- 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 = ProprietaryEULA
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 driverHTML andJavascript file. Quizzes can also be published asSCORM packages, in which case the files are published inside aSCORM 1.2 compliant zip file. Question Writer is notable in that it compiles all the resources of a quiz into a single standaloneSWF file.File Formats
Question Writer makes use of various different file formats. The main ones are:
References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
