MapleTA Documents

Each MapleTA installation has extensive online documentation in the Help section with

• 500+ HTML help pages
• Table of Contents
• Index and Search features

Some quick links into the UW MapleTA documentation.

• Instructor Help pages with index and search feature

• examples of most MapleTA question types (pdf)
• Getting Started Guide for MapleTA 4 (68 page pdf)
• User Guide for MapleTA 5 (144 page pdf)
• list of question types
  • read for descriptions of the question types, but not for creating questions using the qu. scripts that look like

      qu.x.y.mode=multiple choice@
      qu.x.y.mode=non permuting multiple choice@
    

• math question types
  • comparison table of math question types
• Overview of Algorithmic Question Capabilities
• a list of MapleTA functions available to use with algorithmic variables
  • the MapleTA functions are of three types: Random Numbers, List Operations and Conditions. See the tables at the end of this document.
  • a similar list of MapleTA functions is shown in the Instructor Help map under
    Advanced Authoring > Algorithmic Variables > Function and Arguments
    

• grading math input
• grading rules
  • automatic grading rules
    • graded free response question type (list, short phrase, fill-in-blank)
  • maple-graded question type overview
  • maple-graded rules
• answer field info
• student input notations
  • math functions and operations for formula input and Maple command input
  • chemistry notation

Video

• a short 4 minute MapleTA demo useful for seeing a few question types and question creation screens

LaTeX

Class assignments written in LaTeX with special MapleTA macros can be converted into the MapleTA question bank format ready to upload into a MapleTA course.

• overview - includes links to LaTEX document structure and examples
• online conversion program and required macro source file ed.sty

Readings

André Heck & Leendert van Gastel (2006). Diagnostic Testing with Maple T.A. In: M. Seppällä, O. Xambo, O. Caprotti (eds.) WebALT 2006 Proceedings. pp 37 - 51. Electronically available at: http://webalt.math.helsinki.fi/webalt2006/content/e31/e176/webalt2006.pdf (local copy).

André Heck (2004). Assessment with MapleT.A. : Creation of Test Items, AMSTEL Institute, UvA, 2004, 58 pages Available at http://staff.science.uva.nl/~heck/CApub/MapleTA.pdf.

Other Heck writings.

MapleTA functions

Maple functions

Paul Kates Mathematics Faculty CTE Liaison, x37047, pkates@uwaterloo.ca