Maple T.A. Automated Testing and Assessment Tool

Maple 10 allows you to create assignments from a variety of question types using standard mathematical notation. Questions are automatically graded. Because Maple provides the grading engine, mathematically equivalent answers that are not identical to the correct answers are judged to be correct.

Features include:

• Question authoring environment provides templates for creating common question types, such as fill-in-the-blank, Maple-graded, and multiple-choice
• Questions can include algorithmically generated content. A single question definition can produce different instances of that problem type.
• Questions can contain plots, hints, feedback, and algorithmically-generated variables
• Assignments can be used in Maple for student practice, printed, or exported to Maple T.A. Once exported to Maple T.A., you have access to all assignment types and properties, the gradebook, and other Maple T.A. features.

This feature does not require that you have Maple T.A, but when used in conjunction with Maple T.A., it provides a convenient authoring environment for developing Maple T.A. questions. Maple T.A. is an automated testing and assessment tool offered by Maplesoft. For more information, see Maple T.A.