Uses of Maple TA

• Give quizzes online to make sure students are keeping pace with the lectures.
• Give students extra practice problems to supplement examples done in lectures.
• In contrast to blackboard assignments, Maple TA supports dynamic problem creation, which can create new problems for students to work on.
• Incorporate graphs and diagrams into the assignments to give students extra help on assignments.
• Make sure class is performing at the same level and give extra help to those needing it.
• Bring uniformity to the many different sections and lectures for a single class.
• Don't need to start from scratch and can use content from previous semesters with slight modification.
• Let placement tests be done online to save time and money. (See http://www.maplesoft.com/company/casestudies/suny_ta.aspx)

Tutorials
• Using MapleTA to add a quiz or an assignment.
• Using MapleTA to create/edit a quiz or an assignment.
• Using MapleTA to add/edit a question.

Last modified: February 14, 2005