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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 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. 2

Content – 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 3

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Content overview 8

Product overview 9

Learning environment 10

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 11

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 12

Integration layers Maple%T.A.%Web%Services% HTML%Parsing% Direct%data%access% Thinkwell middleware 13

How does it work? Web&Services&API& Maple&T.A.& Thinkwell& HTML&Parsing& Direct&data&access& 14

Interactive practice 15

Interactive practice 16

Parsing HTML 17

Parsing HTML 18

Parsing HTML 19

Interactive practice 20

Interactive practice 21

Interactive practice 22

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 23

Homework 24

Homework 25

Instructor tools – Direct data access enables us to manage student work Identify which attempt is used for grade New attempt in progress Remove take 26

Student results 27

LTI 28

Thank you 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. 29