MAPLESOFT, Maple T.A. now mobile-accessible with support for tablets
14/10/2014 Maplesoft
New release includes more question types for math-based assessment MaplesoftTM, a leader in software products for technical education and research, announced today the release of the latest version of its popular testing and assessment tool, Maple T.A. TM. Maple T.A. is a powerful online testing and assessment system designed especially for courses involving mathematics, making it ideal for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. Maple T.A. 10 incorporates customer feedback from students, instructors, and administrators to provide increased scope, usability, and flexibility for testing and assessment in an online environment.With Maple T.A. 10, all Maple T.A. functionality is now accessible via standard web browsers on both computers and tablets, including iPad®, AndroidTM tablets, and more. All math-based features are fully supported on iPads, including standard math notation in questions and responses, as well as the full range of visualization options.
Maple T.A. 10 includes new questions types for technical assessment. With the new sketch question, instructors can ask students to sketch graphs, and Maple T.A. grades those graphs automatically. For instructors in engineering and science, Maple T.A. can now ask questions that require students to draw free body diagrams, and Maple T.A. will grade the result. In addition, the Math App question type, first introduced as a technology preview, is now fully supported. With gradeable Math Apps, instructors can provide students with specialized calculators, ask them to manipulate parameters until they have found the desired solution, give them interactive plots to explore, and much more.
Other enhancements include a completely redesigned interface that incorporates customer feedback from both instructors and students to create a more streamlined workflow; a new equation editor that eliminates the need for browser plug-ins; updates to the connectivity features that allow Maple T.A. to be seamlessly integrated into course management systems such as Blackboard, Moodle, and Brightspace by D2L; and more options for customizing the Maple T.A. interface.
"Maple T.A. 10 is an important step forward for STEM assessment," says Paul DeMarco, Director of Development for Maple and Maple T.A. "From mobile support for tablets to new question types for math, science, and engineering, to a streamlined, customizable interface, Maple T.A. 10 offers students, instructors, and administrators a powerful environment for testing and assessment that can be integrated into any online course or learning management infrastructure."
Maple T.A. 10 is available as both a Maplesoft-hosted or school-hosted solution. Interface translations are available for French, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and more.
For more information, please contact:
Tina GEORGES
Maplesoft
615 Kumpf Drive
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2V 1K8
Tel: +1 519 747 2373 (ext 352)
Email: tgeorge@maplesoft.com
Web: www.maplesoft.com
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