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8 Feb 2012

And very soon, in Q2 of 2012:

 

Insert mathematical formulas

Your web pages can contain complex mathematical equations. Launch WIRIS editor with a simple click and work with a visual (WYSIWYG) editor to create or modify your expressions.

Insert interactive mathematics

But you may want the reader being able to interact with your contents. Then insert a session of WIRIS cas,  a calculation engine that performs on-line calculations and 2D and 3D interactive graphics. Your readers can experience real maths live!

Empower your Moodle Quiz module with mathematics

Moodle Quiz allows you to create questionnaires for your students. If you would enjoy such features as randomised data and automatic evaluation and feedback, then WIRIS quizzes is your solution. This component enhances the existing question types of Moodle with the power of mathematics:

  • You keep full control over random data (create a random matrix with a set range, for example, or a polynomial with a double root).
  • Add 2D or 3D graphics in your questions, answers and feedback.
  • The answers of the students are automatically evaluated and their feedback is provided taking into account the randomness of the question and that of the answer!
  • The evaluation checks for mathematically equivalent answers to the expected, but not exactly the expected solution. For example, if the solution were «math xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«msup»«mi»x«/mi»«mn»2«/mn»«/msup»«mo»-«/mo»«mn»1«/mn»«/math», we want the system to interpret «math xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mfenced»«mrow»«mi»x«/mi»«mo»+«/mo»«mn»1«/mn»«/mrow»«/mfenced»«mo»§#183;«/mo»«mfenced»«mrow»«mi»x«/mi»«mo»-«/mo»«mn»1«/mn»«/mrow»«/mfenced»«/math» as a correct answer. This can only be achieved via a calculation engine as WIRIS.
  • The teacher decides if the student has access to a calculation engine session or a formula editor for introducing their answer.
  • The production and modification time of the exercises is reduced to the minimum through simple and visual edition.
  • NEW: WIRIS quizzes 2 allows you to control the format of the answer provided by the student: request it to be simplified, factorised, etc. Come and see us present the latest features at our nearest events.

If your provider is Moodlerooms, check this Moodlerooms information page.


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6 Jan 2012

WIRIS is present at booth 416 of the Exhibitor Hall at the Joint Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society, taking place in Boston these days.

Besides answering to your questions at our booth, we will also be presenting our WIRIS collection on Saturday afternoon. Come and join us for this session at

Saturday January 7, 2012, 1:00 p.m.-1:20 p.m.
MAA Session on Trends in Teaching Mathematics Online, II
Room 311, Hynes
Organizers: Michael B. Scott, California State University, Monterey Bay

WIRIS collection, a repository of ready-made online exercises for self-assessment
Carles Aguiló, WIRIS team @ Maths for More 
(1077-O5-201)

20 Dec 2011




 


Add formulas, interactive calculations and graphics to your web contents created with Moodlerooms.

  • Create math formulas with a visual editor (WYSIWYG)
  • Do all your calculations, from a sum to a differential equation
  • Plot geometric objects, functions and regions in 2D and 3D

You can read more about WIRIS and Moodle or have a look at our live demo.

WIRIS adds two buttons to your HTML editor. The tools are thus available throughout the platform whenever you create or edit any type of content, from a web page to a forum comment.

How to activate WIRIS tools in Moodlerooms?

We have made this process a piece of cake. Just log in with administrator rights, and then:

  1. Go to the section Site Administration > Modules > Filters > Manage filters : Find WIRIS in the list of filters and click on the closed eye in order to open it and thus activate the filter.
  2. Go to the section Site Administration > Modules > Filters > Wiris : Activate the tools that you wish to use by clicking on the checkboxes.

NOTE that WIRIS formulas are stored in your local cache. If you select the option Clear cache, these formulas will be created anew. This operation is provided for maintenance support, but your users will hardly notice any difference.

29 Nov 2011

Les eines WIRIS estan disponibles a Àgora i són ben fàcils d'activar.

No saps què són les eines WIRIS?

Les eines WIRIS permeten integrar continguts per a ensenyar matemàtiques en entorns web. En particular, a la plataforma Àgora de la Generalitat de Catalunya. No siguis la darrera persona al món a saber-ne més i descobreix-les aquí. Si vols veure-les en un entorn Àgora, visita el curs de mostra.

Les eines WIRIS per Àgora inclouen:

  • un editor de fórmules visual : WIRIS editor
  • la "calculadora de l'edu365" : WIRIS cas
  • un mòdul que dóna potència matemàtica als qüestionaris de Moodle, permetent la creació de variables aleatòries, la inserció de fórmules complexes per part de l'alumne i l'avaluació automàtica de la resposta usant criteris matemàtics : WIRIS quizzes

Com activar les eines WIRIS?

Activar les eines WIRIS és ben senzill. Primerament, cal accedir a la secció de Filtres del vostre Moodle, clicant la seqüencia Mòduls >> Filtres, i activar el Filtre WIRIS.

Activar el filtre WIRIS al Moodle d'Àgora

Un cop activat el filtre, cal accedir-hi clicant Wiris des de la secció d'administració del lloc i activar les caselles corresponents a les eines que vulguis fer servir:

 

 

 

Per activar WIRIS quizzes, cal primerament clicar en el  vincle ' Wiris quizzes ' i després activar la casella corresponent, com es veu en la imatge següent.

El darrer paràmetre, ' Clear cache ', serveix per eliminar les fórmules emmagatzemades al vostre servidor i molt rarament caldrà activar-ne la casella.

Com adquirir una llicència WIRIS?

Àgora permet que els centres usin WIRIS facilitant la tecnologia, però no n'assumeix el cost de la llicència. Per això, els centres que desitgeu usar les eines WIRIS heu de posar-vos en contacte amb nosaltres a l'adreça de correu sales@wiris.com. Alternativament, podeu comprar les llicències a través d'Àtria als preus de l'1x1 o bé fer-ho a través de la nostra botiga online.

Recorda que pots fer 2 000 fórmules i 1 000 càlculs gratuïtament. Més informació a la botiga online.