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Video Conferences on WeBWorK topics

Instructions for joining video conference

Video conference instructions

Upcoming Video Conference Topics

Planned schedule: alternate Wednesdays: 5PM EST, 4PM CST, 3PM MST, 2PM PST unless otherwise noted

Past Video Conference Topics

  • 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.
  • Wednesday 12/3/2008 at 5pm EST, Darwyn Cook, Alfred University
  • Wednesday 11/19/2008 at 5pm EST, Jason Aubrey and Mike Gage
    • Geogebra applet examples -- Jason
    • Discussion of AppletObject API specification -- led by Mike
  • 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
  • Friday, 10/24/2008, Davide Cervone

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
    • What has been done so far
    • Assessment issues
    • Assessment tools and protocols. What is available, what is needed?
  • Authoring issues:
    • MathObjects - x
    • AppletObjects API - x
    • 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
      • 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
  • 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