making quizes easier to set up?

Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback

Post 1 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Saturday, 15-May-2004 4:10:25

Hi! I like setting a quiz or two, but can't understand all the score increments etc that go into making a quiz. Whenever I try to make a quiz, I end up messing it up. Is there an easier way of making these quizes work? thanks.

Post 2 by marrie1 (Veteran Zoner) on Tuesday, 18-May-2004 20:06:58

Same here I can't undertstand the score system on the first screen and on the second screen, I don't understna dhte points you have to put in after each question and the oint after the set of questions.

Post 3 by Chris N (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 20-May-2004 5:24:37

The setup process uses tables extensively. Each choice has a score attached to it, which can be a positive or negative number. If a person selects that choice when answering a question, the score is added (or subtracted if you add a negative) from the total score. Eventually, after answering all questions, you end up with a number that is the total score.

Each quiz has at least two score intervals, which are just ranges of numbers. The idea is that the total score should fall within one of these intervals. Each interval has a text description which should tell the person what it signifies.

For example. Let's say that after answering all questions the person ends up with 15 for the final score and the intervals are like this:
-infinity to 0: unused
0 to 5: aweful
6 to 10: alright
11 to 20: pretty good
21 to +infinity: excellent

The user would receive the Pretty Good message because 15 is between 11 and 20.

Hopefully that makes things a bit more clear.

Post 4 by marrie1 (Veteran Zoner) on Saturday, 22-May-2004 17:26:16

Ok. I have a nother question. I notice in some of the quizes, people make check boxes. How do they do this?

Post 5 by Chris N (I just keep on posting!) on Sunday, 23-May-2004 9:08:53

You can have a variable number of answers per question. If you only enter something for one of the possible answers, a checkbox is used. If the box is checked, the score for that single answer choice is added to the total score. If the checkbox is left unchecked, nothing is added to the total score for that question.

Post 6 by marrie1 (Veteran Zoner) on Sunday, 23-May-2004 11:48:31

ah. Thanks.

Post 7 by JH_Radio (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Tuesday, 25-May-2004 1:49:24

Mary, I stil don't understand it. Then again, I'm math chalinged. Even diong simple math is hard for me. So.... Yeah. The quiz system makes no sense to me. Even after you explained it.