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Forest Template
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
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
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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Question Writer 3.4

Question Writer 3.4 is now available for download. It supports a new QTI 1.2 export feature that allows you to export questions and tests for use in other systems. Three new languages are also supported – Italian, Swedish and Norwegian. … Continue reading
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Flatten Sections
There’s a new option that you can apply to sections – section flattening. Use it when you want to group questions for organizational reasons, but don’t want to create different logical sections in your quiz. If that sentence doesn’t make … Continue reading
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Publish as Flash 8

One way to improve the quality of images in your quizzes is to publish as Flash version 8. Flash renders images in a clearer, crisper way when version 8 files are used in place of version 6 files. Users of … Continue reading
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Disable Essay Feedback

Question Writer doesn’t automatically score essay questions so the feedback for these questions is limited to a single piece of text, written in advance. With QW 3.3, you can now also switch off this feedback page altogether with the new … Continue reading
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Change the Text Size

Each theme in Question Writer has its own text sizes – one size for the title text and one size for the body text. These sizes can seem too large if you have a lot of text for each question, … Continue reading
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Publish For Printing

There were three main reasons Question Writer users asked for a printing feature – Delivering Paper Based Quizzes – for when it wasn’t practical to deliver the quiz on computer. As a Backup – if the computer based test didn’t … Continue reading
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Question Writer 3.3
Question Writer 3.3 is available for download today. Here’s a quick list of the new features and fixes. I’ll blog them in more detail over the course of next week. 1. Publish for Printing. This is the biggest new feature … Continue reading
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