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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 assignments reported to Moodle, you will need to create a link to each WeBWorK assignment.  

Setting your WeBWorK course

• Ask a colleague who is a WeBWorK administrator or submit a Help Desk ticket (support@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 webwork.swarthmore.edu with your Swarthmore username and password

• If needed, follow the Instructions for copying a WeBWorK Course from one semester to another

Differences between logging into WeBWorK directly and via Moodle

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Setting up a single link between Moodle and WeBWorK

• Set up your WeBWorK course

• Go to your Moodle course

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• Click "Add an activity or resource" link, select "External Tool" and click "Add"

• Give the link a name such as "WeBWorK"

• Under "Preconfigured tool" select "Automatic, based on tool URL"

• Click "Show more..." to show all the configuration details 

• Under "Secure Tool URL" copy and paste the URL for your WeBWorK course.  The format should be https://webwork.swarthmore.edu/webwork2/<CourseName> , where <CourseName> is your WebWOrK course name.  For example: https://webwork.swarthmore.edu/webwork2/Gomez-M15-F23

• If you'd like the grades for all the WeBWorK assignments to be entered into the Moodle gradebook, complete the "Grade" section.  Otherwise change the "Grade" type to "None".  

• 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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Setting up individual homework links between Moodle and WeBWorK

• Set up your WeBWorK course

• Go to your Moodle course and 

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• Click "Add an activity or resource" link, select "External Tool" and click "Add"

• Give the link a name corresponding to the homework set

• Under "Preconfigured tool" select "Automatic, based on tool URL"

• Click "Show more..." to show all the configuration details 

• Under "Secure Tool URL" copy and paste the URL for your WeBWorK assignment.  The format should be https://webwork.swarthmore.edu/webwork2/<CourseName>/<AssignmentName> (where <CourseName> and <AssignmentName> are specific to your course and assignment)

• Set the "Grade" parameters as you see fit.

• Save your settings

You should now have a link to a specific WeBWorK assignment in your Moodle course with a gradebook entry.  Repeat for each assignment.  Students will be able to click on each link to access a specific WeBWorK homework set.  

Other Information

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.  

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