Quick Links: WhizQuiz Author Login

WhizQuiz/WhizQuest Help Quick Links: WhizQuiz Author Login WhizQuest Author Login WhizQuiz Homepage WhizQuest Homepage Welcome to the WhizQuiz/WhizQuest Getting Started Guide! Email OCS (ocs@vt.edu) What this is: Tutorial Click the name of the system you would like to view:l A quick walkthough l A step by step tutorial l A guide for beginners What this isn't: l A detailed guide to WhizQuiz or Whizquest l A definitive quiz making tutorial Please Note: OCS only provides administrative support such as setting up accountsl An advanced user's resource and providing documentation. If you need assistance with the creation, debugging or uploading of quizzes or questionnaires, please try using one of our templates or send your question to the WhizQuiz Listserve at whizquiz@listserv.vt.edu. file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/index.html [4/17/2001 11:18:27 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Index Page WhizQuiz Tutorial Navigator: WhizQuiz Tutorial: Page - Index - Index:<< Back to WhizQuiz HomePage Provides a link to all of the pages in the tutorial Click on a Page Title in the listing to the Getting Started: right to go directly to that page of the Creating a WhizQuiz Account tutorial. Logging in to your WhizQuiz account The WhizQuiz Authoring pageYou can also jump to a section on the right by using the links below. Changing your password Password Changed Jump to section: Getting Started: Installing Quizzes:Installing Quizzes: Testing Quizzes: Uploading a Quiz Edit the Student Roll: Verify uploaded quiz Add a Question to the Quiz: Previewing and Installing Administering your Quiz: Installation Confirmation Quiz Administration Installing a Student Roll Student Roll Successfully Installed Returning to the Authoring Menu Testing Quizzes: Selecting a Quiz to Test Logging into the demo quiz Taking the demo quiz Results of Demo Quiz Edit the Student Roll: How the Student Roll Works Student Roll Login Error file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquizindex.html (1 of 3) [4/17/2001 11:18:29 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Index Page Tutorial Links: Uploading the updated class roll WhizQuiz Author Login Verify the upload suceeded WhizQuiz Homepage Returning to the Authoring Screen Testing the updated class roll OCS links: Entering our new name and id OCS WhizQuiz homepage Verify New Name Works OCS Alternate Assessment Tools Add a Question to the Quiz: Opening the quiz file The Header Tags What do the Header tags do? What do the other Header tags do? Changing the Instructions and Description The GRADE section Multiple Choice Questions List Questions True/False Questions Number Answer Questions Adding a Multiple Choice Question Putting in the Question and Answers Adding an image to your question Adding Correct/Incorrect Responses Adding choice responses Adding HTML and a Help link Uploading and Previewing the new Question Testing the new question Administering your Quiz: Getting the URL for your Quiz Viewing Quiz Logs Reading the Quiz Log Other Administrative Functions file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquizindex.html (2 of 3) [4/17/2001 11:18:29 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Index Page End of Tutorial! file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquizindex.html (3 of 3) [4/17/2001 11:18:29 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Page 1 WhizQuiz Tutorial Navigator: WhizQuiz Tutorial: Page 1 - Getting Started:<< Back to WhizQuiz HomePage Creating a WhizQuiz Account Before you can do anything with To create a WhizQuiz account you will need to send an email to ocs@vt.edu requesting WhizQuiz, you have to setup a Whizquiz an account. account. OCS will email you back with a username and password within 24 hours and you will be If you already have a username and able to begin using WhizQuiz! password for Whizquiz then go on to the next page of the tutorial. Tutorial Links: Email OCS (Online Course Support) OCS links: OCS WhizQuiz homepage OCS Alternate Assessment Tools file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquiz1.html (1 of 2) [4/17/2001 11:18:29 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Page 1 file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquiz1.html (2 of 2) [4/17/2001 11:18:29 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Page 2 WhizQuiz Tutorial Navigator: WhizQuiz Tutorial: Page 2 - Getting Started:<< Back to WhizQuiz HomePage Logging in to your WhizQuiz account Now that you have a WhizQuiz account Click on the WhizQuiz Author Login link to go to the WhizQuiz login page. setup, please login and see what WhizQuiz (It will open in a new window) looks like. The login screen is shown below: Tutorial Links: WhizQuiz Author Login WhizQuiz Homepage OCS links: OCS WhizQuiz homepage OCS Alternate Assessment Tools Enter your login name and password (the ones that you received from OCS) and then click on the "Verify" button. file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquiz2.html [4/17/2001 11:18:30 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Page 3 WhizQuiz Tutorial Navigator: WhizQuiz Tutorial: Page 3 - Getting Started:<< Back to WhizQuiz HomePage The WhizQuiz Authoring Page Whenever you login, you will start on the When you login, you will see the WhizQuiz Authoring Screen: WhizQuiz Authoring page. Something to take note of is that the quiz files are just normal text files. When you download them, save them on your desktop. Tutorial Links: WhizQuiz Author Login WhizQuiz Homepage Download physicsquiz.txt Download students.txt OCS links: OCS WhizQuiz homepage OCS Alternate Assessment Tools Next you are going to change your password. Then you will upload a demo quiz so you can see what the process is like. You will need to download the Demo Quiz File (physicsquiz.txt) first. You can use the link in the window to the left. You will also need the Student File (students.txt). Use the link to the left to download it. file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquiz3.html (1 of 2) [4/17/2001 11:18:30 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Page 3 file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquiz3.html (2 of 2) [4/17/2001 11:18:30 AM]WhizQuiz Tutorial - Page 4 WhizQuiz Tutorial Navigator: WhizQuiz Tutorial: Page 4 - Getting Started:<< Back to WhizQuiz HomePage Changing your password - part 1 You will see the authoring screen This is a portion of the screen you will see when you first login (displayed to the right). Please note that a To change your password, click on the "Submit" button underneath "Change Password". user can install up to 15 quizzes. You can change your password from here as well. Use the links below if you are starting here and haven't downloaded the quiz and student file yet. Tutorial Links: WhizQuiz Author Login WhizQuiz Homepage Download physicsquiz.txt Download students.txt OCS links: OCS WhizQuiz homepage OCS Alternate Assessment Tools file:///C|/sites/whizhelp/whizquiz4.html (1 of 2) [4/17/2001 11:18:31 AM]