Latest New Features
Instructor-Uploaded Resources
WebAssign now makes it possible for you to upload your own resources and post them to students within the Resources module on their home page.
This builds upon the recently-released resources feature, which gave you access to media rich assets such as text specific presentations and videos, available now in select textbooks. If you are using a book with existing Resources, you can even add your own files to the book's resource list for your students—so that they are displayed with all of the other items for that chapter.
If your book uses this feature, a Resources tab is displayed on your ClassView page.
Personal Study Plan is Now an Optional Category in the GradeBook
Another recently released feature has been upgraded this month. The Personal Study Plan, which will be available for many books in developmental math for fall, can now be a for-credit category in your GradeBook.
You specify how much credit completion of the Personal Study Plan is worth toward students' final grades. Each chapter of the study plan id displayed like an assignment in the GradeBook.
If you don't yet use the WebAssign GradeBook, this may be the time to check it out!
Upgrades to the Student Purchasing Process
Your students should find the online WebAssign purchasing process clearer and easier to use. They also now have the ability to purchase access online using a checking account that is linked to a Paypal account, so even if they do not have access to a credit card they will be able to pay for WebAssign online.
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November 12–15, 2009
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January 13–16, 2010
Newsletter Excerpts
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Texas A&M University |
In TAMU's mathematics department, over 4,000 students use WebAssign for their math homework assignments. The department's instructors and students are discovering that the powerful homework and grading system is easy to use, provides instant feedback, and quickly assesses student and class performance.
The Department of Mathematics began using WebAssign in 2007. Today, the department uses WebAssign to administer online homework for most of its core math courses.
Jennifer Whitfield is a Senior Lecturer and Online Homework Coordinator in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University. She explains how WebAssign produced positive results in her department:
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