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STACK

STACK is the world-leading open-source (GPL) automatic assessment system for mathematics, science and related disciplines.

• Students type in mathematical expressions, and are not restricted to multiple choice.
• Separate validation and assessment with an emphasis on formative assessment.
• Random generation of questions.
• A wide variety of input types, including line by line working.
• Support for multipart questions.
• Support for scientific units and significant figures.

A case studies collection and a flyer about the STACK project are available.

In 2019 we produced a self-contained "Getting started with STACK" guide to authoring STACK questions.

Overview

Welcome to the official user documentation for STACK.

About

General information about STACK, including:

• A feature overview.
• The philosophy of STACK.
• Publications.
• Credits.

Authoring

Documentation for question authors, including:

• An authoring quick start guide, which can be used in conjunction with the "Getting started with STACK" guide.
• Information on various authoring topics, such as answer tests, inputs, potential response trees and translations.
• Frequently asked questions.
• Information on using the CAS Maxima for question authoring, including randomisation, plotting graphs, and expression simplification.

Students

Information for students using STACK, including:

• Input instructions.
• How answers are assessed.
• Frequently asked questions.

Installation

• Installation instructions.

Developers

Topics for developers, including:

• A development history.
• Translating the STACK interface.
• Creating an input type.

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