AIM07/Working Groups

WeBWorK working groups and leaders

These working groups were formed at the August 2007 workshop at the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM)

Accessibility

-- making WeBWorK accessible to all

Lila Roberts, Georgia College and State University

Vicki Roth, University of Rochester

Ease of Use

-- resolving user interface issues in WeBWorK2, particularly the instructor interface

Arnie Pizer, University of Rochester

Linear Algebra

-- writing good linear algebra problems in WeBWorK

Tom Haggedorn The College of New Jersey

Linear Algebra Wishlist

Sequential Problems (progressive, )

-- sectioned problems in which the first part of the problem must be answered before the remaining parts of the problem are revealed.

Karen Clark The College of New Jersey

Wiki page: SequentialProblems

MathObjects Documentation

-- documenting the new question writing paradigm developed by Davide Cervone

Jason Aubrey University of Missouri

Sam Koski Miami Springs Senior High

FlashObjects

-- Integrating flash and java applets into WeBWorK problems

Doug Ensley Shippensberg University

Barbara Kaskoz University of Rhodes Island

others -- MichaelGage

GraphObjects

-- Rewriting existing graph objects so that they conform to the MathObjects paradigm -- and documenting the changes

Darwyn Cook Alfred University

Graph Object Documentation

Simplified Entry

-- developing and disseminating simplified methods of entering certain problem types

Wiki page: SimplifiedEntry

Robert Molzon University of Kentucky

PreCalc

-- developing tools for writing pre-calc questions

Robin Cruz Albertson College of Idaho

Problem Library

-- developing methods that streamline the way contributed WeBWorK questions are uploaded and edited

John Jones Arizona State University

Automated Question Testing

-- automated testing of WeBWorK questions

Ted Ashton University of Georgia

Problems for Computer Science

-- developing methods for using WeBWorK in CS courses

Christelle Scharff Pace University