- Gzipped Tar format: randomquiz.tar.gz
- Zip format: randomquiz.zip
- randomquiz.cgi
- the actual program that generates the quizzes and allows you to add questions to the question database.
- questionfile:
- This is just a file that contains questions and answers for the quiz. When a student is given an HTTP cookie, it also keeps track of which questions have been answered by which student so that the student won't get the same question twice. If you download the package, this is an empty file to which you will add your own questions.
- README.randomquiz
- contains information on how to get started using the program. READ THIS before you get started!
[Demo] [Who's using?] [System Requirements] [Download!] [Bug Fix Announcements] [Changelog] [License]
Program Summary
[Version 2.1.14 Released 04/22/2008]RandomQuiz is a somewhat different sort of quiz than QuizTest. (For one thing, it should be a LOT easier to configure and use!) Basically, through the use of HTTP cookies, it lets you set up a single text file of questions and answers so that any given student will only get any single question once. The questions are presented in a random order out of the list of questions the student has not seen yet.
Once an individual has seen all the questions in the database, a message will appear telling the student that they have seen all the questions, and no more questions will be displayed for that student.
Teachers can add questions and answers to the file through the use of an admin form. The admin form has spaces for the question, the correct answer, and up to 4 alternate answers to appear randomly in multiple choice or true/false format.
Working Demo
To view a working demo version of this program as a user would see it, please click here.
To view a working demo of the administration section of RandomQuiz, click here.
The password for this demo is "admin," but it's included in the administration link above, so you shouldn't need to know it.
If you've gotten RandomQuiz to work, send me the address of your
website and I'll post a link to it.
This
Google Search will sometimes bring up several sites using
RandomQuiz.
Here are a few links to other sites using RandomQuiz:
Sun Guru: Where You'll Find
Everything under the Sun for the Sun
Tanznews.de Quiz
The web server where this script will be installed must have Perl 5.000 or higher. Scripts that send email require that "Sendmail" or "qmail-inject" be available on Unix/Linux-type systems. Scripts that send email under Windows-based systems require use of the Socket Perl module (Socket.pm). All scripts may require the Perl CGI module, CGI.pm .
This script is NOT supported on the following web hosting providers:
Tripod.com
Angelfire.com
Lycos.com
Also, sorry, but the scripts are not supported under mod_perl, PerlEx, or speedy_cgi as I don't have any way to test them in that environment. :-(
You must be able to execute cgi programs on your web server. If
you're not sure whether you have permission to do this, or are not sure
how to configure the files, please ask your system administrator, or
check the web pages of your web hosting provider for Help or Support
information. For a free web hosting provider who supports CGI scripts, or
low-cost web hosting providers, you can try looking at
the "Some Places to Host
your Website" page I've put together.
The web server must support both the GET and POST request methods. (Ask your
hosting provider about this if you're not sure.)
Please remember: you get what you pay for, and free web hosting
services are often worth what you pay for them.
But first, the obligatory plea for funding. :-)
All the files you need are contained in these packages. Download it
in the format you wish. If you have MS Windows, there is a program called WinZip (available
at TuCows) which will
uncompress and de-archive tar/gz files as well as Zip files. The package contains the following files: After a major release, you may get one or two messages a week.
Mostly, though, I'm afraid it's less than once a month.
You may also sign up for announcements about other scripts on
the
main Scripts for Educators Mailing List page.
This list is ONLY for announcements specifically about RandomQuiz:
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do NOT have to give money to download these scripts!)
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the scripts? Give me a dollar, or say thanks!
If you like the scripts, you can send
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or you can show
your support in other ways. Remember: only about one
out of 100 people who download the scripts even says
"Thanks." :-)
On a Unix-type system, if you have console or command prompt access, you
may unzip the tar.gz file by typing 'gunzip < randomquiz.tar.gz | tar -xvf
-'. If you're not very familiar with Unix, you may want to ask someone
who is to help you. The latest version of Stuffit for the Mac will also
handle tar.gz files.
I strongly recommend that you sign up here for update and bug fix
announcements about this script. I will not spam you with advertising: I
just want to make sure you have the latest fixes. :-)
The program will send a confirmation message to your email address when
you sign up. In order to get on the announcement list, you MUST click on
the confirmation link contained in that email message. This is to
protect you from someone signing you up as a joke, and to protect me
from being accused of spamming. Since update announcements are sometimes
few and far between, sometimes people forget that they've subscribed and
report me for sending junk mail. Luckily, the system logs the address,
time, and date of everyone who signs up so that I can prove I'm only
sending to people who asked for it. :-)