Quiz-creation programs?
January 3, 2004 12:04 PM Subscribe
I need a good relatively cheap quiz creation program for either Windows or Linux. (More Inside)
Something that has a good interface, allows for images, support for both multiple choice and fill in the blank type questions, and just plain simply works well. I'm trying to learn a foreign language on my own, and would rather use a quiz instead of the time honored method of flashcards. I tried QuizPro recently, but found it incredibly lacking.
Something that has a good interface, allows for images, support for both multiple choice and fill in the blank type questions, and just plain simply works well. I'm trying to learn a foreign language on my own, and would rather use a quiz instead of the time honored method of flashcards. I tried QuizPro recently, but found it incredibly lacking.
Yeah; I usually just program such things myself.
Essentially, you want to put together a list of words, their definitions, and maybe pictures of the word, right? It's essentially an array, with, say, three columns and as many rows as you have words. You create a function that randomly chooses a row, then randomly chooses an entry from that row, and asks for the associated word or definition, and then checks your answer against the table. Sounds like something you could even do with javascript. You'll also get some additional exposure to the words from entering them in the database.
Feel free to email if you need help.
posted by kaibutsu at 2:05 PM on January 3, 2004
Essentially, you want to put together a list of words, their definitions, and maybe pictures of the word, right? It's essentially an array, with, say, three columns and as many rows as you have words. You create a function that randomly chooses a row, then randomly chooses an entry from that row, and asks for the associated word or definition, and then checks your answer against the table. Sounds like something you could even do with javascript. You'll also get some additional exposure to the words from entering them in the database.
Feel free to email if you need help.
posted by kaibutsu at 2:05 PM on January 3, 2004
Response by poster: Well, I guess it might be good for me to manually program one. My programming skills are incrediably rusty and weak, so this might be a good excuse to get in some mild programming experience in. I'll look into coding it next week, and most likely kaibutsu I'll be emailing you desperate for help.
posted by Darke at 5:18 PM on January 3, 2004
posted by Darke at 5:18 PM on January 3, 2004
I like Memory Lifter, it does everything you want, and allows multiple choice, adding audio files, pictures, even video clips, and is easily customized. It also has several clever approaches to quizzing.
I used it in addition to a course I was taking. For the vocab quizzes I ripped each word to a Speex file, and linked it into the card. The marking out and encoding each word separately was the most time consuming part (each chapter had its vocab stored in a single track on the accompanying CD, annoying).
posted by Grod at 6:16 PM on January 3, 2004
I used it in addition to a course I was taking. For the vocab quizzes I ripped each word to a Speex file, and linked it into the card. The marking out and encoding each word separately was the most time consuming part (each chapter had its vocab stored in a single track on the accompanying CD, annoying).
posted by Grod at 6:16 PM on January 3, 2004
Moodle is web-based, and php, but will do this and much more that you probably don't need. It's open source, free courseware.
Moodle.org
posted by mecran01 at 6:38 PM on January 3, 2004
Moodle.org
posted by mecran01 at 6:38 PM on January 3, 2004
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(if you don't know shell scripting and have the time, learn it anyway, you'll run into more uses for it later).
posted by fvw at 1:12 PM on January 3, 2004