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- 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
You need to set up a WeBWorK account differently depending on how you (or your users) want to log in. If you want to log into WeBWorK directly, the login name needs to be set to the Swarthmore username. If you want to log into WeBWorK via Moodle, the login name must be set to the email.
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For security reasons, Professors and TA's must log into create their accounts in WeBWorK directly and cannot enter 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 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.
Setting up a single link between Moodle and WeBWorK
- Set up your WeBWorK course
- Go to your Moodle course, turn editing on, and add an "External Tool" activity
- Give the link a name
- Show all the configuration details
- Under "Secure URL" copy and paste the URL for your WeBWorK course. The format should be https://webwork.swarthmore.edu/webwork2/<CourseName> (where
<CourseName>will be your actual course name) - Save your settings
You should now have a link to WeBWorK in your Moodle course. Students will be able to click on the link to access WeBWorK.
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When a student clicks on the link to WeBWorK for the first time, their WeBWorK account is automatically created. However, Moodle does not send the entire class roster to WeBWorK, so if a student never clicks on the WeBWorK link, they will not have a WeBWorK account. |
Setting up individual homework links between Moodle and WeBWorK
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