New Maple T.A. Content Center Additions

Picking Distractors for Multiple Choice Questions

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:20:00 -0000

Multiple choice questions are an appealing format for both instructors and students. In fact, some instructors prefer to use the multiple choice type for all their questions. However, formulating multiple choice questions is not simply a matter of typing one correct and a few incorrect answers.

Arithmetic

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:51:00 -0000

Training the order of addition, subtraction etc.

Assigning Partial Credit in Maple T.A.

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:00:00 -0000

When you grade a test by hand, you rarely use an all-or-nothing approach where answers receive either full marks or no marks at all. In most cases, incorrect student responses receive part marks, based on their content. You can achieve this same grading refinement with certain question types in Maple T.A.

Writing Flash® Questions for Maple T.A.

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:49:00 -0000

With Maple T.A.’s Flash question type, you can create a Flash movie and integrate it into a Maple T.A. question. Students use the mouse and/or keyboard to alter the movie or identify hot spots in the movie in order to produce the correct...

LDAP System Administrator's Guide

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:20:00 -0000

This document is intended for IT administrators who support Maple T.A.™. System Administrators should also read the companion document, the Maple T.A. 3.01 LDAP Course Administrator’s Guide.

LDAP Course Administrator's Guide

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:10:00 -0000

This document is intended for Maple T.A.™ course administrators. Maplesoft publishes a separate document for Maple T.A. system administrators (LDAP System Administrator's Guide).

Three Steps to More Effective Algorithms in Maple T.A.

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:09:00 -0000

Techniques for Creating Algorithmically Generated Questions

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:58:00 -0000

Maple T.A. supports algorithmic questions, which allow you to generate many different questions that have the same basic structure. Algorithmic questions are very useful for generating hundreds of practice questions for students, and can also be

Introduction to Calculus - Unit 1 - Limits and Continuity

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:10:00 -0000

This course module contains 8 question banks and 36 assignments covering Epsilon Delta Definitions, Limit Laws, Conceptual Limits, Trigonometric Limits, Continuity, Intermediate Value Theorem, Infinite Limits, and Limits at Infinity.

Introduction to Calculus - Unit 5 - Applications of Integrals

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:49:00 -0000

This course module contains 5 question banks and 19 assignments covering Area of a Plane Region, Average Value, Volume of a Solid, Length of a Curve, and Work.