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CREATE A QUIZ
Description:
CREATE A QUIZ is an easy to use, comprehensive program
that can generate multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank
quizzes. Although the teacher can generate hardcopy
printed quizzes, CREATE A QUIZ's speciality is its ability
to create ON-SCREEN, INTERACTIVE quizzes. The quizzes are
graded automatically as the user takes a quiz behind a
computer. Yes, your very own on-line, interactive teaching
tutor!
Special features:
1) Pop-up menus, mouse support, full line text editing
capabilities make using CREATE A QUIZ simple and fun.
2) Both multiple-choice and fill-in-the blank
questions can be used in the same quiz.
3) Quizzes and/or questions can be printed out in
several formats to meet the needs of both teacher and
student. The solutions to each question can be suppressed
or displayed on a printout. Students can receive an echo
printout of each question they take on- screen. Teachers
can review their database of questions by printing out all
the questions or by defining a range (from # to #) to
print.
4) Dozens of command line instructions allow the
program to be "fine-tuned" by a teacher to meet the needs
of a student. These command line instructions can force a
student to answer "x" number of questions before they are
permitted to exit the program. Or the teacher can set up a
time limit for the student so that after "x" number of
minutes have elapsed the program will quit. There are
dozens of customizations that you add to make Create A Quiz
fit your individual teaching and learning needs.
5) Progress charts are kept for each quiz that will
record the best 10 students' quiz results. This is an
excellent way for a teacher to track the progress of a
student. A separate progress chart is maintained for each
quiz created.
6) Up to 9 students can participate in the same quiz
at a time. Great for contests!
7) Display ASCII text files prior to each question. A
full screen display of a pre-defined ASCII text file can be
displayed and scrolled prior to a question, and then after
the user has read the text file they will be presented with
a question dealing with that text.
8) Businesses and organizations can use a command line
instruction that will turn CREATE A QUIZ into a stand-alone
display for customers or prospects. This can make a great
advertising tool and counter display, testing a prospect's
knowledge of your product. The program will even prompt
each user for his name, address and phone number that can
be retrieved later for follow-ups.
9) The quizzes that are created can be password
protected and encrypted to prevent students from altering a
teacher's questions.
10) You can include high-resolution .PCX graphic images
within your quizzes.
Requirements:
No special requirements are necessary for most
computers. A DOS version of 3.0 or higher is necessary
(although it is possible that some 2.x versions will
work, but not guaranteed). The program can be used on
both monochrome and color monitors. A printer is the
only option that is required IF you wish to create quiz
printouts.
To start:
To start the program type ---> QUIZ then press the
[ENTER] or [RETURN] key at the DOS prompt. The program
will load itself into memory in seconds. After an
opening screen or two, a Main Menu will appear.
Menus:
Selections from the Main Menu (or any menu) can be made
by moving the highlighted bar to the selection of your
choice, then pressing the [ENTER] or [RETURN] key.
Selections also can be made by pressing the corresponding
first letter for each option in the menu list. If you
press the [ESC] key instead, the user will be taken to the
previous menu (if any).
To create a quiz:
From the Main Menu the user can create a NEW quiz by
choosing the "Create a new quiz" selection. The user will
then be prompted for a filename, under which all questions
will be stored to disk. The filename entered will
automatically receive the extension ".QZ". Do NOT enter
the ".QZ" extension! Pressing the [ESC] key at this
filename prompt will take the user back to the Main Menu.
After a new filename has been entered, the user must
give the quiz a title and description, and may elect to
enter their name as the quiz creator.
Once this preliminary information has been entered the
user will be prompted to enter a question. Questions can
be up to six lines in length. You can move from one
question line to another by using the cursor control keys
(the keys with the up and down arrows), or by using the
[ENTER] key.
To move to the answer field, press the [F10] function
key. This key will cause the input prompt to leave the
question field, allowing the user to enter possible answers
to the previous question. Should the user need to jump
back to the previous question to make any necessary changes
then press the [F9] function key. Pressing the [F10]
function key from the answer field will instruct the
program to continue to the next step (if any).
Multiple choice questions:
The multiple choice question format is the default
format when you enter questions. Each multiple choice
question can have up to 5 possible answer choices and as
few as 2. After entering the desired number of answer
choices, the quiz creator must verify which of the possible
answers is in fact the correct answer. This verification
step will display the question and possible answers in a
play screen. After verifying the correct solution, the
user can enter a reference note. Such notes will be display-
ed after a student takes the quiz at play time.
Fill-in-the-blank questions:
Fill-in-the-blank questions are different from multiple
choice questions in that only one possible answer can be
entered. The way CREATE A QUIZ distinguishes between a
multiple choice question and a fill-in-the-blank question
is that the latter has an UNDERSCORE "_" character (ASCII
95) somewhere in the question. This underscore character
is NOT to be confused with a "dash" or "hyphen". If an
underscore character exists ANYWHERE in the question, then
that question automatically becomes a fill-in-the-blank
question, and will as a result accept only one answer when
the time comes to input an answer when creating the quiz.
You can enter one "_" underscore by itself or a string of
underscores (e.g., "______"). The result is the same - one
word will be prompted for during the quiz.
The following are acceptable in creating a fill-in-
the-blank question:
1. George _ was the first president of the United
States.
2. George Washington was the first _____ of the United
States.
3. Name the first president of the United States?: __
Please be aware that trailing underscores will be
removed from printouts and from quiz play displays. In
other words, if you want the underscore to appear or print,
then place the underscore(s) somewhere in your question
BESIDES at the end of the question. In examples 1 & 2
above, the underscores will appear exactly as you entered
them. In example 3, however, the two trailing "__"
characters will be stripped and will not be seen by the
student taking the quiz, nor on any printouts.
Keep in mind the difference in formats between
multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions:
"DECEMBER 25 IS:" This will result in a multiple-
choice question.
"DECEMBER 25 IS _" This will result in a fill-i