Instructors

Quick start creating courses

A Gallery of Courses Existing courses using WeBWorK Assignments

Model Courses Creating your own course from modules

Most commonly viewed instructor pages

Overview of Problem Libraries List of Universities contributing problems. Now usually included in NPL.

National Problem Library Intro discusses the library. Main text is for administrators

Course Administration This document details how to create and delete courses, import and export course databases, and perform other administrative functions.

Gateway Tests and Quizzes Setting up gateway tests

A day in the life of a WeBWorK instructor This document gives details on how one professor actually uses WeBWorK.

Classlist Files Details about the use of classlists

Course Management Links to peges and videos about the use of WeBWorK

Homework Sets Setting up and modifying homework

Overview

• A day in the life of a WeBWorK instructor
• Getting Started A pdf (hardcopy) tutorial on managing a WeBWorK course

Model Courses

Collections of homework sets for standard courses: Category:Model_Courses

Creating and managing Homework sets

Tutorials:

• Managing Homework Sets
• Managing Set Definition Files
• Managing Dates, Times, and Time Zones
• Managing Gateway Tests and Quizzes
  • GatewayQuiz Technical Information and Philosophy
  • Selecting Problems from Problem Groups
  • GatewayQuiz Assignment Problems
  • Assignment Access Restrictions

Other instructions

• CAPA Physics Problems -- using questions translated from Rochester's CAPA physics collection
• Reduced Scoring

Managing Course Rosters

• Management of Course Rosters
• Management of Course Rosters -- Google docs version
• Classlist Files format details

Other tasks

• Scoring
• Sending Email

Screen casts

• Course Management (screencasts)
• See also Video_conferences. Some of these are on course management topics.

HOWTOs

• An explanation of problem source files, problems, problem sets, and problem libraries
• What to do if you find a bug in a problem
• How to change a student's problem seed
• How to manage email sent via the email instructor button effectively (Use gmail!)
• Using "student progress" and "statistics" to prepare for class

Technical

• Permissions
• Header Files and Snippets