MapleTA and Maple Documents

Contents

• MapleTA Documentation
• MapleTA Demo Video
• LaTeX Interface to MapleTA
• Readings
• MapleTA Functions
• Maple Functions
• Maple Programming

MapleTA Documentation

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 (2009) (144 page pdf)
• Techniques for Creating Algorithmically Generated Questions (2007) (pdf file)
• How to Write Maple Graded Questions (2007) (Word .doc file)

• What's New in Maple T.A. 6 (2010)

• Question types - read for descriptions of the question types
• Question types 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
• 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

• Using a Maple Repository with MapleTA
• Making a repository of procedures, values, ... with Maple commands

Video

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

LaTeX Interface to MapleTA

Class assignments written in LaTeX with special MapleTA macro 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

Maple Programming

• online Introductory and Advanced Maple Programming Guides - look in the Maple help menu tree under Manuals.
• online Maple tutorial (i.e. Getting Started) and command help pages
• Maple Introductory Programming Guide M. B. Monagan, K. O. Geddes, K. M. Heal, G. Labahn, S. M. Vorkoetter, J. McCarron, P. DeMarco, Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. 2009, 400 page pdf.
• Maple Programming - the basics, 47 page pdf.
• Introduction to programming with Maple - 3 simple to learn Maple programming examples.

Paul Kates
Mathematics Faculty CTE Liaison
pkates@uwaterloo.ca, x37047
Last modification date: Wed Jun 23 13:16:02 2010.