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Guides

Use Guides

Getting Started in IMathAS. A walkthrough of creating your first IMathAS course.
Common Tasks in IMathAS. A walkthrough of common instructor activities.
Managing Libraries and Questions in IMathAS. A guide to the library and question set management tools

Video Guides

Getting Started in IMathAS video guide.
Examples of Course Layouts. Some ideas for how to lay out a course page
Using Course Templates. How to copy pre-created course templates to use course assignments created by your colleagues.
Video versions of several other guides are also available.

Question Writing Guides

Intro to Question Writing in IMathAS. A step-by-step guide for writing your first IMathAS question.
More Question Examples. Examples of several questions, with explanation.
Question Oddities. Common pitfalls and oddities in the IMathAS question language.
Language Quick Reference. Short document with quick function reference.

Documentation

Help file. Detailed documentation of all of IMathAS's features and question language
ASCIIMath syntax reference. A reference sheet for ASCIIMath symbol entry.
Installation. Step-by-step installation instructions, part of the system's readme file. This is only needed for server installation - teachers should not need this

Many of these guides were written with development grant support from the WA State Distance Learning Council