The UT Homework Service is an interactive program that allows college and high school teachers from around the country to customize homework assignments for their students via the Internet. This free service was intended as a substitute for assigning standard problems at the end of textbook chapters. Now teachers can assign problems, keep records of student progress, and grade the assignments online. Explanations are provided to students after the due date. The service keeps a record of each student's progress, storing grades and a semester summary.
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The unique, algorithm-based problems ensure that questions are different, and that every student receives a different version. In addition to the problems already in the banks, teaching assistants at UT develop new questions, and more importantly, train other teachers to create their own problems. Whether or not the Homework Service will gain the widespread popularity that textbooks now enjoy, the successful program is something in which its creators can take pride. The service has been used by students in introductory science classes at UT Austin since 1991. More than 13,000 students at 250 different schools nationwide took advantage of the program during the fall 2000 semester alone.