Question Writer

Question Writer

Infobox Software
name = Question Writer
caption = Question Writer screenshot


latest_release_version = Question Writer (3.0)
latest_release_date = May 1 2008
operating_system = Windows
genre = Quiz Authoring
license = Proprietary EULA
website = [http://www.questionwriter.com Question Writer home page]

Question Writer is a quiz authoring tool for Microsoft Windows. It is used for authoring questions and compiling them into quizzes in the Flash file format. [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriter.com|title=Question Writer home page] The software is published by Central Question. [cite web |url=http://www.centralquestion.com|title=Publisher website]

User Interface

The user interface treats each quiz as a separate document. The document interface makes available the questions in a tree-view on the left hand side and a large preview pane on the right hand side. This pane can display a preview of the question, section or entire quiz. The software uses a multiple document interface allowing a number of quizzes to be open simultaneously. Drag and drop is used to re-order questions within a quiz and copy questions between quizzes.

Versions

Question Writer is in its third iteration and comes in three editions, 'Basic', 'Standard' and 'Professional'. [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriter.com/product-quiz.html|title=Question Writer Feature Comparison] The Basic version is made freely available for personal use but is restricted to multiple choice questions [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriterblog.com/archives/2006/06/personal_edition_free_for_personal_use.html|title=Product blog entry on personal usage] . The Standard version has a wider range of question types, features and quiz themes. The Professional version adds more advanced features, notably a partial credit question [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriterblog.com/archives/2006/09/partial_credit.html|title=Partial Credit question description] and question pooling [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriterblog.com/archives/2008/02/sections.html|title=Introduction to question pooling] .

Features

Question Writer users create quizzes by adding questions and choosing the settings that apply to the quiz. The main settings allow changes to do with question randomization and selection, time limits, the reporting and feedback level, the marking scheme and the passing score.

8 question types can be used, those are
* Multiple Choice
* Multiple Response
* Matching [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriterblog.com/archives/2008/05/drag_and_drop_matching.html|title=Matching question description]
* Sequencing [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriterblog.com/archives/2008/02/sequencing_question.html|title=Sequencing question description]
* Fill in the Blank
* Essay [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriterblog.com/archives/2007/01/essay_style_questions.html|title=Essay question description]
* True/False
* Partial Credit [cite web |url=http://www.questionwriterblog.com/archives/2006/09/partial_credit.html|title=Partial Credit question description]

Manual

The manual is available online as a WikiBook. [cite web |url=http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Question_Writer_3_Manual|title=Question Writer 3 Manual]

Publishing

Quizzes can be published for the web, in which case a SWF is compiled and exported together with a small driver HTML and Javascript file. Quizzes can also be published as SCORM packages, in which case the files are published inside a SCORM 1.2 compliant zip file. Question Writer is notable in that it compiles all the resources of a quiz into a single standalone SWF file.

File Formats

Question Writer makes use of various different file formats. The main ones are:

References


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