Lon-Capa @ Illinois
Lon-Capa is a well-kept secret.
Is it right for you?
- used by over 160 institutions world-wide
- extensive use on our campus especially for large enrollment courses in Chemistry, MCB, Statistics, Math and ECE with Fall 2015 enrollment of over 12,500 in 23 courses
- network-wide content sharing of some 200,000 problems
- extremely powerful assessment engine with templates for 40+ problem types, all entirely modifiable, or create your own from scratch using Perl, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- 40 parameters controlling content delivery that can be set at course, folder or resource levels for the whole class, sections, groups or individual students
- powerful randomization abilities: no two students need see the same assignment; multiple test forms can be generated for use with scantrons and electronic retakes
- especially suited to STEM and other technical disciplines with features such as
- dynamic plotting
- choice of computer algebra systems
- full support of LaTeX
- understanding of all SI units, including their relationships and prefixes
- input and grading of chemical structures
- specification of number of significant figures
- ability to set absolute and relative tolerances
to learn more or request a course site, email
lon-capa@illinois.edu