[Xerte] Random Selection of questions in Quizzes

Julian Tenney Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
Wed Aug 26 16:27:30 BST 2009


If you download the latest esrion of Xerte from the web site, you’ll find an updated Page Templates wizard in there with an additional field for the Quiz.

 

Set it to ‘all’ or a number and have the quiz pick questions x from y at random. Please test it and let me know any feedback.

 

J

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Sonny Birdi
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:31 AM
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: Re: [Xerte] Random Selection of questions in Quizzes

 

Hi Julian

 

We at London Underground are very interested in random questions for quizzes, it is exactly how our current system us running.

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On 26 Aug 2009, at 10:08, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

	If it’s as simple as I think, it shouldn’t be a problem, 

	 

	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Rochford, Thomas
	Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:07 AM
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	Subject: RE: [Xerte] Random Selection of questions in Quizzes

	 

	It would be great if it were possible to get the random selection working in time for the next release of Online TK!

	 

	Kindest Regards,

	Thomas

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	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
	Sent: 26 August 2009 09:35
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	Subject: RE: [Xerte] Relative URL for image links

	 

	Could probably quite easily update the quiz page to have a ‘Number of Questions’ field, and that would then limit the quiz to showing just that number, at random. Options would be ‘All’ or a number. The randomness is already done – right now it is set to use all the questions, so would just need to change a couple of variables, I think.

	 

	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Rochford, Thomas
	Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:31 AM
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	Hi Julian and Patrick,

	 

	I hope you’re both well. The current Academic year is getting underway in East Anglia and I’ve got two Adult and Community Learning Providers who are keen to get going with Xerte. They asked me whether there was a way of making a random selection of questions from a pool, e.g. to select six questions out of a popssible 30 for example. This would enable it’s use in a group context because it would prevent all the students getting the same questions.

	 

	I couldn’t think of an existing template that would do this, and I wondered if this was something that could go on the wishlist if there is sufficient demand from other quarters as well.

	 

	Kindest Regards,

	Thomas

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