Webwork Info for Faculty and Staff

 

FAQ when creating an individual Webwork for a class:

  1. Create your course.

  2. Import (or even Update) the class list of names from the registrar

  3. Create a set of problems.

FAQ for both - Common Webwork classes and individual classes:

  1. Add students to my class

  2. Delete the name of a student that dropped the course

  3. Edit a student information

  4. Change the password of a student

  5. Assign a set of problems to my students only

  6. Assign several sets of problems to a particular student

  7. Change the due dates of only one set of problems for my students only

  8. Change the due dates of many sets for only one student

  9. Reopen a set for only one student or to the whole class

  10. Check the progress or grades of a particular student

  11. Check the progress of my class only on a particular set of problems

  12. Get an excel file of my class grades

 

For individual Webwork classes:

To create your course:

Email Mark Hamrick your class name and section.

 

To import (or update) the class list of names from the registrar:

  1. Click on this link: Class Lists from ITS ( be sure to select Excel format  and  the proper semester).

  2. Do NOT load into Excel, save directly to disk

  3. Upload file with File Manager

  4. Rename to have "wfs" extension

  5. Wait a few minutes; a new file with "lst" extension will appear

  6. Load this using Classlist Editor and Import Users (when updating leave the setting as "replacing NO users")

  7. A file with "err" extension was also created of any students that you will have to do manually
    because they did not have proper uncc email addresses.)

To create a set of problems:

  1. Click on Library Browser in the column to the left.

  2. Enter the name of the set to be created on the 2nd line.

  3. Click on Create a new set in this course.

  4. Click OK on Assign this set to yourself.

  5. To load problems, click on Problem Library or Local problems. Choose some problems and add them to your set.

  6. Click on Edit Target set on the 1st line to set up the open and due dates, and to make it visible to the students.

 

For both Common and Individual Webwork classes:

 

To add students to my class:

  1. Click on Class List Editor to the left

  2. Choose Add Students

 

To delete the name of a student that dropped the course:

  1. Click on Class List Editor to the left

  2. On the first line, type your section number in the second box, choose Section in the 3rd box, then click on Take Action to see the list of all the students in your class.

  3. Select the students to be deleted, then click Take Action. For Common Webwork, it is advisable not to delete any student because they may have moved to another section. In this case, it is better to delete your section number from the student information by clicking on Edit selected students.

 

To edit students information:

  1. Click on Instructor Tools. Select student name from the list.

  2. Click on Edit class list data for selected users. Make changes and save.

 

To change the password of a student:

  1. Click on Instructor Tools. Select student name from the list.

  2. Click on Change Password for one user

 

To assign a set of problems to my students only:

  1. Click on Instructor Tools
    you will see two columns in the main page labeled Users and Sets

  2. Under Sets, select the problem set you wish to assign

  3. Under Users: Select "Display section ..." (your section)
    Click on Change Display Settings right under that

  4. You should now see the list of students from your section.
    Select the name of all your students by using the Shift key to select an interval and Ctrl key to select more randomly

  5. Now a little further down in the middle column, click on Assign selected users to selected sets

 

To assign several sets of problems to a particular student:

  1. Click on Instructor Tools
    you will see two columns in the main page labeled Users and Sets

  2. Under Sets, select the problem sets you wish to assign

  3. Under Users: Select the name of your student

  4. Now a little further down in the middle column, click on Assign selected users to selected sets

 

To change the due dates of only one set of problems for my students only:

  1. Click on Instructor Tools
    you will see two columns in the main page labeled Users and Sets

  2. Under Sets, select the problem set you wish to change

  3. Under Users: Select "Display section ..." (your section)
    Click on Change Display Settings right under that

  4. You should now see the list of students from your section.
    Select the name of all your students by using the Shift key to select an interval and Ctrl key to select more randomly

  5. Now a little further down in the middle column, click on Edit one set for users. This will take you to a new screen

  6. Enter new values mm/dd/yyyy at hh:mm EDT (or EST) in each of Answers Due and Answers Available. Also select the box beside the entries that you changed.Click on Save Changes.(the dates will be changed now for only these students;

 

To change the due dates of many sets for only one student:

  1. Click on Instructor Tools

  2. Under Users: Select the name of your student

  3. Click View/Edit all sets for one user.

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  4. Change the due dates, select the box beside the entries and save changes

 

To reopen a set for a student:

If the answers are not available yet, just change the due dates. But if the answers are out , unassign the set for this user then reassign it and change the due dates. This way the student will get a new set of the problems. To reassign a set:

  1. Click on Instructor Tools

  2. Under Users: Select the name of your student

  3. Click View/Edit all sets for one user.

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  4. Delete the green check from the box beside the set to be unassigned. Save changes.

  5. Check the box near that set and save changes to reassign it.

  6. Change the due dates and save.

 

To check the progress or grades of a particular student:

  1. Click on Student Progress

  2. Select the student name

 

To check the progress of my class only on a particular set of problems:

  1. Click on Student Progress

  2. Select the Set of problems

  3. Click on the Header called Section to sort the table of student progress

 

 

To get an excel file of my class grades:

  1. Click on Scoring Tools

  2. Select the Sets to be scored

  3. Click on Score selected sets

  4. Open the link under Total to get an Excel file

  5. In Excel, click on Data, Sort, to sort the grades by sections.