Transition from CAPA to LONCAPA at USC

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Transition from CAPA to LONCAPA at USC

• Chaden Djalali
• Department of Physics and Astronomy
• University of South Carolina

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CAPA and LONCAPA at USC
CAPA was first used in Spring 1997 in one algebra
based Physics course then extended to all intro
courses in 1998 In 2000, CAPA was used in
outreach program with HS. Recent addition
Engineering school ALL tests and exams with CAPA
LONCAPA first use Fall 2001 in one algebra
based Physics course then extended to almost all
intro course this semester.
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ELCT221-Circuits
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ELCT221

• Problems coded by Gary Blanpied
• Course taught by Dean Patterson
• Fall2002,spring2003, fall2003, spring 2004
• About 80 students each time

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ELCT222 signals
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ELCT222

• Problems coded by Gary Blanpied
• Course taught by Ferdinanda Ponci
• Fall2003, spring2004
• About 40 students

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ELCT361,362 Electromagnetic fields
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ELCT360,361

• Problems coded by Gary Blanpied
• Course taught by Paul Huray, Mohammed Ali
• Fall2001,spring2002,fall2002,spring2003,
  fall2003, spring2004
• Between 20 and 30 students.

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High Schools using CAPA G.S. Blanpied
(coordinator)

• HRW 5th and 6th edition
• Jones and Childers 3rd
• Multiple choice questions library
• On and off total of 27 schools
• Plan to move all of them to LONCAPA by next fall

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CAPA USAGE SPRING 2004 FROM USC
AC Flora 56 ap-B
35 Beaufort
27 Chapin 57 Daniel
16 Dorman
71 Dreher 88 Dreher-apC
8 ee361
78 engr101 29 hhhonors
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hrw 42 irmo
30 Ridgeview
23 RNEap-C 9 salk
20 St. Johns
12 sumter 54 uscsumter
27 westflorence
18 woodland 9
Total for outside schools 700 USC
200 level labs 530 Almost all
200 level courses on LONCAPA 640
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Library Conversion to LONCAPA

• Gary Blanpied (with the help of Mark Lucas) has
  converted the following to LONCAPA
• HRW 6th edition
• Jones and Childers 3rd edition
• currently working on 7th edition of HRW
• Engineering CAPA libraries

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TESTS AND EXAMS
Currently done in CAPA (ANONYMOUS MODE). We scan
our own forms with 100 success (multiple
bubbles per line allowed). Contact Carl Rosenfeld
(lcr_at_sc.edu)
Wish for Next Fall Do all exams in LONCAPA in
ANONYMOUS MODE. We will scan our own forms
(multiple bubbles per line???).