WebWork

WebWork

Elliott S. Elliott

Department of Mathematics & StatisticsUniversity of Tennessee at Martin

UTM Dept. of Math & Stat Colloquium LectureMarch 7, 2011

WebWork

Overview

What WebWork Is

On-line homework/quiz/exam systemOpen source, Perl basedDesigned by Michael Gage and others at the University ofRochesterSponsored by the NSF and MAAUsed since 2000

WebWork

Overview

National Problem Library

Database of 20,000- problemsStudents see algorithmically generated versionsProblems available for middle school math, collegealgebra, probability and statistics, calculus, linear algebra,and moreSearchable by topic (calculus mirrors Stewart’s sectiontitles)Instructors may edit problems locally

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Overview

Sample NPL Problems

Math 100

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Overview

Sample NPL Problems

Math 140

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Overview

Sample NPL Problems

Math 210

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Overview

Sample NPL Problems

Math 252

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Creating Homework Sets

Creating Homework Sets

Library BrowserCreate SetBrowse Library by TopicUpdate Target SetAssign Set

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Creating Homework Sets

Library Browser

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Creating Homework Sets

Create Set

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Creating Homework Sets

Browse Library by Topic

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Creating Homework Sets

Update Target Set

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Creating Homework Sets

Assign Set

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Completing Homework Sets

Completing Homework Sets

InstructionsPrintingEntering answers

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Completing Homework Sets

Homework Instructions

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Completing Homework Sets

Printing

Generates a .pdf file with individualized problems

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Completing Homework Sets

Entering Answers 1

“Preview Answer" shows a typeset version of the what thestudent typed

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Completing Homework Sets

Entering Answers 2

The Green Bar of Happiness

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Monitoring Student Progress

Monitoring Student Progress

Receiving “E-mail Instructor" RequestsViewing Past AnswersViewing ProgressExporting Grades

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Monitoring Student Progress

Receiving E-mail Request for Help

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Monitoring Student Progress

Dealing with E-mail Request for Help 1

E-mail link is to student’s version of the problem

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Monitoring Student Progress

Dealing with E-mail Request for Help 2

This detail of the previous slide shows instructor tools to helpwith different versions

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Monitoring Student Progress

Dealing with E-mail Request for Help 3

Many problems come with detailed solutions

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Monitoring Student Progress

Viewing Past Answers

Notice progression from guess to form of the midpoint rule.WebWork will store multiple pages of past answers.

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Monitoring Student Progress

Viewing Progress

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Monitoring Student Progress

Exporting Grades

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Monitoring Student Progress

Questions

Questions?

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Supplemental Slides

MAA WebWork Page

http://webwork.maa.org

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Supplemental Slides

MAA WebWork Wiki

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Supplemental Slides

Source Code for Problem (1 of 3)

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Supplemental Slides

Source Code for Problem (2 of 3)

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Supplemental Slides

Source Code for Problem (3 of 3)