in CS
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
in CS
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
in CS
in CS
in CS
Related Systems: CodeLab
• Developed at CUNY Brooklyn College,
now a product of Turing’s 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
in CS
Related Systems: CodeLab
• Exercises limited to writing programming
code fragments or complete programs
• Topics available cover material of CS1
course only (prior free version named
WebToLearn covered more CS courses)
• http://turingscraft.com
in CS
in CS
in CS
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
in CS
Related Systems: CourseMarker
• Exercises limited to complete programs, in
Java or C++, and to diagrams (e.g., graphs,
flowcharts)
• Also includes plagiarism detector
• Formerly named CourseMaster; prior free
version was called Ceilidh
• http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/CourseMarker/
in CS
in CS
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