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There are two main ways to set up the connection between Moodle and WeBWorK. If you aren't interested in having WeBWorK send grades to Moodle or you only need the overall WeBWorK grade reported back to Moodle, it is easiest to set up a single link between the two systems. If you need to have the individual grades for WeBWorK
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Setting your WeBWorK course
- Ask a colleague who is a WeBWorK administrator or submit a Help Desk ticket (help@swarthmore.edu) to set you up with a WeBWorK course. Provide the name and number of the course you want to configure.
- Log into your course at https://webwork.swarthmore.edu. You will use your Swarthmore username and password to log in.'
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Differences between logging into WeBWorK directly and via Moodle
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For security reasons, Professors and TA's must create their accounts in WeBWorK directly and cannot create their accounts via a Moodle link. Once your account has been created in WeBWorK, you can log in via Moodle. If you are enrolling students via Moodle, they will be able to enter the WebWorK course from a link within Moodle, but not directly through the WeBWorK front page. |
If If you (as the professor) want to log into WeBWorK via Moodle, you need to first manually create a WeBWorK account using your Swarthmore email as the login name and permission of level of professor. Once this account is created, you will be able to log into WebWorK via Moodle. You may want to have two accounts for yourself: one with your username and with with your email so that you can log on both ways.
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WeBWorK only sends the percentage grade for each assignment back to Moodle and the two systems do not synchronize visibility, due dates, or point values. Most users let WeBWorK control the availability and timing of the homework sets and set the point value of the homework set to be 100. In addition, WeBWorK calculates the overall grade by adding up the number of points earner for all assignments divided by the overall number |
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PiRates
If you use Moodle, you may want to enroll PiRates in your Moodle course with the Auditor role. This will allow them to see your Moodle resources and access your WeBWorK assignments via the link from Moodle, but does not create a Moodle gradebook entry. After they have logged into WebWorK to create their accounts, you may want to elevate their permissions in WebWorK.
More details
These blog posts from Geoff Goehle of Western Carolina University have some technical details at the beginning but instructor information towards the bottom of each post
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