Training

These videos were created for a training course for the WAMAP.org installation of the IMathAS software.  The instructions given apply to any install of IMathAS.

These videos were created with support from the Transition Math Project.

Module 1: Using IMathAS / WAMAP as a student

• Posting to discussion forums and using the editor
• Taking an assessment
• Using the student gradebook
• Sending a message

Module 2: Creating a course

• The Admin Page
• Changing Course Settings
• Overview of the course page

Module 3: Creating structure - blocks, text, and forums

• Course Structure Options
• Creating Blocks
• Creating Text Items
• Creating Discussion Forums

Module 4: Copying assessments

• Using Copy Course Items
• View and Remove Questions
• Changing Dates (Mass Change)
• Changing Assessment Settings (Mass Change)

Module 5: Creating assessments

• Assessment Settings
• Searching the Libraries
• Using Questions from Existing Assessments
• Grouping Questions
• Print Versions
• After Students have Taken an Assessment

Module 6: Managing Students

• Enrollment Methods
• List Students Page (Mass email/message, unenrolling)
• Making Due-Date Exceptions

Module 7: Using the Gradebook

• Overview
• Gradebook Settings
• Adding Offline Grades
• Viewing and Editing Students' Assessments
• Item Analysis and Grading a Question for All Students
• Everything Else (Export, Comments, Filters, Toggles)

Module 8: Question libraries

• Creating new group or private libraries
• Adding questions to a library

Module 9: Modifying questions basics

• How to modify a question (Edit vs Template)
• Using Template and Modifying randomizers
• Using Edit and Modifying existing questions to change the language

Module 10: Some other stuff

• Group Assessments and Forums
• Question Categorization
• Conditional Assessments

Module 11: Putting it all together

• Course use ideas
• Some examples of how people are using WAMAP
• Getting ongoing help