CoCalc

CoCalc

SageMath
WileyPLUS

WileyPLUS

John Wiley & Sons
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About

Teaching scientific software online. CoCalc is a virtual online computer lab: it takes away the pain of teaching scientific software. Every student works 100% online – inside their own, isolated workspace. Follow the progress of each student in real-time. At any time you can jump into a file of a student, right where they are working. Use TimeTravel to see each step a student took to get to the solution. Integrated chat rooms allows you to guide students directly where they work or discuss collected files with your teaching assistants. The project's Activity Log records exactly when and by whom a file was accessed. Forget any complicated software setup – everyone is able to start working in seconds! Since everyone works with exactly the same software stack, any inconsistencies between your and your students' environments are eliminated.

About

Discover an easier way to teach and learn. The new WileyPLUS gives you the freedom and flexibility to tailor curated content and easily manage your course in order to engage and motivate students. To assist instructors with heavy workloads, WileyPLUS offers easy ways for students to keep up with the learning curve, such as: Flexible, Linear Learning Paths organize materials, include eTextbook content, videos, animations and practice questions into customizable modules – easy to access and follow for instructors and students. Adaptive Practice enables students to identify and focus on areas that are particularly challenging to them. These personalized questions engage students in the material and teach them how to study on their own. Reports and Metrics provide insight into each student performance as cumulative class metrics, allowing you to identify and address individual needs in a timely manner.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Teachers that want to teach scientific software online

Audience

Schools, teachers, and students

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

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Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 4.5 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.0 / 5
ease 1.0 / 5
features 2.0 / 5
design 1.5 / 5
support 2.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • I like having realtime collaboration for everything, including file editing, Jupyter notebooks, terminals, X11, etc. Fully usable in web browser.
  • It's completely browser-based, so it can easy run on lower-end systems. Live-editing feature allows multiple users to work on the same code simultaneously without needing to refresh. Mobile version is also better than most other similar apps. It also allows installing of different python modules and packages, which makes it suitable for all kinds of projects.

Cons

  • There are many exciting features that still haven't been implemented.
  • The interface is definitely not the best. It is also difficult to organize or browse through the notebooks when you have large pieces of code.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • The login usually works. Math solutions, when entered, will usually accepts equivalents (ie non-simplified fractions, existing/non-existing commas. However, note this is NOT true for decimals). The numbers on math problems are randomized, which seems nice from an instructor perspective. It does make it almost impossible for the poor TAs to efficiently help students and more difficult for students to understand a process (when using as a study guide), but I feel this is more a attributable to the fact that WileyPLUS provides no feedback on the incorrect portions of an answer or explanations on how to solve. There are no ads on the website.
  • The etextbooks are alright. They are better done than the ones some of the other big textbook companies format, so I'll give them that as a positive.

Cons

  • Price: D Very expensive, about $100 per class per quarter. This adds up quickly over four years, three (or four) quarters per year, and 3-6 classes per quarter. I weep for our financial aid students: Textbook: C+ Textbook is difficult to use (arbitrarily chunked into sections, no scrolling, filled with annoying video links, can’t copy-paste for note-taking), and a wonder of bad design practice (forced to click through multiple submenus to reach related information, zero useful summaries, rambling and often inaccurate examples that only address 1/4 of the topic/problem covered, no ability to try practice problems or even print out practice quizzes). I REALLY prefer a good old fashioned pdf with a definition, explanation, and two fully solved examples over the mess that is the Wiley plus textbook; It’s so difficult to change chapters and find the info you’re looking for that I usually just gave up. Homework Tool: F- As a homework submission tool, it’s TERRIBLE. A large portion of HW is to help students learn/integrate info through repetition (Instructure’s learning mastery tool does this well, namely by providing feedback and, upon failure, explanation of how to solve a problem) , and Wiley plus does none of this, nor does it work well as a knowledge check. The most it can do is work as a test of how good students are at googling solutions. Integration: D- My school integrates WileyPlus into their Canvas systems, which sounds great in theory but sucks in reality. Upon clicking the Wiley Plus link, your student Canvas app becomes a blue colored duplicate of the Canvas system. You can now access your Wiley Plus assignments… by clicking on the in-app assignment, which will open and in app browser window, which will open a pop-up, which opens another in-app browser window, which allows you to access your assignment. Now, you’d think the positive to this integration would be that WileyPlus Assignments will now show up inside the Canvas assignment tab, wouldn’t you. Tough luck. Due dates are hidden, there’s no notification when anything is assigned/a deadline is approaching, and to switch ‘between’ your WileyPlus and Canvas assignments you’re forced to log out and log back in of the SAME app and click through multiple menu pages, again. Big failure on the frontend and backend sides.
  • Another textbook company that's directly contributed to the absurd prices they've gotten to that produces very poor quality material. Using their homework system is a pain for students, as it's, like the other big giants, poorly designed and overly specific in a way that's not intuitive to anyone but whatever programmers made it. This then makes for a headache for the teacher, having to guide students through problems they definitely know how to do, but not how to get the Wiley software to accept their obviously correct answer. You'll also find problems where the answers are just plain wrong.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

SageMath
Founded: 2004
United States
cocalc.com

Company Information

John Wiley & Sons
Founded: 1807
United States
www.wileyplus.com

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