CREO: creation of course materials made easy

Maik Meusel, University of Zurich
maik.meusel@business.uzh.ch

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Abstract

From teachers for teachers. CREO is an authoring tool for any kind of course materials and any level of Wolfram Language user, developed from our many years of experience teaching quantitative courses at the University of Zurich. 

Using Mathematica, we provide students with engaging learning resources and individualized tests and teachers with a solution to large scale assessment. Through automated grading, we are able to handle courses of any size without having to trivialize assessment itself.

In this talk we showcase how CREO makes the creation of such lecture materials, assignments and exams most convenient. So that teachers can focus on their contents rather than deployments.

The WL in education

Mathematica will revolutionize the teaching and learning of math by focusing on the prose of mathematics without getting lost in the grammar.

Steve Jobs, 1988

Zurich, January 2016

What is CREO?

Technically: CREO is a palette in Mathematica, connected to a package, connected to the cloud

Practically: An add-on to Mathematica that allows you to create and deploy any kind of course materials

One more thing...

Can we make the deployment and distribution of course materials even more convenient?

Can we learn from how students learn and perform and let the course materials interact with them accordingly?

Can we reduce our efforts for technical support and maintenance?

Can we make the management of courses and students simpler and more robust at the same time?

The answer:

What is next?

Extensive style and UI improvements

More sophisticated question types for assessments

Performance improvements for use in the US & Europe

Improved handling of data and grading/student management

Shipping of CREO starts end of 2016

One click deployment from CREO to SYLVA available in 2017

Interested in using CREO?

Let's get in contact ...

Maik Meusel: maik.meusel@business.uzh.ch

Karl Schmedders: karl.schmedders@business.uzh.ch