Author Archives: Alexander

Backup Server

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Alexander

Here’s a small PHP application that allows you to run your own Question Writer backup server. A Question Writer backup server comes into play when a quiz can’t access the main server to send its results. Instead it will send … Continue reading →

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Question Response Chart

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Alexander
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Question Writer Tracker now allows you to visualize the data from your questions. You can view the volume of responses as a pie chart and the scores achieved as a bar chart. This visualization gives you an easy way to … Continue reading →

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Allowing for Spelling Errors

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Alexander

Question Writer 3.5 (Professional) can allow leeway for incorrect spellings in Fill-In-The-Blank answers. Try this quiz, Stuff You Probably Know But Can’t Spell – it’s a real test of knowledge – If you know the answers, but can’t spell them, … Continue reading →

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Question Writer 3.5 is Ready!

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Alexander

Question Writer 3.5 is now out of beta. You can download it here and start using the new features. I think the really exciting new feature is the spelling error tolerance in the fill-in-the-blank style questions. This allows fill-in-the-blank questions … Continue reading →

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Extended Hosting Package

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Alexander

A free Question Writer Tracker account provides 100MB free storage space and 1GB (1024MB) free bandwidth per month. This is enough space and transfer capacity for most uses, but if you find you need more – you have two options. … Continue reading →

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Question Writer 3.5 Beta

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Alexander

Question Writer 3.5 is now feature complete so it is moving out of Alpha. It is not well tested yet, so it is in Beta. You can download it here. It includes all the features from the Alpha, plus i) … Continue reading →

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QW 3.5 Alpha Update with New Features

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Alexander

I’ve updated the Question Writer 3.5 Alpha download today with some new features. I’ll describe them briefly today and in more detail as we work towards a Beta and finally a full release. The new features are all for the … Continue reading →

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Forest Template

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Alexander

The forest template included with Question Writer 3.4 has some problems that mean it can’t be applied properly. If you’re having difficultly with this template and want to use it, you can download the updated template from here. You’ll need … Continue reading →

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QTI for Pearson VUE

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Alexander

I have today updated the Question Writer 3.5 Alpha with a new feature – Publish QTI 1.2 for Pearson VUE. This exports your questions in a QTI format specially constructed to ensure compatibility with the Pearson VUE QTI compiler. All … Continue reading →

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Question Writer 3.5 Alpha

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Alexander

Question Writer 3.5 is still very much a work in progress. However, I wanted to get an early version out for testing and discussion. So here’s an Alpha of Question Writer 3.5 for download. ‘Alpha’ means it is not feature … Continue reading →

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