The Quiz and Quiz Writer


... a flexible tool for student revision and assessment



Electronic Publishing Group


GeoData Institute, University of Southampton

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A Generic Windows Quiz Application for Revision and Assessment


The Quiz application is a PC-based software tool to help you develop interactive quizzes for student revision and assessment. It enables rapid development and customisation of tests and examinations, with powerful reporting and assessment facilities. Simple to design and intuitive for student use, the application has been extensively tested by over 400 undergraduates.

Developed with the support of a number of departments within the University of Southampton, the application provides a generic tool for questioning students in the Windows environment. The Quiz has been applied as a teaching and revision tool on a number of courses, and successfully used in the formal assessment of over 200 Biology students - the entire process, from the first sitting to collecting all marks, taking a single afternoon.

The Quiz can also be tailored to any educational level, such as schools and colleges, as well as for commercial training and evaluation. The application will benefit anyone with a requirement to question, examine, or seek response from a group of users. It will save you writing and updating scripts, evaluating marks, and provides immediate feedback for students.


Writing Quizzes

The executable program presents information from Quiz configuration files which determine all aspects of the application behaviour. Questions are specified using a small set of standard templates, including:


Quiz configuration files use the standard Windows INI file format and may be quickly developed either by editing them directly, or using the accompanying Quiz Writer application, which allows non-technical users to enter appropriate template values (see opposite).



Quiz Features

A variety of Quiz facilities can be configured by the user. These may be specified globally for the quiz as a whole, for each question, or default values used.



Like to know more?

The Quiz and Quiz Writer applications are now available. Demonstrations can be readily arranged either on a regional basis or at the GeoData Institute. The application can be supplied as a ready-to-run package or, if you prefer, the Electronic Publishing Group can develop and customise the Quiz to your requirements and specification.


About the GeoData Institute

The GeoData Institute is a research organisation and contract agency based within the University of Southampton providing integrated environmental research and consultancy services, particularly in the field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The Institute's consultants and scientists provide a broad range of environmental services and draw upon complementary skills within the University and other institutions to construct specialist project teams.

The Institute has built up a substantial resource and skill base in the development and dissemination of multimedia training and awareness materials, and interactive information systems. The Electronic Publishing Group within the Institute have specialised in providing services in this area at all stages of development, including design, development, marketing and distribution.


Contact Details

Please contact us at the address below if you wish to discuss any aspect of the Quiz application, or for further details of the Institute's environmental or GIS services.

Jason Sadler
Electronic Publishing Group
GeoData Institute
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Tel: (01703) 592719
Fax: (01703) 594628

e-mail: geodata@soton.ac.uk
www: http://www.geodata.soton.ac.uk


Last Modified: 16 November 1997

GeoData Institute, Quiz Brochure
jds@geodata.soton.ac.uk