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- Using QuizEditor JS
- Wayne K. Mock
- May, 1998
-
- QuizEditor JS is an application which allows educators to easily create self-scoring
- multiple choice quizzes for use with any Web Browser which supports JavaScript 1.1,
- (i.e. Netscape Navigator 3 or later, Netscape Communicator 4.x, Internet Explorer 3 or
- later.) Each quiz question is assigned four possible answers: only one of which can be
- defined as correct. Scoring is reported in a JavaScript-generated popup window and
- includes the correct answers for any question(s) a user may have missed.
-
- The quizzes generated by QuizEditor JS are suitable for unit reviews and other
- activities which require self-evaluation. The results are not reported to anyone except
- the user. Individuals needing more sophisticated testing, reporting and/or tracking
- capabilities should access the INQSIT¿ Web site at http://www.bsu.edu/inqsit/ to learn
- more about the powerful on-line testing and surveying capabilities of that application.
-
- QuizEditor JS is currently downloadable from a Web server located at:
- http://www.edt.bsu.edu/extras/quizeditor/download.html. Macintosh, Windows 3.1.1 and
- Windows 95 versions are available.
-
- Using QuizEditor JS:
- 1. Launch the application by double-clicking its icon; a screen will appear
- displaying buttons labeled ╥Quit╙, ╥Open Project╙ and ╥Add Question╙.
- Ñ Clicking on ╥Quit╙ causes the application to quit.
- Ñ Clicking on ╥Open Project╙ allows you to select existing quiz source for
- editing.
- Ñ Clicking the ╥Add Question╙ button will start a new quiz.
-
- 2. To start a new quiz, click ╥Add Question╙. On the screen which appears at that
- point, name your project, using eight characters or less, with no spaces to
- maintain compatibility with Windows versions earlier than Windows 95.
- Ñ Type the text for your question in the ╥Question╙ field.
- Ñ Type answers into the four ╥Answer╙ fields.
- Ñ Specify one correct answer by clicking on a ╥Correct╙ button.
- Ñ Click ╥Okay╙ to add the current question and answer to your test or click the
- ╥Cancel╙ button to return to the main screen.
- Ñ To edit a question already added, click on ╥Edit Question...╙ on the main
- screen and select the question from the popdown menu.
-
- 3. To open an existing project, (i.e. quiz source,) for editing, click the ╥Open
- Project╙ button on the opening screen, browse to and open your QuizEditor JS
- file.
- Ñ To edit an existing question, click on ╥Edit Question...╙ and select the
- question from the popdown menu.
- Ñ To add a question, click ╥Add Question╙ and proceed as in step 2, above.
-
- 4. Add questions and answers to your quiz.
- Ñ Follow the procedures outlined in step 2, above.
-
- 5. Save your quiz source for later editing and export your quiz for Web use.
- Ñ After at least one question has been added to a test, the main screen will
- display additional buttons: ╥Export as HTML╙ and ╥Save Content╙.
- Ñ ╥Save Content╙ prompts you to save your quiz source. A ╥.qed╙ extension
- is automatically added to the name you have given the project: it should
- be left in place, so that Windows versions of QuizEditor JS can recognize
- the file.
- Ñ ╥Export as HTML╙ prompts you to save your quiz as a HyperText Markup
- Language (HTML) document with an ╥.htm╙ extension. This file can be
- opened in a Web browser, uploaded to a Web server, and/or linked to
- existing Web pages.
-
- QuizEditor JS was created at Ball State University using Macromedia Director. The
- project was developed by Jon Weiss of Education Technology and Development, in
- association with The Center for Teaching Technology.
-
- Acknowledgement: The quizzes generated by QuizEditor JS are based upon the
- CHP Interactive Exercise Prototypes provided by Ronald L. Earp and Brian M. Tissue
- at http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/CHP/scripts/. These authors provide the following
- guidelines for use of their prototypes: ╥These examples are freely available to anyone
- who desires to use them for non-commercial purposes. Our only request is that you
- acknowledge the source of the scripts.╙
-