Sage software for Moodle via Sage cell: How to enhance the learning environment with mathematical software

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://library.iated.org/view/JANSKY2022SAG" target="_blank" >https://library.iated.org/view/JANSKY2022SAG</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2022.0315" target="_blank" >10.21125/iceri.2022.0315</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sage software for Moodle via Sage cell: How to enhance the learning environment with mathematical software

Original language description

Distance education posed a plethora of challenges, among them how to share documents with students. In the article, we present the reader with suggestions on how to embed the outputs of the mathematical software Sage Math into the online repository Moodle. The connection is realized via SageCell, a web interface for HTML pages. We present a way to directly embed Sage software by modifying the webpage’s HTML code (which Moodle allows). Unfortunately, such a simple approach is impossible for us; instead, we present Moodle’s SageCell plugin. The Sage is embedded as a list of commands which are then sent to SageCell’s server that performs the computations. The returned results are finally displayed on the page. Hence, to add something to Moodle, we need to include the proper commands in the place where their result would be displayed. We do not have to do anything else, and the rest is processed automatically. However, for convenience, we pay the price, which is that these computations must be performed for every page loading. The article presents the theory with examples to illustrate how to add different elements to Moodle. We start with the most rudimentary static elements which can be used, for example, to draw a function or compute a determinant of a matrix. Next, we introduce a way to create a short animation as a sequence of several graphs. The sequence can be created with only a few commands, and the result is an animation that is displayed on the web page. Later, we present a way to add interactive elements to the page via Sage, such as input fields, checkboxes, sliders, and others. In this way, we can add, for example, a dedicated calculator to a specific place on our webpage. We must emphasize that Sage software utilizes white spaces to indicate some features, whereas our Moodle automatically erased these redundant white spaces. Hence, we show how we have avoided these problems by loading the code externally. Finally, we discuss how to add an element of randomness to the Moodle quiz using Sage. We have come up with several options. However, there may be other options we have missed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

ICERI2022 Proceedings

ISBN

978-84-09-45476-1

ISSN

2340-1095

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1177-1185

Publisher name

IATED

Place of publication

Seville

Event location

Seville

Event date

Nov 7, 2022

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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