LON-CAPA 2.4.2 / 2.4.99.0

LON-CAPA is an Open Source Freeware Distributed Learning Content Management and Assessment System.
LON-CAPA is a full-featured, web-based course management system similar to commercial systems, see edutools.info for comparisons.
Main features:
- Content sharing and content reusability, including
- Network of shared resources from 27 participating institutions
- Shared repository of 61,000 resources including assessment questions and multimedia content
- Easy semester transition
- A large set of resources in physics/astronomy, chemistry, biology, mathematics/statistics, and geology
- Ability to add new resources to the existing content pool
- Creation and grading of randomized homework, quizzes or exams, including the ability to
- create sophisticated question types such as: click-on image, random label, random plot, or formula response
- reduce blind copying of answers by giving a different version of the problems to each student
- print randomized bubblesheet exams and quizzes
- configure the reporting of grades and feedback with a wide variety of options
- contextualize threaded homework discussions
- A development group based that sustains a twice-yearly LON-CAPA release cycle to insure rapid incorporation of instructor-requested enhancements.
- An open-source freeware system
Whats New in 2.4.2 Stable Release:
- This release correctly installs the jsMath fonts, which are used for TeX rendering.
- Symbolic math input now gets correctly compared to the instructor-prepared sample answer.
- Several issues regarding the printing, rendering, and grading of ".page" content assemblies were resolved.
- Teaching Assistants can now grade assignments that have an encrypted URL.
- The character "@" is now allowed in usernames.
- The German localization file was updated.
- Installation on CentOS and Scientific Linux is now possible.
Whats New in 2.4.99.0 Development Release:
- This release candidate supports personal response system ("clicker") registration and uploading of associated session data.
- It also offers new search functionality for users in and outside of classes, as well as optional coupling to institutional directories. User menu buttons can be switched off.
- Dynamics graphing in homework problems now supports linear/log, log/linear, and log/log plots.