STACK
System for Teaching and Assessment using a Computer algebra Kernel

The STACK system is a computer aided assessment package for mathematics.
You can read about the basic idea behind STACK and mathematical CAA.

For the student

• How are my answers assessed?
• How do I enter my answers?
• How do I use the DragMath editor?

For the question author

• The design of the data-structure which captures STACK's multi-part questions.
• Interaction elements.
• Authoring potential responses.
• Question Variables and Answer Variables
• Answer tests
• Frequently Asked Questions.
• Fact sheets for students.

Other information

• Installing STACK.
• Development: how to contribute, history and the future.
• Create STACK plugins (PDF)
• How to add different interaction elements
• About the STACK logo.

Maxima

A CAS is a complex programming language in its own right.

• Minimal-Maxima. A PDF file about Maxima and its data structures. This contains a lot of useful information about sets, lists, matrices and simplification.
• An introduction to Maxima
• Maxima's function list together with
  1. whether they are supported by STACK, and if so for everyone or only teachers.
  2. annotations and STACK specific notes
• A list of STACK specific Maxima functions.
• Complete Maxima documentation
• Maxima's homepage