Numbas update

“In the coming year, I’m going to focus less on developing new features in Numbas, and more on organising the content we’ve already got.”

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numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/stats:

• 100,000+ questions
• ~9,500 published items
• ~8,000 users
• ~1,500 institutions

Community stats

• Runtime translated to 18 languages (LTI tool only 2!)
• ~20 pull requests in the last year
• No stats on LTI use
• ~ A dozen papers mentioning Numbas

LTI tool v3.0

• Getting a grip on async tasks!
• Docker
• Managing versions better

numbas.org.uk/blog/2021/11/numbas-lti-provider-v3-0/

.exam schema

numbas.org.uk/schema

Numbas Open Resource Library

Aim: Collect good, reliable open-access material in a moderated library.

In progress

Please join in on Thursday morning!

Behind the design of Numbas

numbas.org.uk/behind-the-design/

~ 13,000 words so far

Custom input methods

Motivation

I want an interaction that isn't possible with one of the built-ins.

Solution

Extensions can define new input methods, and custom part types can use them.

documentation

Pre-submit tasks

Motivation

Something long-running or asynchronous needs to happen before marking.

Solution

pre_submit marking note is evaluated before the rest of the marking algorithm.

documentation

Extensions

• Programming - more on Wednesday
• Graph theory (demo)
• Improvements to JSXGraph

Queues

Motivation

• Manage submissions to the Open Resource Library
• Better tools for checking workflow

Solution

Queues attached to projects, with checklists and comment threads.

Autocompletion in the editor

Goals for the immediate future

• Producing working-out
• Lock-down app
• Improve diagnostic mode
• More contributors! (173 + 101 + 73 = 346 open issues!)