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PrairieLearn

PrairieLearn is an online problem-driven learning system for creating homeworks and tests. It allows questions to be written using arbitrary HTML, JavaScript, and Python, thus enabling very powerful questions that can randomize and autograde themselves, and can access client- and server-side libraries to handle tasks such as graphical drawing, symbolic algebra, and student code compilation and execution.

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Paid hosting and support: https://www.prairielearn.com/

Why PrairieLearn?

  • Homework and Exam Support - Compose your questions into homework sets and exams. Learn more
  • Randomized, custom questions - Questions variants can be generated and autograded using a Python script, with easily customizable partial credit rules. Learn more
  • Custom HTML-based questions - Create questions using arbitrary HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Learn more
  • Rich standard library of question elements - Include graphs, symbolic algebra, common question types, and more. Learn more
  • Flexible access controls - Granular control over who can access course content, student submissions, etc. Learn more
  • Support for code autograding - Run student code in a sandbox, with support for C, C++, Java, Python, etc. Learn more

You can view a comprehensive list of features on the PrairieLearn homepage.

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