WhizQuiz© Features

WhizQuiz© Features

Questions Types: There can be four different types of questions in a quiz.
- True/false
- Multiple choice
- Selection from a List
- Numeric response
On-line Grading: As soon as the user finishes taking the quiz, s/he can submit it for grading. The answers are graded according to the key provided by the quiz author, and results are displayed along with correct answers and fully-customizable feedback that can include URLs.
Support for Images: Images can be put anywhere you would want to display them in the quiz including questions, answers, and feedback.
- You can use the same banner (images and HTML code) that you use for your current web site.
- For multiple choice questions, each choice can have its own image, so that it is possible to choose an answer from a set of images.
The manner in which graphics can be integrated into a quiz is very flexible. The image files may be located either on the server on which the quiz is installed or they may be located anywhere else on the Web (i.e. URL-accesible)
Help Links: A help link can be associated with each question. It will show up as a help button after the question text in the quiz. It will also appear along with the correct answer if the user get the question wrong. This feature is helpful in pointing quiz takers to information on the Web which may relate to a particular question and help them in answering it correctly. This can also be used as an alternative interface to your Web-site, so that users are guided to the information they need, by having them go through a question-answer session.
Question Groups: Questions can be grouped by subject and graded according to groups. Responses and help links can be specified for performance within a group. For example, the quiz author can specify a response (e.g., You need more practice in this area) and a help link for users who get less than a certain score on a particular subject area. This feature is particularly useful for pointing quiz takers to more information on particular topic areas.
Random Quiz Generation: The author may set the number of questions to be asked in each quiz. If this is less than the total number of questions submitted in the quiz file, WhizQuiz© will choose questions randomly from the pool of questions. Users taking the quiz many times will get a different selection of questions each time. This is particularly useful for practice quizzes for courses, where the student gets a different set of questions each time, which may contain a few question s/he has already answered.
Question References: References can be specified for the entire quiz or for individual questions. They will be displayed along with the grading information. This is useful for course quizzes, for example, to point quiz takers to the notes for a particular lecture.
Responses to Answers: It is possible to specify different responses for correct and incorrect answers, and for individual choices in multiple-choice or list-type questions. It is also possible to display information about the question along with the answer, regardless of whether the user got it right or wrong.
Overall Grading Response: The author can specify responses to be displayed depending upon the overall score obtained on the quiz. Default responses are also provided for this.
Quiz Instructions and Information: Instructions for taking the quiz can be provided and they appear on the quiz before the questions. A description for the quiz can also be provided and it appear in an HTML help file automatically generated by the quiz installation program. The help file also provides information about the quiz author and means to contact the author. Both the instructions and the descriptions can be formatted in HTML.
Customizable Look & Feel: The quiz author can customize the the look and feel of the quiz to match their taste. For example, it is possible to specify a background color or image for the quiz, a banner for the quiz, and a different help image. Support for Cascading Style Sheets is also included. This is important for integrating a quiz seamlessly into an existing Web-site.
Obtaining User Information: It is possible to obtain the required information from the person taking the quiz and log it. There are three types of input fields that are allowed -- text (e.g., name, address), validated numeric (e.g., telephone number, social security number), and list selection (e.g., class section). It is possible to require any or all of the inputs. It is also possible to log the inputs in the quiz log file.
Class Role Authentication: You may resrict access to the quiz to only those student's whose name, ID# and/or any other identifier corresponds to those in a class role file.
Grade Logging: The grades on any quiz can be logged and checked online. Each quiz has a separate log file, and the author can define the information included in the log, as well as a grade threshold for logging, if desired.
Password Protection: A quiz can be protected by a password which can be set to prevent grading the quiz, logging of the results, or prevent the user from looking at the questions.
Quiz Statistics: Quiz authors can view online or download a log file for each quiz. This file can then be entered into a spreadsheet for statistical analysis.