WHS:
The University of Kentucky
Web Homework System

WHS Student Usage. 2

Acquiring and Getting Started With Your WHS Student Account 3

Lifetime of a Student Account 4

To get Started. 4

Adding and Dropping Classes. 5

Registration in Class At Other Schools. 5

Registration in Multiple Classes. 5

Dropping a Class. 6

Class Announcements. 6

Assignments. 6

Version Numbers. 6

Video and Html Links. 7

Working an Assignment 7

Checking Homework Results. 7

Changing Account Information. 8

WHS Teacher Usage. 8

Creating a Class Your WHS Teacher Account 9

Deleting Classes. 10

Routine Deletion of Classes by the System.. 10

Adding Your Own Class. 10

Modifying a Class. 10

Changing the Class Announcement 11

Managing Classes. 11

Registration and Passwords. 11

Changing Student Passwords. 12

Teacher Passwords Cannot Be Changed by other Teachers. 12

Student Records: A Primitive Grade Book. 12

Student Comments. 13

Accessing Student Homework Records. 13

WHS Author and Coordinator Usage. 14

Installing a Homework Set on WHS. 14

Homework List Management 15

Creating a List 15

Removing a Homework from a List 16

Removing A List 17

A Tutorial Introduction to WHS Materials Authoring. 17

A Simple Problem Set on Solving Quadratic Equations. 18

Design of the Draft Document 18

Form of the Draft Document 20

Sections. 20

The Global Header Section. 20

Question Tags. 21

Answer Tags. 21

Posting the Formatted Document 23

Revising the Document: The Edit Cycle. 24

Initial Edits. 25

More Details on WHS Formatting. 26

The initial and global header sections ( H_ ) 26

Sections in General 27

Skip Sections (SKIP_) 27

WHS Problem Formats. 27

Problems Requiring Answers: ( QM_ ) 28

a. Constant Answers. 28

b. Function and Integral Answers: AF_[size;var;numpts;lorange,hirange] 29

c. Integral Answers: AI_[size;var;numpts;lorange;hirange] 29

d. Selection Answers: AS_[choice_1;choice_2;…;choice_n] 30

e. Multiple Choice Answers: AL_[label_1;label_2;…;label_n] and AR_[index] 30

f. Row Answers: AR_[index] 31

g. Checkbox Answers: AB_[label_1;label_2;…;label_n;None of These] 32

h. Word Answers: AW_[size] 32

i. Tabular answers: AT_[ansbxsize;m;n;t11;t12;…..;tmn] 33

Multiple Answer Formats in the Same Problem.. 33

Problems Not Evaluated by WHS. 34

Problems Not Requiring Answers: ( QN_ ) 34