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Thinkwell content and learning tools integration with Maple T.A. 1 About Thinkwell Thinkwell was founded in 1997 with a mission to reinvent the college textbook. Our intention was to capture the voices of great teachers those that resonate


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Thinkwell content and learning tools integration with Maple T.A.

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Thinkwell was founded in 1997 with a mission to reinvent the college textbook. Our intention was to capture the voices of great teachers – those that resonate with students – and publish those voices through a series of multimedia video lessons. Back in those days, that was really the core of our offering. We’ve broadened our vision since then. We’ve added a lot more content and services and built a couple of different platforms to deliver it all online.

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About Thinkwell

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Our core content is a series of comprehensive video lessons accompanied by a digital and printed textbook, interactive drill and practice, video sample solutions and other supporting materials.

We use Maple T.A. to provide algorithmic practice, homework and graded assessments.

One of our primary goals for delivering our content is a simple to use and a consistent user interface

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Content

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Content overview

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Product overview

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Learning environment

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Learning environment goals

Hide the class management portion of the LMS and remove as many distractions as possible. Enable students to focus on content.

Group and integrate related content

Use consistent user interface

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Reasons for using Maple T.A.

Algorithmic items and assessments

Robust assignment management with number of key features such as proctoring, study sessions and more...

Ability to grade complex math expressions using MathML generated by the built-in equation editor

Extensive mathematics rendering capabilities using LaTeX and MathML

Graph generation

Existing application, ready to use

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Integration layers

Thinkwell middleware

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How does it work?

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Interactive practice

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Interactive practice

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Parsing HTML

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Parsing HTML

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Parsing HTML

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Interactive practice

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Interactive practice

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Interactive practice

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Benefits of HTML Parsing

Parsing Maple T.A. output allows us to separate content from data and user interface elements

We can use content directly and plug it into our environment

We can transform UI elements and use them as needed

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Homework

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Homework

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Instructor tools

New attempt in progress Identify which attempt is used for grade Remove take

Direct data access enables us to manage student work

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Student results

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LTI

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Integrating Maple T.A. closely within Thinkwell’s existing environment helped us provide features and functionality we would not be able to provide otherwise without substantial development.

Thank you