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== What is WeBWorK? ==
== What is WeBWorK? ==
{{#ev:youtube|2kXdIDDL5gm|100|right|Introduction to WeBWorK}} WeBWorK is an [[License|open source]] Perl-based system for delivering individualized homework problems over the web. By providing students with immediate feedback as to the correctness of their answers, students are encouraged to make multiple attempts until they succeed. By individualizing problems, cheating is discouraged. By providing instructors with real-time statistics, lesson plans can be customized to better serve students.  WeBWorK is partially supported by the [http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DUE DUE Division] of [http://www.nsf.gov/ NSF]. (See: [[Grants,_awards,_and_support|Grants, awards, and support]].)
WeBWorK is an [[License|open source]] Perl-based system for delivering individualized homework problems over the web. By providing students with immediate feedback as to the correctness of their answers, students are encouraged to make multiple attempts until they succeed. By individualizing problems, cheating is discouraged. By providing instructors with real-time statistics, lesson plans can be customized to better serve students.  WeBWorK is partially supported by the [http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DUE DUE Division] of [http://www.nsf.gov/ NSF]. (See: [[Grants,_awards,_and_support|Grants, awards, and support]].)


== The WeBWorK Community ==
== The WeBWorK Community ==

Revision as of 17:12, 5 April 2011


The WeBWorK Project wiki is a place for WeBWorK instructors, authors, administrators and developers to collaborate.
To join us just request an account.
Once your account is approved, then you can contribute to the wiki and participate in the forums.

What is WeBWorK?

WeBWorK is an open source Perl-based system for delivering individualized homework problems over the web. By providing students with immediate feedback as to the correctness of their answers, students are encouraged to make multiple attempts until they succeed. By individualizing problems, cheating is discouraged. By providing instructors with real-time statistics, lesson plans can be customized to better serve students. WeBWorK is partially supported by the DUE Division of NSF. (See: Grants, awards, and support.)

The WeBWorK Community

WeBWorK Sites
Map of known WeBWorK Sites
WeBWorK News
Subscribe to the WeBWorK News RSS Feed
Events
Upcoming WeBWorK Events
Forums
WeBWorK Discussion Forums
IRC
IRC chat support channel for WeBWorK Instructors, Developers, and Admins
Mailing Lists
WeBWorK Development Email Lists
Web-Conferences
Information about WeBWorK Web-Conferences
Consultants
Information for and about WeBWorK Consultants
Contributors
WeBWorK Contibutors - join us!

Get WeBWorK!

MAA Hosting
Get started quickly with a free MAA hosted course
WeBWorK Live DVD
An Ubuntu Live DVD with WeBWorK pre-installed
Installing WeBWorK on a Live USB
Instructions for creating a WeBWorK Live USB
Download
Download the WeBWorK code through Subversion or as a compressed tarball.

WeBWorK Documentation

Students
Documentation for students
Instructors
Documentation for Instructors
Authors
Documentation for problem authors
Administrators
Documentation for WeBWorK system administrators

WeBWorK Sub-Projects for Contributors

We need your help! Even if you are not a programmer, there are tons of ways you can contribute.

Documentation
Help us improve the WeBWorK documentation
National Problem Library
Contribute your problems to the NPL
Webpages
Help us improve and maintain the WeBWorK project webpages
Security
WeBWorK security testing and information
Localization
Help with the localization of WeBWorK
Accessibility
Support WeBWorK usability for all
WeBWorK Consultants
Become a WeBWorK Consultant
Customizing WeBWorK
Create and contribute new WeBWorK logos and stylesheets
Bug Triage
Help developers and users in fixing bugs
Infrastructure
Help us improve and maintain our collaboration tools
Development
Help us with software development
How to Get Involved
How to start contributing to WeBWorK

Further Resources

Evaluation and Assessment
Resources, presentations and publications
Grants and awards
WeBWorK has received numerous grants and awards
Contact Us
Find the best way to contact us