WeBWorK is a system that allows you to submit solutions online to problems assigned each week.  

In WeBWorK, you can try to answer homework problems more than once.  After each try, a message tells you immediately whether your answer is right or not. This allows you to try to find out what you did wrong and, I hope, to understand the question better.  

WeBWorK is a learning tool for students and ultimately it functions on an "honor system." You can help each other with ideas or hints on the problems, or to get over some point where you're stuck. But in the end you are to solve the problems yourself and submit your own work. 

Actually doing problems for somebody else just intereferes with an opportunity for people to learn and get feedback, and getting a few points boost in the WebWorK score doesn't contribute that much to the overall course grade anyway.  In any case, WebWork problems will usually vary slightly from student to student so that just "knowing the answer somebody else got" usually won't help.   If there are indications (from the computer system, or otherwise) that you are not doing so, it may constitute an academic integrity violation.

To begin you should go to the WebWorK page (and probably "Bookmark" it on your computer for the semester).  From this page, select the link for Math 132 and logon to WebWorK.  

First Time Logging On   You will need a username and a password. Your username is your 6-digit WU Student ID Number and this is also your initial password. This is a terrible choice for a password -- so after logging in the first time, you should immediately:  

• Change your password to something else
• Use the menu to update your email address, if necessary.  This will let me or the WebWorK coordinator respond to any message you send us from within WebWorK. 
• What if I forget my password?  Send an e-mail to webwork@math.wustl.edu. 

WeBWorK is fairly easy to use, and many of your initial questions during the first couple of weeks can probably be answered on one of the following pages.  Otherwise, send an email to webwork@math.wustl.edu. 

Introduction to WeBWorK for Students

How to Enter Answers into WeBWorK

FAQ for Students

How to write mathematics using an ordinary keyboard

On Monday, January 24 at 5pm the first real WeBWorK problem set HW1 will "open" -- meaning that you can start working on it. When you're ready, you should open HW1 and print out a copy for yourself to work on until you're ready to submit answers. 

When you enter answers for some or all problems, WeBWorK will tell you whether you're right or wrong.  If a solution is wrong, you can try the problem again and resubmit an answer as many times as you like up until the HW1 deadline at 5 p.m. on the following Monday, January 31.  At that time, HW 1 will be automatically close online and HW 2 will open up a few minutes later.  

The usual pattern for WeBWorK assignments throughout the semester will be "Assignment opens Monday, and solutions are due by 5pm the following Monday, at which time the next assignment opens online."   The Daily Assignments page will remind you of the dates. There will be NO extensions of the due date. Instead, I will drop your four lowest webwork scores, subject to the constraint that at most two of the last four scores can be dropped.  

Your total webwork score at the end of the semester will be computed by taking the average of your best 8 out of 12 webwork scores, subject to the constraint that at least two of the six scores come from Webwork problem sets 9-12.