Maple T.A. is an easy-to-use web-based system for creating tests and assignments, automatically assessing student responses and performance. It supports complex, free-form entry of mathematical equations and intelligent evaluation of responses, making it ideal for mathematics, science, or any course that requires mathematics.
"I've been using Maple pretty regularly for over 20 years, and when i started seeing advertising for Maple T.A. it just seemed natural. And I don't think there's anything else out there that has quite the same features or capabilities that Maple T.A. does."
Professor Kevin Vang, Minot State University, USA
Maple T.A. - Your First Choice in Assessment Technology:
- When you want to create your own content. Maple T.A. has the easiest and most comprehensive content authoring tools available
- When you are teaching science, math or engineering. Maple T.A. is the only system designed specifically for technical courses involving mathematics
- When you want confidence in your assessment technology. Maple T.A. is developed by Maplesoft, a trusted name in education technology with years of experience developing products for technical academics
Maple T.A. Makes Online Testing and Assessment Easy and Cost Effective:
Maple T.A. automatically does the marking for you:
- Results are available seconds after the student completes the task
- Student learning is more focused and efficient because they receive immediate feedback
- You gain more time to spend on other tasks, without having to compromise on the educational value of assignments and quizzes
Tests can be taken anywhere at any time:
- Eliminates the logistical headaches associated with mass placement testing or booking computer labs
Maple T.A. makes it simple to analyse results:
- Results immediately added to Gradebook
- Built-in tools provide statistical analysis of results, from the student, assignment and question point of view
- Results shown both numerically and graphically
Key Features:
Easy Content Creation:
Step-by-step Question Designer for easy creation of a wide variety of questions- Over 14 question types and 20 sub-types, including Maple-graded, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, clickable image, and numeric with margins of error
- Easy-to-use editor to add formatting, images, plots, and special characters to questions
- Ability to provide hints and feedback to students for each question
- Assignment Editor for creating and customising assignments
- 5 different assignment types for practice, homework and proctored tests
Mathematical Questions:
- Numeric and symbolic questions
- Free-response questions that are graded for mathematical equivalence
- Open-ended questions that can have infinitely many answers
- Natural math notation in question text and student entry
- Full equation editor support
- Questions can contain plots based on the randomized values in the question
- When appropriate, students can see a plot of their response before submission
Algorithmic Questions:
- Randomised variables, so one question template becomes hundreds of different questions, each respecting the problem constraints
- Generate plots using randomised variables, so a custom plot appears in each generated question
- Quickly generate practice problems for students
- Encourages productive collaboration by requiring students to discuss methods, not just share the final answer
Access to the Power of Maple:
- Test for mathematical equivalence of correct responses and check for mathematical properties, allowing for free response and open-ended questions
- Take advantage of the many Maple visualisation tools to include 2-D and 3-D plots in questions
- Sophisticated randomisation tools designed for the creation of mathematical objects, such as polynomials, matrices and prime numbers
- Thousands of built-in commands provide coverage of virtually all areas of mathematics
- Supports partial mark scoring
Automatic Grading:
- Provide practice problems and assignments to your students without increasing your grading time and effort
- Questions are automatically graded by the system, including the mathematical free-response questions
- Assignment results are automatically recorded in the Gradebook
- Results and feedback are available immediately to students
Analysis of Results:
- Gradebook captures student results for individual assignments and questions within an assignment
- Built-in tools provide statistical analysis of results, from the student, assignment and question point of view, so you can get the results you want in the form you need
- Review results in tabular or graphic format
- Weighting for different assignments
- Supports multiple export formats: csv, Excel®, XML
Authentication and Administration:
- Authentication via LDAP allows you to integrate Maple T.A. with your campus database for user authentication, making class administration easy to manage
- Single sign-on for all classes provides a convenient starting point for students and instructor
- Content can easily be shared between instructors, making multi-section courses simple to administer
- Building Block for Blackboard integrates Maple T.A. into your existing course management system (Sold separately)
System Requirements:
View the Maple T.A System Requirements