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Cream of the Crop 21 (Terry Blount) (October 1996).iso
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Version 1.30
+ Added automatic word wrap feature when the teacher is entering
a new question.
+ Scoreboard files (*.SCB) are now encrypted to prevent any
possibility of students changing their scores.
+ The student can change the order of questions from random to
sequential mode from within the program at the Options Menu.
+ New command line parameter "ENFORCE" when used with "STOPAT="
or "STARTAT=" parameters will prevent a student from exiting
the program/quiz until the specified range or quantity of
questions have been attempted.
+ New command line parameter "NODUPES" when used in random mode
will guarantee that no duplicating questions will be given to
the student. In other words, each question presented to the
student will appear only once (i.e., no duplicates).
+ New command line parameter "QTY=" where "QTY=5" specifies that
five RANDOM questions MUST be answered before exiting a quiz.
+ Directive pointers can be imbedded in an answer that will force
what question number the student will be presented based upon
their answer of the previous question.
+ Documentation can be printed from within the program.
Version 1.34
+ Longer multiple-choice answers
+ Replace the "_" fill-in-the-blank default character with a
different character using FIBCHAR=x
+ NOREVIEW withholds answers and/or reviewing of previous
choices during an on-screen test.
+ SCOREALL prevents user from bypassing the top 10 score chart.
+ NOOPTS suppresses the "Play Options" menu.
Version 1.35
+ Longer references (up to 19 lines via use of ALT+M maximize
hot-key).
+ REFNOTES parameter forces automatic display of long reference
notes after each question
+ Fixed a bug that causes computer lockup when two or more players
participate using sequential question mode. After the last
question is displayed, the program locked up.
+ Alternating background colors are now used when more than one
student is taking an on screen quiz. Player #1's background
color is blue, player #2's is red, and so on... This helps
to identify whose turn is up when playing contests.
+ When sequential question mode is active during an on screen
quiz, a new "How many questions remaining" indicator appears
in the status bar at the top of the screen. The number of
remaining questions is identified as "Left: ###" where "###"
is the number of questions remaining to be answered before
the quiz is finished.
+ Teacher can now redirect printouts of their quizzes (from
the editor) to an ASCII disk file by using the command line
parameter LPT=filename
Version 1.36
+ Allowed use of a double comma token to represent a true
comma in a fill-in-the-blank answer. Example, if the question
was "What is 500+500? _" the answer the student may think to
enter may be 1,000 or 1000. Since a comma represents a
separator between multiple answers, previous versions would
not except "1,000" as a correct answer since "1,000" would
be interpreted as either "1" or "000". To avoid this problem
the teacher can now use a double comma when creating a fill-
in-the-blank question where there is a need for an actual
comma in the answer itself. In the example above, the teacher
would code the actual answers as "1,,000, 1000".
+ Fixed a bug that would lock up the computer if the user was
taking a sequential quiz and reached the very last question
and having answered the question then pressed [ESC]. If the
student then selected "Exit to D.O.S." from the Options menu,
the computer would lock up. This problem has been fixed.
+ The prompt window that asks for the quantity of students
participating in an on-screen quiz, and then the following
prompt asking for their name can now be customized. If you
create an ASCII file an name it "QUIZ.WHO", the contents of
this file will change the prompts in these two windows.
On line 1 of this QUIZ.WHO ASCII file, enter the word(s)
that would go in the following blank: "Enter total number
of ________ participating: " If line 1 of this file is
left blank, the word "students" will appear since it is
the default.
On line 2 of the same file, enter a text string that you
want displayed when each player is prompted for their name.
Example: "Please enter your student identification number:"
If this line is left blank, then the default prompt "Please
enter your name:" will be used.
Version 2.00
+ Enhanced reference note file parameter added that will define
the last line to display within an ASCII reference file.
Previous versions would only allow a beginning line number to
be specified (e.g. {BIBLE.ASC,15} start on line 15). Now
you can define the last line to be displayed in the reference
file by adding another comma and the ending line number (e.g.
{BIBLE.ASC,15,25} where only lines 15 to 25 of this ASCII
file will be displayed as an reference introduction to a
specific question).
+ A custom "help screen" can be displayed on the screen for a
student taking a quiz. If a "xxxx.HLP" file exists, it will
be displayed PRIOR TO the first question in a quiz. "xxxx"
represents a file name (up to 8 characters) and MUST match
the same name of the quiz file (xxxx.QZ). The extension
".HLP" must be used. This "help screen" (or information
screen) is a simple ASCII text file. If one does not exists,
it will not be used. Also, this same .HLP file can be accessed
at ANY TIME during the actual quiz by pressing the [F1] key.
If you would like to have such a screen appear PRIOR TO the
first question in a quiz, but NOT be available again after
the first question is displayed, then use the file extension
".1ST" instead. Again, it is important that all these files
have the same prefix filename as the quiz file (.QZ) that you
wish to use. Example: MYTEST.QZ and MYTEST.HLP, and STUDY.QZ
and STUDY.1ST are valid file combinations.
+ A new command line parameter has been added that will bypass
the scoreboard at the conclusion of a quiz or the program.
If you DON'T want your students' progress or scores recorded
via the scoreboard, add "NOSCORE" to the command line when
starting Create A Quiz from the DOS prompt (QUIZ NOSCORE).
+ Multiple choice questions have been expanded to support up
to 7 choices per question (previous versions supported up
to 5). Also, the number of lines available to the question
field has been expanded from 4 lines to 6.
+ The file/quiz selection menu now SORTS all listings by the
quiz file name ALPHABETICALLY. Previous versions performed
NO sorting whatsoever.
+ The student taking a quiz on-screen can now print individual
questions "on the fly" by pressing the [P] key.
Version 2.01
+ Fixed a bug which would occur during a teacher printout of
questions (when in the editor mode) when answer strings
were longer than 68 characters.
+ Fixed a bug that caused the question window to explode and
fill the screen entirely when really long words occurred
(e.g. thrombolymphangitis) at the end of a question line.
Version 2.02
+ Fixed a bug which would occur when any question contained
6 or 7 multiple choice answers AND when the solution was
either multiple choice number 6 or 7. This error would
not occur if 6-7 m/c answers existed AND the actual correct
solution was either m/c answer 1-5.
+ Fixed a bug that during actual quiz time would cause
multiple-choice windows to be too small for all the possible
m/c answers when 6-7 m/c answers existed. Choices 6 and 7
would spill outside of the window.
Version 2.10
+ Added the ability to delete a question from within the
editor.
+ Changed all Yes/No window prompts to a more sophisticated
menu selection with a moving highlight bar.
Version 2.11