If you need to process a web page form, NC State's inFORM application
will process the form and either mail back to you the results, or save
the results of the form in your AFS space. Great for feedback forms or
homework essays.
PHP is a programming language that is used to embed CGI-like dynamic
code into HTML-like pages. PHP is often used to handle forms, to
dynamically adapt a page to the users browser, and to provide an HTML
font-end to database information. ITD can provide this service on most
of the webservers that we host.
If you assign homework, you need WebAssign online homework
delivery and assessment service developed at NCSU and currently
being used by hundreds of schools across the country. WebAssign
distributes, collects, grades, and recordscustomized homework
assignments over the Internet. You can monitor individual
performance, offer extra practice exercises, and provide instant
feedback to your students. Features include automatic grading,
multiple question formats, numerical randomization capability, and
superior technical support. Departments at NCSU using WebAssign
include Physics, Math, Chemistry, Forestry, and Engineering.
WolfWare administers course lockers. It handles locker requests
automatically through the web, creates 200MB lockers for each course
section, configures the lockers to hold a variety of content,
downloads information specific to the course or section from campus
databases, and provides tools to assist instructors in customizing
and managing their courses.
WRAP is a web security protocol being developed by NC State's
Computing Services. If you are interested in protecting your resources,
yet making the available to users from anywhere around the world, WRAP
might be the solution for you (allows off-campus students to authenticate
with the university's Kerberos security system to access your pages--even
if they're coming in from an ISP, such as AOL).