Numbas

Chris Graham and Christian Lawson-Perfect
Newcastle University.

What is Numbas?

Numbas is an open-source system developed by the e-Learning Unit of Newcastle University's School of Maths and Stats, based on many years of use, experience and research into e-assessment.

It's aimed at numerate disciplines.

It creates SCORM-compliant exams which run entirely in the browser, compatible with VLEs such as Blackboard and Moodle.

Numbas at Newcastle

  • Over 50,000 student assessments per year.
  • Use in maths, accounting, biomedical sciences, engineering, physics, psychology and more.
  • Formative and summative applications.
  • Integration with our VLE, Blackboard, through our LTI tool.

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TEAME

Large Scale Assessment

Current use

  • 100+ universities in the UK and around the world.
  • 1,000+ users registered on public editor.
  • 3,000+ exams; 14,000+ questions.

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