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Maple T.A. 2.0 and MapleNet Academic 2.5 Enhance Online Maths Education

Adept Scientific are pleased to announce the release of Maple T.A 2.0 and MapleNet Academic 2.5 from Maplesoft (Ontario, Canada), the leading provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science and mathematics. The upgraded Web-based products leverage Maple, the standard among interactive mathematical software, to enhance e-learning.

“For over 25 years, academic institutions around the world have trusted Maplesoft products to enrich the education experience,” said Tom Lee, Maplesoft’s Vice President of Market Development. “The upgrades to our highly integrated product suite will help the academic community better prepare tomorrow’s leaders in engineering, science and mathematics.”

Maple T.A. automates many time-consuming elements of modern post-secondary mathematics education. Derived from the legendary Maple software, Maple T.A. offers a Web-based system for creating tests, assignments, and exercises, automatically assessing student responses and performance. In addition to integration with Maple 9.5., Maple T.A 2.0 includes enhancements to the Question Bank Editor and Assignment Editor, which allow teachers to create more sophisticated questions, create questions in less time and distribute richer content to their students. Additional enhancements to the Gradebook and Class Management provide smoother and more robust deployment, minimal downtime and enable institutions to service larger deployments. For detailed information about the new features, please visit http://mapleta.adeptscience.co.uk/newfeatures.html.

MapleNet Academic provides a complete Web infrastructure for deploying live mathematical applications online. For several years, innovative educators have used MapleNet Academic to enrich distance and on-campus courses and share academic research. New features for version 2.5 include full compatibility with Maple 9.5 and institution-wide scalability. The integration with Maple 9.5 enables users to take advantage of all the enhancements and power of Maple when authoring MapleNet Academic content. The increased scalability meets customer demand for large deployments. For more information about the new features, please visit: http://maplenet.adeptscience.co.uk.

Maple T.A. and MapleNet are supplied and supported in the UK and Ireland by Adept Scientific plc, Amor Way, Letchworth, Herts. SG6 1ZA; telephone (01462) 480055, fax (01462) 480213, e-mail maple@adeptscience.co.uk; or see Adept’s dedicated World Wide Web site http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/

With offices in the UK, USA, Germany and throughout the Nordic region, Adept Scientific is one of the world’s leading suppliers of software and hardware products for research, scientific, engineering and technical applications on desktop computers.