Enhanced connectivity in direct response to customer needs

This new version includes a wide range of features and improvements that have been requested by customers.

The new edition provides enhancements to both questions and assignments. Instructors can now include videos directly inside any type of Maple T.A. question type, including mathematical free-response, essay, multiple choice, and adaptive questions.

Instructors can also require students to upload electronic documents to complete or supplement an assignment, such as digital images of paper-based assessments or rough work done during a test. Other enhancements to questions and assignments include password protection of assignments to provide increased security without increasing logistical overhead in high-stakes testing, and more targeted feedback on multipart questions.

Maple T.A. also contains a substantial number of enhancements across several areas of the product providing improved efficiency, connectivity, and workflow for instructors and students. For example, connectivity with course management systems through the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard now includes automatic grade syncing of manually updated grades.

Updated results are automatically pushed to the gradebook of the course management system, such as Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, or Brightspace, with no explicit action required on the instructor’s part.

For non-English speakers, Maple T.A. language packs are now available for the first time in Italian, and updates are available for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish.

Paul DeMarco, Director of Development for Maple and Maple T.A. said: “Feedback from STEM educators has been a driving force behind Maple T.A. from its conception, and this release is a direct response to our customers’ requests and suggestions.”

DeMarco added: “With the new edition, all instructors and students stand to benefit directly from the improvements suggested by other users.”