Features

• Much has NOT changed

Problem sets are compatible with 1.9 -- student interface is largely the same

• Modular authentication, etc. Allows access from webpage

Could develop access based on cookies -- no login from your home machine
Access based on authentication database at the university
Access based on moodle's database ( or webCT, etc.) -- come hear Zig talk later

Fast switching between professor tools, professor and student
• Faster response for students -- (better load handling??-- I hope so.)
• Can use alternative databases mySQL and GDBM have been used so far

Database layer has not yet been optimized for speed
Some sorting operations are very slow

Email, Statistics, Class list and set list are all more powerful and quicker to navigate

Essentially every aspect of creating a course can be handled from the web.

Coming soon:

More statistics options e. g. sorting
classlist import/export and scoring

Some disaster recovery is still only possible from the web

Easier course set up and system setup

no setup scripts needed

one entry to Apache config file and two lines customized in the WeBWorK global.conf file
only one unix group -- greatly simplifies permissions problems

(still need to get TeX, GD, dvipng to work however)

CVS delivery makes it easier to get bug fixes.

The student modules have been tested for a semester and are pretty stable
The instructor tools probably lack features and have minor bugs.
Can use the WeBWorK 1.9 instructor tools interchangeably with WeBWorK2.0 if you use GDBM database

quiz_module

Proof of concept only -- still being developed

Template customization to your site