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local/Library/....	Daryl Tingley 25 Sep 2011	Arnold Pizer 26 Sep 2011	7
Allow only one submission per question	John Perry 18 Aug 2021	John Perry 20 Aug 2021	7
Changing font to Courier	Robin Cruz 26 Aug 2013	Davide Cervone 28 Aug 2013	7
Adding Rogawski calculus probs to 2.7	Jim Fischer 1 Oct 2013	Jim Fischer 19 Dec 2013	7
Can I turn off comparison of an answer to the previous submitted answer?	Alex Jordan 3 Oct 2014	Nathan Wallach 18 Aug 2020	7
Question behaving differently for student and instructor despite same seed	Alex Jordan 13 Oct 2014	Alex Jordan 18 Oct 2014	7
Custom checker extracting parts of a vector	John Jones 1 Jun 2015	Davide Cervone 3 Jun 2015	7
"Try Another with solution" option version 10?	tim Payer 12 Dec 2015	tim Payer 14 Dec 2015	7
Scaffolding with LimitedFactor context	Paul Seeburger 18 Jan 2016	Paul Seeburger 18 Jan 2016	7
Course Admin. error after db acct password change	Frank Cavadi 24 Apr 2017	Frank Cavadi 25 Apr 2017	7
Apache2 won't start after upgrade	Sungwook Lee 19 Sep 2017	Arnold Pizer 20 Sep 2017	7
Chemistry Problems - Ionic Equations	Eric Stroyan 4 Dec 2017	Davide Cervone 27 Dec 2017	7
time to the microsecond	Alex Jordan 13 Jun 2019	Michael Gage 5 Jul 2019	7
Matrix custom answer checker not returning Value->Error messages	Alex Jordan 20 Jan 2021	Alex Jordan 22 Jan 2021	7
Problem embedding sage	Ken Levasseur 29 Jan 2021	Ken Levasseur 2 Feb 2021	7
hardcopy chokes on solution to this problem	Tim Alderson 13 Sep 2021	Davide Cervone 15 Sep 2021	7
Multiple Choice with Fill in the Blank	Brittni Lorton 27 Sep 2021	Alex Jordan 28 Sep 2021	7
Classifying critical points in multivariate Calculus via contour map: A bad idea?	Christopher Heckman 22 Oct 2021	Robert Mařík 11 Nov 2021	7
Error Message Based on Inputs	Sam Nelson 12 Jul 2022	Alex Jordan 14 Jul 2022	7
Help with custom answer checker	Isaias Chairez Uriarte 21 Jan 2023	Paul Vojta 24 Jan 2023	7
RadioButtons with Reduced Formulas	Brittni Lorton 3 Feb 2023	Alex Jordan 17 Feb 2023	7
scaffold.pl with answers tied across sections	Alex Jordan 16 May 2023	Glenn Rice 17 May 2023	7
Draggable Proof issue	Paul Seeburger 31 Jan 2024	Paul Seeburger 2 Feb 2024	7
Why is this not working?	Raghu Gompa 18 Dec 2008	Raghu Gompa 21 Dec 2008	8
phase plotter	Darwyn Cook 25 Jan 2010	Darwyn Cook 26 Jan 2010	8
BEGIN_TEXT ... END_TEXT permission-dependent options?	Patti Lamm 28 Jan 2009	Michael Gage 2 Feb 2009	8
popup in multianswer problem	George Jennings 22 Aug 2011	Christopher Heckman 9 Jan 2014	8
dotted lines	Bruce Yoshiwara 20 Apr 2009	Alex Jordan 14 Dec 2020	8
MultiAnswer with Complex context and PGML	Dave Rosoff 11 Jan 2014	Dave Rosoff 18 Jan 2014	8
Changing Precision in Answer Checker	Jim Fischer 22 Jan 2014	Alex Jordan 24 Jan 2014	8
Uninitialized value $a in division (/) in contextFraction.pl	Paul Seeburger 11 Sep 2014	Paul Seeburger 13 Sep 2014	8
Retrieve Javascript data for answer to problem	Glenn Rice 18 Sep 2014	Michael Gage 20 Sep 2014	8
Wrong answers in library problems	Chrissy Safranski 31 Oct 2014	Michael Gage 31 Oct 2014	8
Another Matrix Display Issue - Yes/No questions	Murphy Waggoner 15 Feb 2015	Davide Cervone 19 Feb 2015	8
Variable Assignments and Answers Read From a File	Sherman Wong 9 Jun 2010	Boyd Duffee 4 Jan 2011	8
Weighted Grader errors?	tim Payer 22 Apr 2016	tim Payer 29 Apr 2016	8
Attach file with a student submission	James Morski 13 Jul 2018	Joseph Maher 16 Jun 2020	8
MultiAnswer containing a radio button?	Michael Shulman 29 Aug 2020	Michael Shulman 4 Sep 2020	8
custom answer checker with multiple inputs	Siman Wong 25 Feb 2012	Christopher Heckman 20 Jun 2014	8
Two versions of a correct str_cmp answer possible?	Paul Seeburger 26 Feb 2013	Davide Cervone 5 Mar 2013	8
Intervals or Lists with Strings (and braces)	Spyro Roubos 19 May 2013	Davide Cervone 22 May 2013	8
Turning off MathView for a single problem	Paul Seeburger 8 Sep 2014	John Travis 10 Sep 2018	8
simplifying square roots	Valerio De Angelis 22 Dec 2015	Valerio De Angelis 4 Jan 2016	8
num_cmp problem with lb, lbf when answer is in N, kN..	Ever Barbero 18 Dec 2016	Alex Jordan 29 Dec 2016	8
LTI automatic logon: Students Names are Overwritten and only the email handle remains	tim Payer 27 Nov 2017	Michael Gage 1 Dec 2017	8
curious behavior of compoundProblem.pl	John Perry 19 Jul 2018	John Perry 30 Jul 2018	8
NumberWithUnits doesn't work with OneOf	Marc Smith 9 Jun 2020	Boyd Duffee 3 May 2022	8
AskSage -- working example?	Keir Lockridge 11 Jun 2020	Michael Gage 12 Jun 2020	8
Flags for MathQuill? Perhaps not to use extra parentheses?	Paul Seeburger 31 Jan 2021	Andras Balogh 28 Jul 2022	8
Problem Library images not loading	Kelsey Caron 25 Jul 2022	Mark Frame 26 Aug 2022	8
How Do You Count Either of Two Answers As Correct	Fred Sullivan 29 Sep 2009	David Gilliam 18 Oct 2009	9
context Limited Numeric	Kenneth Appel 25 Jul 2008	Davide Cervone 2 Aug 2008	9
Geogebra algebra window	Gabriela Sanchis 31 Jan 2012	Andrew Bayliss 15 Oct 2013	9
nicestring and fractions with contextFraction.pl	Peter Staab 29 Jul 2009	Davide Cervone 5 Aug 2009	9
Setting up a chemistry problem	Eric Stroyan 7 Oct 2009	Eric Stroyan 11 Oct 2009	9
Correct answer marked incorrect with Currency context	Nathan Wodarz 3 Nov 2009	Arnold Pizer 5 Nov 2009	9
Missing macro files	Lars Jensen 23 Jul 2010	Robin Cruz 15 Sep 2010	9
Sets of Numbers	Olivia Henders 28 Jun 2017	Michael Gage 10 May 2018	9
\xrightarrow	Eric Stroyan 14 Apr 2011	Eric Stroyan 15 Apr 2011	9
Checking submitted answers into a formula	John Travis 25 Jan 2013	Davide Cervone 28 Jan 2013	9
MathObjects and change of variables	Chrissy Safranski 2 Dec 2014	Chrissy Safranski 9 Jan 2015	9
Problem Error message upon saving a library problem to a local Drive.	tim Payer 15 Sep 2015	Davide Cervone 16 Sep 2015	9
Newbie - help with PGML	Paul Hermans 3 Jun 2017	Paul Hermans 24 Jun 2017	9
Apache2 won't start	Arnold Pizer 20 Sep 2017	Arnold Pizer 20 Sep 2017	9
Specifying occurrences of character in answer	Bruce Yoshiwara 4 Feb 2018	Alex Jordan 7 Feb 2018	9
How to show "sqrt(3)" in the Entered column when previewing or submiting answers?	Jan Hlavacek 13 Jun 2018	Davide Cervone 25 Jun 2018	9
latency when several users are accessing at same time	Lou Taris 5 Sep 2019	Ever Barbero 21 Apr 2020	9
Randomization button fails: "434 setmaker.js: /webwork2/instructorXMLHandler: Forbidden"	Keir Lockridge 10 Jun 2020	Keir Lockridge 12 Jun 2020	9
Weird behavior of matrix evaluation	Robert Mařík 14 Jun 2020	Glenn Rice 15 Jun 2020	9
Creating a Fraction of two answer boxes in PGML	roo biki 29 Jul 2023	roo biki 7 Aug 2023	9
using contexts for grade school answers	Kenneth Appel 22 Jul 2008	Davide Cervone 24 Jul 2008	10
Compound problems with moodle question type	Angel Gavalda 8 Jan 2010	Angel Gavalda 14 Jan 2010	10
Header substitute for gateway tests?	Larry Riddle 11 Aug 2016	Edward Sternin 15 Dec 2020	10
cannot load marcos	Siman Wong 7 Jun 2011	Alex Jordan 19 Nov 2013	10
Force reduced fractions in lists	Jason Aubrey 30 Jan 2013	Davide Cervone 5 Aug 2013	10
Session/cookie issue: users are getting logged in as other users!	Tony Box 3 Sep 2015	Björn Bergstrand 18 Sep 2015	10
Error using PGML macro	Jennifer Thorenson 2 Apr 2024	Larry Riddle 18 Sep 2024	10
Boolean Circuits using Tikz	Cindy Loten 10 May 2024	Cindy Loten 15 May 2024	10
CheckboxList with variable correct_choices	Joseph Pedersen 25 Aug 2024	Joseph Pedersen 31 Aug 2024	10
New Physics questions	Boyd Duffee 17 Dec 2008	Davide Cervone 6 Aug 2013	11
Error message Course access	Philippe Ben 20 Nov 2012	Philippe Ben 23 Nov 2012	11
Including PGcourse.pl in all problems	Louis Zulli 23 Oct 2013	Louis Zulli 25 Jun 2020	11
non-commutative variables	Siman Wong 10 Nov 2011	Davide Cervone 7 Jul 2012	11
Inequalities with two variables in answers?	Paul Seeburger 26 Feb 2013	D. Brian Walton 8 Mar 2013	11
fractions as endpoints of intervals	Richard Lynch 9 Mar 2013	Richard Lynch 19 Mar 2013	11
Matrix MathObjects class and non-numerical elements	Ian Delbridge 30 Jul 2014	Ian Delbridge 1 Aug 2014	11
randomizing word pairs in question text.	tim Payer 13 Apr 2016	tim Payer 20 Apr 2016	11
arrays in PGML	Valerio De Angelis 25 Jun 2017	Valerio De Angelis 23 Jul 2017	11
MultiAnswer with named answer rules	Alex Jordan 12 Feb 2019	Glenn Rice 16 Feb 2019	11
Using GeoGebra in WeBWorK problems	Mike May 19 May 2019	Andrew Parker 29 May 2019	11
mod_perl issue after Ubuntu software update	Sungwook Lee 22 Nov 2019	Sungwook Lee 23 Nov 2019	11
TeX rendering strangely in College of Idaho Algebra Problem	Paul Seeburger 16 Oct 2020	Sean Fitzpatrick 18 Oct 2020	11
issue with contextArbitraryString	Alex Jordan 28 Mar 2023	Alex Jordan 31 Mar 2023	11
Physics problems (in addition to CAPA) in WeBWorK	Alexander Basyrov 29 Feb 2012	Andy Fuchs 24 Aug 2018	12
multianswer and original_student_ans	Hedley Pinsent 13 May 2015	Edward Sternin 4 Dec 2017	12
Controlling Simplifying in a Function	Gregory Varner 9 Sep 2020	Gregory Varner 15 Sep 2020	12
Space between multiple choice answers	Timothy Lucas 16 Dec 2021	Glenn Rice 4 Jan 2022	12
issue with scaffold.pl or contextForm.pl	Alex Jordan 4 Mar 2023	Alex Jordan 27 Sep 2023	12
Answers which are lists	Kenneth Appel 15 Dec 2008	tim Payer 22 Aug 2020	13
Entering Trig functions in WeBWorK not mathematically consistent	Paul Seeburger 3 Mar 2022	Danny Glin 9 Mar 2022	13