WeBWorK Instructions for Faculty

• If you would like to use WeBWorK for a course, please email Betsy Rosalen the course name, section, and your OSSES roster in excel.


• If you find bugs in WeBWorK Homework please report them: MTH 1 bug report MTH 5 bug report MTH 6 bug report MTH 23 bug report MTH 32 bug report CSI 30 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: Send a written request to Albania Nicasio at albania.nicasio@bcc.cuny.edu. Or to reserve the Math Department's lab in ME 328 contact Betsy Rosalen at elizabeth.rosalen@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 5 Sample Final Exam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=155-ZwZqOQY


• 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