WeBWorK is a free, open-source online homework application. The on-going WeBWorKiR (WWiR) project at UBC has involved both the creation of a wide range of WeBWorK questions in the statistical sciences and enabling WeBWorK to communicate with the statistical computing software R. This hands-on workshop will guide potential users on how to set up online homeworks using WeBWorK, including how to import and customise existing questions, how to create new questions from a selection of templates, and how to call and integrate R output.
On-line resources
There is plenty of resources out in the internet. Here is a list of links we compiled:
- WeBWorK Wiki: http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Main_Page
- Archive WeBWorK courses (with excellent examples that were used in-class in UBC): http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:WeBWorK/Course_Listing
- Problem technique: http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Category:Problem_Techniques
- Sample problem: http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Category:Sample_Problems
- Sample problem (Stats): https://github.com/ubc/webwork-open-problem-library/tree/master/OpenProblemLibrary/UBC
- UBC Wiki, Authoring guide (WWiR): http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:WeBWorK/
- Intro to Perl: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlintro.html
Contact
For further information about the available training in WebWorK offered by the Statistics Department, please consult Dr. Bruce Dunham at b dot dunham at stat dot ubc dot ca.