CuraCourseMath answers, written like math.
Write math notation anywhere in a lesson. Students answer on a built-in math keyboard, and equivalent answers can count as correct.
What does it do?
Write equations the way they appear in a textbook, right inside your lessons. Add a math blank to a fill-in-the-blank question, and students answer on a math keyboard instead of typing x^2 into a text box. You decide which forms of the answer count.
Who is it for?
Math teachers
Ask students to write the expression themselves.
Science and engineering instructors
Check numeric answers within the tolerance a measurement allows.
How do I use it?
- Type LaTeX in your lesson, or use the visual editor, and it renders as math.
- Insert a Fill in the Blank question and add a blank of type Math.
- Enter the answer, choose how it’s compared, and pick the keyboard students see.
Features
LaTeX everywhere
Type LaTeX in lessons, questions, and student answers, and it renders as you type. Switch between the visual editor and LaTeX at any time.
A math keyboard
Students tap a math blank and a keyboard opens. Choose the simple, full, numeric, Greek, or symbol layout for each blank.
Grading you decide
Accept the exact form, any equivalent expression, the same value within a tolerance, or only the simplified answer. Add as many accepted answers as you need.
Why faculty use it
- Students who write 2x + x and 3x both get credit when the math is the same.
- Students answer in real notation, so a fraction or an integral is never ambiguous.
In a STEM course
In Calculus I, a student enters 0.333 for the integral of x² from 0 to 1, and it’s accepted within tolerance. On the next blank, x² cos x + 2x sin x counts even though the key says 2x sin x + x² cos x.
Questions
Can students type LaTeX instead of using the keyboard?
Yes. Math blanks accept typed LaTeX, and LaTeX in an open response renders as students type.
What if a correct answer is marked wrong?
It’s usually the comparison mode. Exact form can reject a rearranged expression, and simplified can reject an answer that still needs simplifying. Add more accepted answers if you need them.
Works with other tools
Use these together in the same course.