Category Archives: Quiz Software Updates

Another new feature in QW3 – this is more technical, but if you’re using your own script to process results, you can now define your own server in your quiz in the Web Settings – You can also define the … Continue reading →

Here’s another feature that I’ve just added to the Alpha – it effectively sets a minimum score of 0 for Partial Credit questions by default. Say you have a question that includes negative scoring, but you don’t want to allow … Continue reading →

We’ve just added Polish to our list of supported languages in Question Writer 3. Did you know that in Poland, men and women will often use different forms of the same surname in the same family, men using the variant … Continue reading →

Previously, the only way to change the background image was to create a whole new theme. Now you’re able to override the background and loader images much more easily. You can use any .gif, .jpg or .swf(version 6 and under) … Continue reading →

You know the old joke, you wait for hours for one import format, and then two come along at the same time! Question Writer now supports importing questions from text format (.txt and .rtf) and also from Moodle XML format. … Continue reading →

There’s not a lot to say about the ‘Explanation Question’ – although, notably, it’s not a question. It allows you to add text and/or an image to a page in the quiz, without having to have an interactive element or … Continue reading →

Question Writer 3 now has a language selector. It’s in the ‘Language’ menu that is visible before you’ve opened or created any quizzes in the interface. After you’ve changed the language, you need to restart the application for the change … Continue reading →

Today, I’d like to introduce you to ‘Sections’. Grouping questions into sections sounds like quite a tame feature at first. But it opens up so many possibilities that I’ve put it top of the list of new features. Each section … Continue reading →

Question Writer 3 is finally available as a public alpha – download link. What does that mean? Well it’s like a beta – an early version of software which hasn’t been robustly tested, but a beta contains all the features … Continue reading →

If you’ve downloaded your copy of Quiz Edition or Personal Edition software recently, you may have noticed a bug which causes the pass mark for every quiz to be set at 80% – even if it has been set as … Continue reading →