Mathematics in WebCT III

Mathematics in WebCT III : Mathematics in WebCT III Bill Moss Clemson University Clemson, SC USA

Presentation Content : Presentation Content Part One: Browser Issues Quiz Tool Math Functions in Calculated Questions

References : References Mathematics in WebCT Mathematics in WebCT II Mathematics in WebCT III http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss

Mathematics in WebCT II : 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 : Mathematics in WebCT II WebCT Tools: content pages, discussions, mail, quizzes Interactive Content: CAS, applets, plugins

Mathematics in WebCT II.5 : 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 : Rendering Math in WebCT HTML + GIF HTML + TtH HTML + WebEQ Demo: WebCT 2001 WebEQ

Future Rendering Methods : Future Rendering Methods Internet Explorer 5.5 + MathPlayer Netscape/Mozilla + MathML module Demo: WebCT 2001 Mozilla

For Wont of a MIME Type … : 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 : MathML Authoring Methods MathType 5 Tex4Moz TtM

MathType 5 Functionality : 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 : Export to MathPage Options GIF: IE5, all browsers (win/mac/linux) MathML MathPlayer (IE5.5) WebEQ techexplorer Amaya Mozilla

Respondus Properties : 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 : WebCT 3.x Math Functions abs, int, sqrt sin, cos, atan2 exp, log

Sun Class java.lang.Math : 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 : 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 : VNI JNL 1.0 Class Statistics average, median, standardDeviation, variance minimum, maximum range, skew, slope kurtosis, linearFit