Main Properties
The main properties of the quiz can be shown by selecting the item Properties
from the item of Quiz menu . The following dialog window will appear:
The main properties of a quiz are following:
· Maximum mark: at the end of the quiz, a final mark will be assigned to
the student. The range of mark is between 0 up to 9999.
· Minimal mark: the minimal obtainable mark answering when all answers
to the questions are wrong.
· Maximum time: from the beginning of quiz, the student will have a
maximum time in order to answer to all the questions. When this
maximum time expires, the quiz will finish automatically. The time is
expressed in hours and minutes. The maximum duration is up to 99 hours
and 59 minutes (more than four days!).
· Mark round: the mark can be expressed as an integer number or a real
number (with decimal point) or a fraction of unit (0.5 or 0.25 are typical
values). For example, if the range of mark starts from 0 to 10, it is
possible to express the mark 6+ as 6.25 or 6 and half as 6.5
The section "Assignment mark-valuation" allows to define a list of assignment
between a mark interval and a text evaluation. An example of evaluation could be
"Good", "Fairly good", "Bad"... You can also specify a grade scale for American
students: For example, if the grade is between 0 to 100, you get "A+" from 95 to
100, "A" from 93 to 94...
Here is a list of options:
· Show quiz correction only at the end of examination:If the option is
checked, the result of the quiz will be shown to the student only at its end. If
this option is not checked, for every question a message of right or wrong
answer will be shown.
· Include a button for retiring from quiz: it is a push-button shown in the
bottom of the HTML page. If the student pushes this button, the quiz will end
before the maximum time allowed is over. However, the quiz result it will be
estimated, even if it is incomplete.
· Sort question in a random way: When a quiz is build in HTML, it is
possible to decide if the questions must appear in the same order in which
they appear in the quiz editor, or if they must appear in a random order.
Check the option if you want a random order every time you build a quiz (not
when you run a quiz with a browser)
· Disable quiz reload from browser until quiz time has run out: Usually a
quiz can be repeated anytime, be interrupted and resumed using the browser
push-buttons Back, Forward, Reload. In order to inhibit the repetition of the
quiz, check this option. In this way, the quiz cannot be repeated within the
maximum quiz time
· Ask to print quiz before showing the quiz results: before showing the
final page with the quiz results, ask the student if he/she wishes to print the
quiz page.
· Hide the status bar : Usually, a status bar is shown in the lower side of the
window navigator, that display the time elapsed and other useful information
about number of answered questions and so on. But, in some cases, could be
useful hide the bar, for example for quizzes without a time to answer and
without any valuation.