OpenOChem: A freely available online homework system that allows users to create interactive questions, and then assemble them into activities such as sequential and adaptive quizzes and SlideDecks. This system uses LTI, so that students and faculty members access it through their home institutions learning management systems (e.g., Moodle and Canvas). The system allows for creation and sharing of content and questions for users in the OpenOChem community.
Written in 2020 by:
Carl LeBlond, cleblond@iup.edu
Jennifer Muzyka, jennerifer.muzyka@centre.edu
Ehren Bucholtz, ehren.bucholtz@stlcop.edu
Nick Greeves, ngreeves@liverpool.ac.uk
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