Hi Amelia, Here is what I need/want. I want a system where writing my own > questions is relatively easy (WeBWorK a free system does not satisfy > this criterium), but that is married to an algebra system, so the > answers to a question requiring the equation of a line treats y = 3x + > 2 the same as y = 3(x-2) + 8. > > Not to sound like an evangelist, but <span style="evangelizing"> the (the webwork project) have been working on sage integration and on making problem authoring easier. It also integrates with moodle. So, you can have webwork, sage and moodle.
John Travis has very nice webwork problems that integrate sage interacts that he has been using with his students. Davide Cervone has done a lot of work to make problem authoring both more powerful (MathObjects) and easier PGML. PGML is inspired by Markdown, and there are examples of its use here: https://courses.webwork.maa.org/webwork2/cervone_course/PGML-examples/?login_practice_user=true </span> But, if you don't like webwork there are other open source online homework systems. MathIAS is one: http://www.imathas.com/ I don't know how easy it is to author problems in MathIAS, or if it integrates with Moodle. AFIK, it doesn't integrate with sage, but that shouldn't be any harder to do with MathIAS than it is with webwork using the single cell server. HTH, Jason There are programs that satisfy both my criteria (relatively easy to > write questions and can handle algebraically equivalent equations), > but the one I know well is MapleTA which requires Maple and a separate > server for MapleTA. I'm at a college that not only does not have > Maple, we are considering replacing the system we have (Mathematica) > with Sage across the curriculum. > > The beauty of Sage and Moodle from my perspective (again I've been > talking about this since 2008) is that they are both open source. The > question system in Moodle is resonably easy to use (one can put in > mathematics using LaTeX and upload graphs) and reasonably flexible, so > for those of mathematicians it only needs a powerful computer algebra > system behind it to deal with algebraically equivalent expressions, > etc. > > I do not have the expertise to do this myself (in either Sage or > Moodle, but do have the expertise to use both if a good marriage was > made and definitely enough to evangelize if someone ever makes the > marriage). > > I have a sample quiz/set of questions I'd like to use in this > marriage, if that would be helpful to anyone. I am hoping that this > is long since solved and I just don't know where to look to set it up > and responses will be something like, "Silly you, go here to set this > up." But if not, will someone please solve this? I'm tired of being > directed to programs that are either prohibitively expensive or only > allow for expert users to upload problems from textbooks (WeBWork) > rather than allowing people like me with some programing aptitude, but > no time to be experts to write the problems we want. > > Thanks for your help! > > - Amelia > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-edu" group. > To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
