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Behind the design of Numbas

This site collects articles by the Numbas team on the motivations and research behind the design of the Numbas system.

Fluffy topics

• Motivating principles
• Feedback
• Editing interface
• Randomising questions
• Extensions
• Parsing mathematical notation
• Number notation
• Simplifying mathematical expressions
• Methods of interaction
• Organising content
• Writing style for questions
• Unusual kinds of answer

Features

• Diagnostic mode
• Explore mode
• Marking algorithms
• Custom part types
• Alternative answers
• Adaptive marking
• Pattern-matching mathematical expressions
• Themes

Other stuff

• Bibliography

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Motivating principles