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| + | [[Image:WWMQTpic3.png|right|thumb|300px|The WeBWorK question preview pane in Moodle.]] |
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| + | [[Image:WWMQTpic1.png|right|thumb|300px|The question bank panel in Moodle with the WeBWorK question type.]] |
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| + | [[Image:WWMQTpic2.png|right|thumb|300px|The WeBWorK question editing section in Moodle.]] |
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| − | Welcome to WeBWorK Integration Wiki. This site is the main source of information on the integration of WeBWorK with different course management systems. Information about WeBWorK connections to Moodle is available here. |
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| − | ==WeBWorK Within Moodle== |
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| + | This application is a question type within Moodle. It allows WeBWorK questions to be used in various modules in Moodle. Most notably you can assign WeBWorK questions within a Moodle quiz. This allows a teacher to assign timed quizzes for homework, weekly problem sets, and/or practice exercises. From the perspective of a user who is new to WeBWorK or already comfortable with Moodle this is the recommended application for integration with WeBWorK. |
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| − | Your going to need to install two applications. More information about each of them can be found on this wiki at: |
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| + | ==Features== |
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| − | * [[WeBWorK Question Server]] |
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| + | * Ability to ask WeBWorK questions in Moodle Quizzes. |
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| − | * [[WeBWorK Moodle Question Type]] |
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| + | * Supports a very large majority of preexisting WeBWorK questions. |
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| + | * Ability to mimic a WeBWorK problem set by setting Moodle Quiz options correctly. |
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| + | * ''Email Instructor'' functionality. |
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| + | * WeBWorK system installation is not needed. |
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| + | * Debugger for the creation of WeBWorK questions. |
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| + | * Simple to install and configure. |
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| + | * Designed in a distributed fashion to allow for load balancing on large sites. |
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| − | ==Announcements== |
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| + | ==Differences with WeBWorK 2== |
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| − | Hello all. Some people have been inquiring about when a version for Moodle 1.9 will be out. Currently, I am going to be finished with school at the beginning of May. Hence I hope to have a version posted by May 15th or shortly thereafter. This will also include the badly needed fixes to the importer as well as external file support. |
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| + | Implementing WeBWorK as a question type in Moodle allows the use of the Moodle quiz features. Yet Moodle has its own limitations in comparison to the base WeBWorK system. Due to the constrained amount of flexibility in what Moodle allows a question type to do, the following features from the original WeBWorK system are absent. |
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| − | * The current SVN version for WWMQT is rev. 21 |
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| + | * Printing quizzes like a PDF. |
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| − | * The current SVN version for WWQS is rev. 7 |
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| + | * Questions with external files (e.g. static images, datasets). |
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| − | * There are new stable releases of WWQS and WWMQT. If you are planing on teaching a course with this software for Spring 2008 please use these releases. |
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| − | * The new wiki setup is more restrictive due to spam problems in the past. To modify pages you will have to create an account. |
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| − | * There now is a forum for both the WWQS and WWMQT Forum. Please use the forum for any issues at all, I will be checking it daily. |
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| − | ==Known Bugs== |
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| + | ==More Information== |
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| − | * Moodle 1.9 is not yet supported. |
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| + | * [[Moodle Question Type Installation]] -- Step by step instructions on installation. |
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| − | * Importer fails on certain Linux distributions. |
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| + | * [[Moodle Question Type Usage]] -- A primer on using the question type within Moodle. |
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| + | ** [[Simulating WeBWorK Assignments with Moodle Quizzes]] -- How to get Moodle to be like WeBWorK. |
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| + | * [[Moodle Question Type FAQ]] -- Frequently asked questions relating to the Moodle Question Type. |
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| + | ==Credit== |
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| + | Designed by Matthew Leventi at the University of Rochester. Kudos to Mike Gage, Arnold Pizer, University of Rochester ITS, Jean-Marc Roy, Andrew Sveikauskas, Andrew Ziobro, Spyro Roubos, Matthew Conomos and others. |
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| + | [[Category:Moodle_Integration]] |
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Latest revision as of 09:53, 19 October 2012
This application is a question type within Moodle. It allows WeBWorK questions to be used in various modules in Moodle. Most notably you can assign WeBWorK questions within a Moodle quiz. This allows a teacher to assign timed quizzes for homework, weekly problem sets, and/or practice exercises. From the perspective of a user who is new to WeBWorK or already comfortable with Moodle this is the recommended application for integration with WeBWorK.
Features
- Ability to ask WeBWorK questions in Moodle Quizzes.
- Supports a very large majority of preexisting WeBWorK questions.
- Ability to mimic a WeBWorK problem set by setting Moodle Quiz options correctly.
- Email Instructor functionality.
- WeBWorK system installation is not needed.
- Debugger for the creation of WeBWorK questions.
- Simple to install and configure.
- Designed in a distributed fashion to allow for load balancing on large sites.
Differences with WeBWorK 2
Implementing WeBWorK as a question type in Moodle allows the use of the Moodle quiz features. Yet Moodle has its own limitations in comparison to the base WeBWorK system. Due to the constrained amount of flexibility in what Moodle allows a question type to do, the following features from the original WeBWorK system are absent.
- Printing quizzes like a PDF.
- Questions with external files (e.g. static images, datasets).
More Information
- Moodle Question Type Installation -- Step by step instructions on installation.
- Moodle Question Type Usage -- A primer on using the question type within Moodle.
- Simulating WeBWorK Assignments with Moodle Quizzes -- How to get Moodle to be like WeBWorK.
- Moodle Question Type FAQ -- Frequently asked questions relating to the Moodle Question Type.
Credit
Designed by Matthew Leventi at the University of Rochester. Kudos to Mike Gage, Arnold Pizer, University of Rochester ITS, Jean-Marc Roy, Andrew Sveikauskas, Andrew Ziobro, Spyro Roubos, Matthew Conomos and others.
