Related Systems: OWL

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Related Systems OWL

• Developed by UMass Amherst and Thompson Course
  Technologies
• Course content in CS and Chemistry (prior free
  version covered additional subjects)
• Content matched to specific textbooks
• Per-student fee can be bundled with textbook

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Related Systems OWL

• Wide variety of question types (mult. choice,
  fill-in, numeric answers)
• Can compile, test programming code fragments
• Allows timed exercises
• http//owl.course.com

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Related Systems CodeLab

• Developed at CUNY Brooklyn College, now a product
  of Turings Craft
• Provides CS1-level exercises in Java, C, or C
• Not tied to any specific textbooks
• Per-student fee can be paid by student, bundled
  with textbook, or paid by school

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Related Systems CodeLab

• Exercises limited to writing programming code
  fragments or complete programs
• Topics available cover material of CS1 course
  only (prior free version WebToLearn covered more
  CS courses)
• http//turingscraft.com

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Related Systems CourseMarker

• Developed, run by U. Nottingham
• Primarily for programming exercises, limited to
  CS
• Not tied to any specific textbooks
• Fees per course, per institution

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Related Systems CourseMarker

• Exercises limited to complete programs, in Java
  or C, and to diagrams (e.g., graphs,
  flowcharts)
• http//www.cs.nott.ac.uk/CourseMarker/

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Other Related Systems

• CodeMate, Addison-Wesley Publishing emphasis on
  student self-assessment
• CFX, U. Illinois-Chicago unsure if project is
  still active
• Codewitz, Tampere Polytechnic, Finland emphasis
  on supplemental topic tutorials