Required files:
1) The text file containing questions, responses, feedback (optional), and correct answer
Optional files:
1) The gradebook file, if the grades are to be recorded
Information you give to the webmaster:
1) Directory (folder) where the answer key is located
2) Directory (folder) where gradebook is kept if scores will
be recorded
3) Email address if you will be receiveing mail notification of a student's score
Information you will receive from webmaster that will be entered into your quiz file:
1) course code
Quiz file (keywords are capitalized, optional keywords are in
parenthesis,
left justification is needed and sample responses are shown in
lowercase):
TITLE
title for top of page
(GRADE) - indicates the score should be recorded
COURSE
sum96.3491 - code for looking up file locations
(MAIL) - to send mail with score to instructor
(rhall@chrs1.chem.lsu.edu) - required if MAIL keyword is given
(NAME) - required if MAIL/GRADE given; gives a name for the homework for record keeping
(Homework 5) - required if MAIL/GRADE
(5) - required if GRADE, gives number of homework assignment to be entered in gradebook
KEY - name of answer key file (without path)
hw5.ans
QUESTION - start of a question
What is your name,
buddy
Is it Phil?
END - end of question
MULTIANSWER - start of a multiple choice answer
1) Answer 1
can go on more than one line
END - end of multiple choice answer
Feedback on answer 1, if any
can go on more than
one line
END - end of feedback for this question
MULTIANSWER
2) Answer 2
END
END - note there is no feedback for this ans
ANSWER - this is the NUMBER of the correct answer
2 - this means b) or 2) is correct response
There can be up to 5 multiple choice answers for each question.
Additionally, if you wish to put in text not related to a particular question
(such as important equations, etc), you can use the COMMENT keyword:
COMMENT
lots
of interesting stuff
END
Here is an actual quiz (without any grading):
TITLE
Test Page
COURSE
s97.1201.section8
KEY
ans1.key
COMMENT
Chemistry 1201
Fall 1997
Exam 1
END
QUESTION
1. What is the frequency, Kenneth?
END
MULTIANSWER
a) Try it now
END
Wrong, bozo
END
MULTIANSWER
b) Not enough
to be good
END
END
ANSWER
2
COMMENT
NOw try this
END
QUESTION
2. Another attempt
Now try it again
END
MULTIANSWER
a) answer 1
END
this is wrong
END
MULTIANSWER
b) yet another answer
END
END
MULTIANSWER
c) even more?
END
this is correct
END
ANSWER
3