Mathematics in WebCT III Bill Moss Clemson University Clemson, SC USA
Presentation Content Part One: Browser Issues Quiz Tool Math Functions in Calculated Questions
References Mathematics in WebCT Mathematics in WebCT II Mathematics in WebCT III
Mathematics in WebCT II Browser Issues: MathML Word and LaTeX to PDF LaTeX to HTML Viewing Tex: IBM techexplorer Viewing MathML: techexplorer, Mozilla, WebEQ
Mathematics in WebCT II WebCT Tools: content pages, discussions, mail, quizzes Interactive Content: CAS, applets, plugins
Mathematics in WebCT II.5 Content pages Calculated Quiz Questions MAA, MathDL, JOMA MathML and WebEQ For Wont of a MIME type Portability Was Lost …
Rendering Math in WebCT HTML + GIF HTML + TtH HTML + WebEQ Demo: WebCT 2001 WebEQ
Future Rendering Methods Internet Explorer MathPlayer Netscape/Mozilla + MathML module Demo: WebCT 2001 Mozilla
For Wont of a MIME Type … Paul Topping, Design Science: Internet Explorer and Mozilla currently disagree on the MIME type with which an XHTML page containing elements should be served. Right now, that is the only thing stopping a single page being rendered in Mozilla and IE 5.5 with MathPlayer.
MathML Authoring Methods MathType 5 Tex4Moz TtM
MathType 5 Functionality Insert inline and display eqns L/R # Insert eqn # or reference Insert/Modify chapter/section break Format/Update eqns #’s Format/Convert/Export eqns Export to MathPage
Export to MathPage Options GIF: IE5, all browsers (win/mac/linux) MathML MathPlayer (IE5.5) WebEQ techexplorer Amaya Mozilla
Respondus Properties Create quizzes with math as GIF’s Set quiz properties Upload and download to server Quiz analysis Demo: WebCT 2001 WebEQ Demo: Respondus 1.0
WebCT 3.x Math Functions abs, int, sqrt sin, cos, atan2 exp, log
Sun Class java.lang.Math abs, ceil, floor, IEEEremainder random, rint, round,sqrt cos, sin, tan exp, log acos, asin, atan, atan2 max, min, pow
VNI JNL 1.0 Class Sfun cot sinh, cosh, tanh acosh, asinh, atanh erf, erfc, gamma log10, logGamma nearestInteger, sign
VNI JNL 1.0 Class Statistics average, median, standardDeviation, variance minimum, maximum range, skew, slope kurtosis, linearFit