Numbas is an easy way to create online tests. Our free web-based system helps you build the exams you need to challenge your students, complete with videos and interactive diagrams.
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Numbas works online and offline. You can upload your tests to learning platforms such as Moodle or Blackboard, or download to a DVD or USB stick.
How can I use it? Sending tests to students
Numbas is designed for a range of needs. Users can apply different themes, and add videos, diagrams and images to their tests and assessments.
Adding media to your tests Theming and extending Numbas
Numbas is free and open-source, so you can change it to make it work for you. It works with all modern browsers and virtual learning environments.
Contributing to Numbas Frequently Asked QuestionsNumbas is perfect for maths testing, but can be applied to many different subjects. Teachers around the world have used it to help students get to grips with their material, and to test how far they've come.
Users can build interactive graphs and charts, and analyse data using a huge library of statistical functions.
Your answers don't just have to be numbers. Numbas excels at assessing algebraic expressions and more.
Numbas is made for exams and revision. Students can work on equations, master concepts and improve.
Teachers worldwide are adapting Numbas to help their students learn. What will you create?
Numbas was created at Newcastle University, and is used in every first-year module at the School of Mathematics and Statistics. However, it has also been adopted by educators worldwide. Meet some of the people who have adapted Numbas for use in universities, schools, companies and even hospitals.
Numbas delivers maths tests and modules at over 30 higher education institutions around the world.
Higher-ed maths case studiesOur users have adapted Numbas to deliver tests for chemistry, business, psychology, engineering and more.
Other higher-ed case studiesNumbas is not just for numbers. Students can master important concepts, and take the plunge with assessments when they’re ready.
Schools case studiesHelp your staff to develop their skills, and track their progress. Numbas has been used to create a range of work-based tests.
Commercial case studiesNumbas features full documentation which is always in line with the most recent version.
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