Digital Learning Update

School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics Digital Learning Unit


In this talk

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An update on Numbas, Chirun and other things...


Q & A

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Digital Learning Team

Chris Graham, Christian Lawson-Perfect, Laura Midgley, Aamir Khan

Numbas

Two new team members (one fixed 15 month, one permanent) this Summer.

Some capacity for creating new content this summer: e-mail numbas@ncl.ac.uk


This afternoon!

Hands on activities from 1:30pm.

In 2.09 (this floor, along the corridor on the right).

Try on the screens, or on your own device.


Numbas

Useful links:

Stations this afternoon:

  • What can Numbas do... maths, programming, interactive graphics
  • How to get started with the Numbas Editor

Numbas numbers this year

Subject Modules Assessments Attempts
MAS 25 +9% 220 +42% 20390 +41%
PHY 6 +50% 35 +21% 1440 +36%
ENG 30 -14% 310 -20% 47200 -5%
Other 29 -6% 384 -24% 20460 +18%

Aside

Forgot a plot

Stats by subject

Stats by subject

Exams Update

End of module exams in:

  • MAS1403
  • MAS1701
  • MAS1902/PHY1020
  • MAS1803
  • MAS2806/PHY2039
  • MAS2906
  • SES2003

In total, 28 in-person exams using Numbas


Chirun

Useful links:

Stations this afternoon:

  • Accessibility
  • What can Chirun do... example output and comparison of formats

New version of the Chirun tool coming soon...


More stations this afternoon

  • Canvas quick wins
    • Tidying a Canvas module
    • Creating a Canvas page
  • AI

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See you this afternoon