WebAssign
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Smarter grading, designed by educators

WebAssign was built by educators, for educators — which is why it grades more like an instructor and less like a rigid computer program. Its patented grading engine, powered by Mathematica, understands equivalent answers, not just exact answer matches. Students focus on mastering the subject — not fighting the system.

A powerful, customizable GradeBook

WebAssign's GradeBook gives you complete control over your class data with flexible features and an easy-to-use setup to support your unique grading needs. Use real-time insights to monitor student progress and class trends, and drill into assignments to pinpoint where students struggle.

GradeBook lets you drop lowest scores, weight final exams or upload offline grades. Grades also pass through to campus learning management systems (LMSs) via Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) integration.

The grading system that thinks like you do

WebAssign is designed to handle the ambiguity and flexibility of real mathematical notation. Whether it's free-response math problems or approximate numerical answers, WebAssign's engine evaluates based on meaning, not formatting. It accepts multiple variations of an answer, understands context to avoid misinterpretation and supports symbolic math, integrals, derivatives and approximations. 

Enhanced feedback with Common Error Assistance

Simple mistakes can derail student confidence. WebAssign's Common Error Assistance helps students stay on track by catching common formatting or syntax errors — without giving away the answer. Students get immediate feedback on small mistakes, reducing frustration and follow-up questions. Students don't need to wait for your help to understand why an answer was marked wrong. 

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“WebAssign’s instant and accurate grading provides more time for lecture preparation and individualized attention, making it easier to keep up with the fast pace of a short course. "

—Dean Lilibeth Sabino, Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines

Frequently asked questions

No. If you do not set up the GradeBook, all grades will go to ScoreView. However, by setting up the GradeBook, you have access to even more customizable features.

Yes, most of WebAssign questions are automatically graded with the exception of: 

  • Free response questions 
  • Questions you create yourself that are not formatted for automatic grading 
  • Questions that require Show My Work (and that work will need to be graded) 

Yes. In addition to Common Error Assistance, there are Answer Format Tips that allow students to see the type of answer expected for each question (formula, numeric value, text). 

A screenshot of Answer Format Tips in Webassign

The benefit of WebAssign is automatic grading, but there are free-response questions that require manual grading.

Learn strategies to save time grading

Advanced Math

  • Smith/Eggen/St. Andre's "A Transition to Advanced Mathematics," 8e

 

Algebra & Trigonometry

  • Larson's "Algebra & Trig," 11e (& Corequisite version)
  • Larson's "Trigonometry," 11e
  • Larson's "Trigonometry: A Right Triangle Approach," 1e

 

Applied Calculus

  • Harshbarger's "Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences," 12e
  • Tan's "Applied Mathematics for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences," 7e
  • Waner/Costenoble's "Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus," 8e
  • Waner’s "Applied Calculus," 8e
  • Waner’s "Finite Mathematics," 8e

 

Business Statistics

  • Camm/Cochran/Fry/Ohlmann/Anderson/Sweeney/Williams's "An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making," 16e

 

College Algebra

  • Larson's "College Algebra," 11e (& Corequisite version)

 

Developmental Math

  • Aufmann/Lockwood's "Mathematics: Journey from Basic Mathematics Through Intermediate Algebra," 2e
  • Tussy/Gustafson's "Elementary and Intermediate Algebra," 6e


Liberal Arts Math / Quantitative Reasoning

  • Aufmann's "Discovering Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach," 2e
  • Smith's "Nature of Mathematics," 13e
  • Smith's "Mathematics: Its Power and Utility," 10e


Precalculus

  • Larson's "Precalculus," 11e (& Corequisite version)
  • Larson's "Precalculus with Limits," 5e


Statistics

  • Rosner's "Fundamentals of Biostatistics," 8e
  • Utts/Heckard's "Mind on Statistics," 6e
  • Devore's "Probability and Statistics for Engineers and the Sciences," 9e
  • Brase/Brase's "Understandable Statistics," 13e (& Corequisite version)

Formatting, Numerical Errors

  • Improper rounding
  • Sign missing or improperly added
  • Order of magnitude error
  • Entering fraction incorrectly
  • Reversed order of terms in division
  • Exact answer needed but student rounded
  • Wrong Fraction Format
  • Feedback for matrix model questions


Algebraic Errors (expressions or equations involving variables or symbols)

  • Error around integration constant
  • Absolute value needed
  • Incorrect variable use
  • Incorrect variable case
  • Incorrect signs
  • Answer needs to be equation
  • Answer needs to be expression
  • Ordered pair needed
  • Ordered triple needed
  • Incorrect order of coordinates
  • Constant missing a variable
  • Missing exponent sign
  • Missing plus sign
  • Missing exponent
  • Wrong exponent
  • Parentheses included but not needed
  • Wrong ordered pair, x is correct, y is wrong
  • Improper Rounding
  • Sign missing or improperly added
  • Order of magnitude error
  • Entering fraction incorrectly
  • Reversed order of terms in division
  • Exact answer needed but student rounded
  • Wrong Fraction Format
  • Feedback for matrix model questions

Yes, you can turn it off in your assignment settings under Student Feedback, by turning off "Help Content." Keep in mind this will also turn off other help tools such as Read Its.

Learn how to turn off Common Error Assistance