WeBWorK at BCC

WeBWork Tutorial for Instructors

• New! If you find bugs of MTH 01 and MTH 05 Webwork Homework please report them to

  MTH01 bug report

  MTH05 bug report

• Two introductory tutorials on using WeBWorK as an instructor can be found at MAA Webwork site: http://webwork.maa.org/documentation.html
  1. Getting Started with WeBWorK
  2. A Day in the Life of a WeBWorK Instructor
• How to reserve a computer lab: Contact Albania Nicasio and send a written request to albania.nicasio@bcc.cuny.edu>
• Here is a playlist of general Webwork Tutorial Youtube videos from GVSU Math: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FD4DA7DCDC3B3A5
• Professor Novak made a Youtube video about how to set up MTH 05 Sample Final Exam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=155-ZwZqOQY
• Professor Ojakian wrote instructions on how to import your BCC roster into your webwork class: Download the instruction package
• A Webwork Problem Authoring Tutorial: http://webwork.maa.org/w/images/a/ab/WeBWorK_Problem_Authoring_Tutorial.pdf
• Here are tutorials and hints for instructors using Webwork from UW Stout: http://webwork.uwstout.edu/home/tutorialshints/index.html
  Tutorials:
  • Creating a homework set from scratch
  • Importing homework set(s) from set-definition file, set***.def
  • Exporting homework set(s) to a set-definition file
  • Downloading multiple files from WeBWorK course
  • Copying homework sets from one WeBWorK course into another
  Hints:
  • Extending due date on one or more assignments for one student
  • Marking a problem 'correct' for entire class (if the problem is misbehaving)
  • Manually grading a problem for a student
  • Changing the random seed a problem uses for a particular student
  • Changing the point worth of a problem in an assignment
  • Changing the number of allowed student attempts on a problem in an assignment
• There are some useful tips from UC Davis webwork site: http://webwork.math.ucdavis.edu/wiki/doku.php?id=tips_past_instructors