 1 has been converted -- you can look at question by question comparisons between the old and the new code.
- Open discussion on topics and schedule for video conferences
- Collection of physics problems: http://hosted.webwork.rochester.edu/webwork2/physics_library/
- Friday, 10/24/2008, Davide Cervone
- Overview of PGML (PG markup language) -- simplified entry for PG questions
- Experimental PGML markup lab at: PGLabs
- Web Conference Recording (Video)
Suggested Web Conference Topics
potential video conference topics
(x indicates that it has been discussed at least once so far -- later we'll try to replace this with dates and links)
- Assessment -x
- What has been done so far
- Assessment issues
- Assessment tools and protocols. What is available, what is needed?
- Authoring issues:
- MathObjects - x
- AppletObjects API - xx
- GraphObjects API - x
- how to draw pictures using GD
- tableObject
- Interface for Sequential Problems (MultiPart) Robin Cruz, Ken Apell,
- Merge the original Matrix definitions into the MathObjects matrices
- The main effect would allow more operations with matrix valued objects.
- Do matrices take complex MathObjects at the moment?
- Simplified entry
- PGML--hardcopy is working now -x
- Daniel Graham xml version
- Molzon U. of Kentucky
- Organization
- time for WeBWorK conferences - x
- topics to discuss -- ongoing
- other organization principles
- recruit community organizers using conferences?
- Course and site management
- Handling large volumes of email -- gmail approach --Paul Pearson
- Creating Gateway tests -- Gavin LaRose
- Bridges -- interoperate with other software
- Administering WeBWorK at large schools -- writing scripts, other issues
- Moodle integration -- bridge 1 M. Leventi & M. Gage
- I could demo the Linear algebra course --Mike
- Also discusses workshop and webwork integration --Mike and Vicki Roth
- Moodle integration -- bridge 2 M. Leventi
- Blackboard integration M. Gage
- Using webwork in computer science --- Christelle Scharff
- National Problem Library --- management issues
- Designing a procedure for submitting questions to the library
- Tagging problems
- Cleaning, creating and organizing tag names.
- Discussion of how best to upload problems to the National Problem Library
- Reference link to NPL: http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/National_Problem_Library*Contributing_to_the_NPL
- Issues -- replace vs. add new problems
- How to insure that new problems are a clear upgrade from old
- Creating collections of questions
- Project -- getting UCSB stewart problems tagged
- QA of model Calculus problems -- on hosted2
- a model calculus course
- Physics problems on hosted.
- Entry Project: Edit the "set0" for each set to describe the subject matter of the problems in the set.
- WeBWorK software fundamental overhaul/maintenance
- ease of use topics -- Arnie Pizer
- Basic PG code overhaul
- Basic User interface overhaul
- Basic Database overhaul
- Redesign database -- (make it look more like moodle) (M Leventi and S. Hathaway)
- Documentation
- Rework the standard CSS so that it is more regular and a better model
- Make more examples of CSS variants
- Create HowTo customize the CSS -- perhaps this is a screen cast -- not a video conference
- Making screencasts -- list of desired topics
- prospective
- using the "instructor tools" link
- Creating gateway quiz sets
- completed
- Creating and configuring a webwork course
- Adding many students to your course
- Adding Homework Sets
- prospective
- Rework the standard CSS so that it is more regular and a better model
