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This agreement provides a site licence for Möbius Assessment from DigitalEd. With Maple™, the world-leading math software from Maplesoft™, providing the mathematical muscle, Möbius Assessment is a powerful online testing and assessment system designed especially for courses involving mathematics. Its unparalleled abilities allow instructors to truly assess student understanding of maths-based concepts, making Mobius from Digital Ed ideal for any STEM course.
Agreement start: 1 May 2018
Agreement end: 30 April 2023
Subsequent invoice date: One month in advance of the licence anniversary date.
Institutions may participate at any time during the 5 year period; however, they will be bound by the terms and conditions, including payments for three years from their enrolment.
Site licence.
Sites wishing to trial Möbius Assessment may choose between a free evaluation (individual guest access on the public server) or a pilot - a private instance set up for that university with multiple instructors, ability to test with students, testing of LTI integration to the VLE. Please contact Chest Help to arrange
This Agreement is available to Institutions of Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland and Associated Sites.
An agreement was first negotiated with Maplesoft in 2008. The 2018 renewal coincided with Maplesoft’s decision to spin off their online testing products into a new entity, Digital Education, and hence one became two: the Maplesoft Chest Agreement covers Maple and Maple SIM, whilst this Agreement covers Möbius Assessment, formerly known as Maple TA.
Sites wishing to trial Möbius Assessment may choose between a free evaluation (individual guest access on the public server) or a pilot - a private instance set up for that university with multiple instructors, ability to test with students, testing of LTI integration to the VLE. Please contact Chest Help to arrange
Mobius
Licensor: Digital Education, dba DigitalEd, an Ontario, Canada based company with offices at 630 Weber Street North, Suite 100, Waterloo, Ontario, N2V 2N2, Canada.
Möbius Assessment - STEM courses have their own requirements when it comes to automated assessment, and Möbius Assessment was designed specifically to meet those needs. Offering standard maths notation, sophisticated plotting, free-response maths questions, intelligent grading of responses, and more, Möbius Assessment provides everything you need to take full advantage of automated assessment in your maths-based courses.
Student Performance Increased When Courses Moved Online
Faculty at the University of Manchester wanted a tool to support their new distance learning approach and make the delivery of a fully-online course a reality. The school adopted Möbius Assessment to address the critical assessment and testing portion of a Master of Science online course. Learn how student performance and engagement increased after course worksheets were converted to assignments in Möbius Assessment. Learn more
Custom Content Leads to College-wide Adoption of Möbius Assessment.
The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham needed a solution to meet their objective of providing consistent and immediate feedback for students. Dr. Nicola Wilkin, Senior Lecturer, also wanted a tool that would help level the playing field for students with different qualifications and educational backgrounds. See how Möbius Assessment increased student focus on conceptual knowledge, provided connections between multiple representations, and helped develop advanced mathematical thinking. Learn more.
New Testing Approach Improves Long-Term Knowledge Retention (Sweden)
Ola Hammarsten, a professor in the Clinical Chemistry Department at Gothenburg University, wanted to implement a new testing approach for his medical students to improve understanding of key concepts and long-term knowledge retention. Find out how after being introduced to Möbius Assessment led to improved student focus and helped support their ability to learn and remember key concepts. Learn more.
Whitepaper: Challenges and Solutions in Automated STEM Assessment
Read the full whitepaper here.
DigitalEd for Digital Education, Matthew Lynch - The TECH Edvocate
As education continues to evolve to meet the needs of a fast-paced world, digital education and the associated assets are transitioning from luxury to necessity. Modern digital tools are able to deliver education that rivals classroom education in quality, while improving accessibility and efficiency. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses present more of a challenge due to the complexity of materials, but tools are evolving and the technology has improved in leaps and bounds. Read the full article.
Sites wishing to trial Möbius Assessment may choose between a free evaluation (individual guest access on the public server) or a pilot - a private instance set up for that university with multiple instructors, ability to test with students, testing of LTI integration to the VLE. Please contact Chest Help to arrange
Documentation is provided as pdf's and may be downloaded from the DigitalEd Support page
Available from the DigitalEd Support page
DigitalEd will provide telephone advice and support to the nominated technical Contact and/or his/her Deputy at Licensed Institutions during normal business hours. DigitalEd support can be contacted at:
Phone: 01223 828989
Fax: 01223 828990
Email: support@digitaled.com
Response time for initial enquiries will be within 2 working days.
Supplier home page: www.digitaled.com
New releases, versions and functionality are included.
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Software.
Copying of the Software is allowed in accordance with the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Software.
Payment Terms
On receipt of a completed order, Sites will be invoiced by DigitalEd for the first year of the licence. For each subsequent year, Sites will be invoiced one month in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement.
Please make one Purchase Order payable to "Digital Education, dba DigitalEd” and ensure that it covers the full cost of all Supplier Fees and VAT
A separate Purchase Order should be made payable made out to JISC, 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB for the Chest Fee.
All terms contained in a PO are expressly rejected and do not form part of the Licence or vary the Licence terms in any way.
Sites may, if they wish, pay a single charge to DigitalEd to cover their commitment period (3 years). Please advise Chest Help if you would like to do this.
Payments are due within thirty days of invoice dates; recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with UK statutory provisions
At the end of the agreement period sites must remove the Maple and /or Maple T.A. software, along with any add-ons, from their systems.
| Students | Yes |
| Academic Staff | Yes |
| Non-Academic Staff | Yes |
| Staff home use rights* | Yes |
| Student home use rights* | Yes |
| Access via Citrix, Terminal Server | n/a |
The use of the Product for the administration and management of the Licensee’s educational and research operations is permitted under this Licence.
Personal licences are not available under this Agreement.
Prices are in GBP £ and exclude VAT.
In the UK prices are based on size of institutions using Jisc Bands:
|
Site size |
Jisc Band |
| Large | 1-4 and all Research Councils |
| Medium | 5A, 5B, 6 |
| Small | 7-8 |
| Very small | 9-10 |
| Associate Sites | Variable on request |
In the Republic of Ireland universities and third Level colleges have been placed in similar bands based on their full time equivalent student numbers. See: Ireland Price Bands.
Licences commence for 3 years from the date of countersignature of the licence by DigitalEd.
Pricing is fixed for three years of a site's licence and for the first three years of the agreement. However, Maplesoft has a right of review of pricing three years in to the agreement; in this case prices may rise but by no more than compound inflation.
There are two fees to pay, a Chest fee and a Supplier Fee for Site Licences. The Supplier Fee is the total cost of the software being ordered.
Supplier Fee - there are two products with a site licence:
Chest Fee is £300 per annum for each of the three years of a three-year licence, or a single one-off payment per Licence of £810.
Payment terms are shown on the Terms and Conditions tab.
* Sorry, this agreement has expired *
This agreement expired on the 30/04/2023
This agreement provides a site licence for the Maplesoft product family of advanced mathematical and analytical software. Using Maple's mathematical computation engine with integrated numerics ...
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