<section class="section1"><h1>Introduction to Numbas</h1> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1em;">Chris Graham</p> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.85em;">Director of E-Learning<br/>School of Maths, Stats & Physics, Newcastle University</p> <figure class="figure1" data-title="Logos"><img alt="Logos" src="../../../static/images/logos.png" width="100%"/></figure><hr/> <section class="section2"><h2>This talk</h2> <ul> <li>About Numbas</li> </ul> <div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>How we're using Numbas at Newcastle</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>How to get started using Numbas</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <p>Hopefully plenty of time for questions / demos.</p> <p>My colleague Christian Lawson-Perfect will be running the second workshop next week (more hands-on).</p> </div><hr/> <section class="section3"><h3>About me (briefly)</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Director of E-Learning / Deputy Director of Education in the School of Maths, Stats & Physics at Newcastle University</p> </li> <li> <p>I use Numbas in my own teaching (of programming for maths and physics students) extensively.</p> </li> <li> <p>My role leads me to be part of many projects using Numbas around our University and beyond</p> </li> </ul> <hr/> </section></section><section class="section2" data-background="../../../static/images/belfast/numbas-v4-montage.png" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); padding: 2em;"><h2>About Numbas</h2> <hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>What is Numbas?</h2> <p>Numbas is a web-based e-assessment system designed primarily for mathematical subjects.</p> <div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Developed at Newcastle University for 10 years.</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Free and open source.</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Used around the world.</li> </ul> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Why use Numbas?</h2> <p>Online assessment of procedural, mathematical questions has two golden features:</p> <div class="fragment"> <p>🏆 <strong>Instant feedback</strong></p> <p>Get immediate feedback and receive a full solution for each instance of the question.</p> </div><div class="fragment"> <p>🏆 <strong>Randomisation</strong></p> <p>Practise similar questions over and over again.</p> </div><hr/> <p>More features:</p> <ul> <li>Scalable, reliable and accessible to a broad range of users</li> </ul> <div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Easy to use for teachers and students. Used by question authors who aren't experts</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Customisable everywhere, from the theme to the functionality</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Flexible delivery: through VLE, standalone, embedded, even offline</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Lots of maths features<ul> <li>JSXGraph, Eukleides, Geogebra integration</li> <li>Support for matrices, vectors, quantities with units</li> <li>Work with data files / JSON</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Error-carried forward marking</li> <li>Alternative answers</li> </ul> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>What is Numbas used for?</h2> <p>Pre-entry material, transition, diagnostic tests, in-course practice, in-course assessment, final exams...</p> <div class="fragment"> <p>A quick look at a Numbas test:</p> <p><a class="button" href="https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/exam/3401/ltds-demo/embed/" target="_blank">Demo test ></a></p> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2" data-background="../../../static/images/belfast/newcastle.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); padding: 2em;"><h2>Numbas at Newcastle</h2> <hr/> <section class="section3"><h3>Set up</h3> <p>We're a Canvas institution like you:</p> <ul> <li>Teachers create questions in the Numbas Editor</li> <li>External (LTI) tool in Canvas for formative and summative assessment</li> <li>Lockdown browser for high stakes assessments</li> </ul> <hr/> </section><section class="section3"><h3>Numbas trends at Newcastle</h3> <p>A few trends from the past year:</p> <ul> <li>More diverse and extensive formative assessment</li> <li>Dramatic increase in use, particularly in engineering</li> <li>Remote 'labs' using Numbas</li> <li>Hybrid tests</li> <li>Final exams</li> </ul> <hr/> </section></section><section class="section2"><h2>Numbas use by department at Newcastle</h2> <canvas id="myChart1"></canvas> <div class="fragment"> <p>Others include Psychology, Geography, Politics, foundation programmes...</p> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Units example</h2> <p> </p> <iframe src="https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/question/93354/simple-unit-example/embed/?token=acff6d0b-60c3-4b06-b1ec-1311c7f46eee" style="width: 100%; height: 430px; -webkit-transform: scale(1.1); border: 0;"></iframe> <hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Formative assessment</h2> <figure class="figure2" data-title="Logos"><img alt="Logos" src="../../../static/images/physics-lthe/handout.png" style="float:right; width: 600px; margin-left: 30px;"/></figure><p>More formative use; more appreciation of the "weekly quiz".</p> <div class="fragment"> <p>Increasing use in physics, engineering, chemistry...</p> </div><div class="fragment"> <p>More diverse applications to ask questions involving e.g. R, SPSS, Minitab.</p> <p><a class="button" href="file:///Users/chris/Code/makecourse/modules/MAS1803/build/default/week_9/week_9_handout/index.html" target="_blank">Handout example ></a></p> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Remote Labs</h2> <figure class="figure3" data-title="Logos"><img alt="Logos" height="450px" src="../../../static/images/physics-lthe/gearslab.png"/></figure><p><a class="button" href="https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/question/52463/experiment-proof-of-concept/embed/" style="float:right; font-size: 0.8em;" target="_blank">Stripped-down example</a></p> <hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Hybrid assessments</h2> <p>Used for in-course assessment and final exams</p> <p>Typically 60-80% auto-marked. Focus manual marking where it is needed.</p> <figure class="figure4" data-title="Hybrid assessment"><img alt="Hybrid assessment" src="../../../static/images/assessment-surveys/hybrid.png" width="900px"/></figure><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Final exams</h2> <p>"4 in 24" hybrid off-campus format used across all of our stage 1 modules in maths and physics.</p> <p>Some off-campus tests retained for 2021/22, plus around 10 on-campus digital tests.</p> <figure class="figure5" data-title="Hybrid assessment"><img alt="Hybrid assessment" src="../../../static/images/assessment-surveys/startend.png" width="100%"/></figure><hr/> </section><section class="section2" data-background="../../../static/images/belfast/editorbg.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); padding: 2em;"><h2>Getting started with Numbas</h2> <hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Using Numbas</h2> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1em;"> Mathcentre public Numbas Editor at <a href="https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk" target="_blank">numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk</a></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.1em;">Open source LTI tool at <a href="https://numbas-lti-provider.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" target="_blank">numbas-lti-provider.readthedocs.io</a></p> <hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Public Numbas Editor</h2> <p><strong>Open to everyone.</strong> </p> <p>5,000+ users at 1,000+ institutions registered on public editor.</p> <div class="fragment"> <p><strong>Collect ready-made questions into a custom test.</strong> </p> <p>8,000+ questions and exams released for free reuse under an open access licence. Translated into 15 languages.</p> </div><div class="fragment"> <p><strong>Or write your own.</strong></p> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Next steps</h2> <ul> <li>Create an account on the Numbas Editor</li> <li>Navigate to the Numbas documentation<br/>(<a href="https://numbas-editor.readthedocs.io" target="_blank">numbas-editor.readthedocs.io</a>)</li> <li>Try out the <a href="https://numbas-editor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/write-question.html" target="_blank">first question tutorial</a></li> </ul> <hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Thanks for listening</h2> <p>Contacts:</p> <ul> <li><a href="mailto:christopher.graham@newcastle.ac.uk">christopher.graham@newcastle.ac.uk</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:numbas@newcastle.ac.uk">numbas@newcastle.ac.uk</a></li> </ul> <p>Useful links:</p> <ul> <li>Numbas Website <a href="https://numbas.org.uk" target="_blank">numbas.org.uk</a></li> <li>Numbas Editor <a href="https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk" target="_blank">numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk</a></li> </ul> <hr/> </section><section class="section2" data-background="../../../static/images/belfast/questionbg.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); padding: 2em;"><h2>Questions?</h2> </section></section>