“At Edith Cowan University (Perth, Western Australia) we have been using SOWISO to administer all non-invigilated assessment in our first and second year calculus/linear algebra units since 2017. As a lecturer I have really enjoyed the flexibility that SOWISO offers to tailor exercises and content to best meet our needs. I am able to copy and edit existing SOWISO exercises, author my own exercises, and link those exercises to theory pages. SOWISO has been well received by our students, and we have received positive feedback on how it has helped to direct students’ study, motivate students to practice, and provide feedback to help students identify weaknesses and misunderstandings. I have also found the SOWISO team to be very good to work with as they are very receptive to feedback and suggestions, and are quick to respond to any issues that arise.”

“We are happy with the SOWISO platform; it is always accessible, students are able to practice more and are provided with personalised feedback while doing so. With the help of the SOWISO platform we aim to improve the quality of the contact hours by letting students independently practice basic skills exercises and by providing more in-depth lectures. We experience the collaboration with SOWISO as a company very positive; the communication is clear and efficient.”

“TUT is the largest residential university in South Africa. The Foundation Year Program assists students to bridge their school-leaving competencies with that required at university level and as the name suggests is designed to provide a solid foundation for students to build their university education on.

In the 5 years that SOWISO has been part of the strategy of the Foundation Program we have seen results steadily improve from an initial pass rate of 58% prior to its adoption to a pass rate of 87% in the last year, 2018.

Students who meet the university entry requirements for this program still have varied competencies and as such require varied levels of intervention. The usefulness of the SOWISO platform to provide ‘tailored’ interventions prompted its use in a pilot project in 2014 and subsequent adoption into the teaching and learning strategy in subsequent years. Students at able to work at their own pace, catch up with the rest of the class in areas where they are weaker or to work ahead if they find they are confident enough. The platform includes theory content, step-by-step hints in problem solving, self-assessment and exercise and test creation options for instructors, with monitoring tools to follow the progress of each student. “

As a lecturer and mathematician, I really like using SOWISO. It is much more customisable than previous assessment systems I have used. I can easily copy questions and modify them slightly to suit my needs (creating questions from scratch is a bit more difficult but doable too). The interface to do the admin (setting assignments, downloading marks etc) is very user friendly. The main advantage, I find, of SOWISO, is the customer service: if I have any question they answer very quickly, fix bugs in exercises within 24 hours, etc. This is because the people answering my queries are mathematicians who understand what I am talking about, rather than just salespeople (as was my experience previously with other systems).