Maple T.A. User Guide - Maplesoft

iv • Contents
Assignment Types Overview ....................................................................................................... 34
Homework or Quiz Assignments .................................................................................................. 35
Proctored Exams ....................................................................................................................... 36
Anonymous Practice Assignments ................................................................................................ 36
Study Session and Mastery Assignments ....................................................................................... 37
Mastery Assignments ................................................................................................................. 37
Study Session Assignments ......................................................................................................... 38
3.4 Details on Using the Assignment Editor ........................................................................................ 39
Choose Name Tab ..................................................................................................................... 39
Select Questions Tab .................................................................................................................. 39
Set Policies Tab ........................................................................................................................ 43
Review & Finish Tab ................................................................................................................. 50
4 Working with the Gradebook ............................................................................................................. 51
4.1 Overview of the Gradebook ........................................................................................................ 51
Viewing Scores and Performing Gradebook Searches ....................................................................... 51
Generating Grade Reports ........................................................................................................... 51
4.2 Performing Gradebook Searches .................................................................................................. 52
Setting Search Criteria ............................................................................................................... 52
Setting View Criteria ................................................................................................................. 52
4.3 Searching for Class Grades ......................................................................................................... 53
Viewing Assignment Grades ....................................................................................................... 53
Changing Grades and Adding Comments ....................................................................................... 55
Changing the Total Points for an Assignment .................................................................................. 57
4.4 Searching for Item Statistics ........................................................................................................ 57
4.5 Working with Grade Reports ....................................................................................................... 58
Creating a New Grade Report ...................................................................................................... 58
Viewing a Grade Report ............................................................................................................. 59
Publishing a Grade Report for Students ......................................................................................... 59
4.6 Exporting Reports and Performance Data ...................................................................................... 60
4.7 Adding an External Assignment ................................................................................................... 60
Adding External Grades using a Roster ......................................................................................... 60
Adding External Grades Individually ............................................................................................ 60
Modifying External Assignment Grades ........................................................................................ 61
4.8 Forced Grading ......................................................................................................................... 61
5 Course Modules .............................................................................................................................. 63
5.1 Course Modules Overview .......................................................................................................... 63
Technical Information: Expected Behaviors of Course Modules ......................................................... 64
5.2 Creating a Course Module .......................................................................................................... 64
Course Module Creation and Shared Class Inheritance of Questions and Assignments ............................ 65
5.3 Exporting a Course Module ........................................................................................................ 65
5.4 Importing and Installing a Course Module ..................................................................................... 66
Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 66
Additional Notes ....................................................................................................................... 66
Course Module Installation and Shared Class Inheritance of Questions and Assignments ........................ 67
5.5 Viewing Details of a Course Module ............................................................................................. 67
5.6 Adding and Deleting Elements within a Course Module ................................................................... 67
Adding Course Module Contents .................................................................................................. 67
Deleting Course Module Contents ................................................................................................ 67
Why Delete Only Part of a Course Module ..................................................................................... 68
5.7 Deleting a Course Module .......................................................................................................... 68
5.8 Relative Web References in Course Modules .................................................................................. 68
6 Administering Maple T.A. ................................................................................................................. 71
6.1 Changing Your Password ............................................................................................................ 71
6.2 Editing Your Profile .................................................................................................................. 71