Documentation

Guides

Use Guides

• Getting Started in IMathAS. A walkthrough of creating your first IMathAS course. (Video, 14 min)
• Common Tasks in IMathAS. A walkthrough of common instructor activities. Links to video in document.
• Managing Libraries and Questions in IMathAS. A guide to the library and question set management tools. (Video, 8 min)

Question Writing

• Intro to Question Writing in IMathAS. A step-by-step guide for writing your first IMathAS question. (Video, 13min)
• More Question Examples. Examples of several questions, with explanation.
  (Video: Function type, Matching 1, Load Library (number type), Matching 2, Multipart type, Number type, Calculated type, Multiple-Choice type, Multiple-Answer type, Graphing (multipart type))
• Question Language Overview. An overview of the IMathAS question language syntax.
• Question Oddities. Common pitfalls and oddities in the IMathAS question language.

Documentation

• Help file. Detailed documentation of all of IMathAS's features and question language
• ASCIIMath syntax reference. A reference sheet for ASCIIMath symbol entry.
• Installation. Step-by-step installation instructions, part of the system's readme file. This is only needed for server installation - teachers should not need this

Many of these guides were written with development grant support from the WA State Distance Learning Council