[Xerte] Random Selection of questions in Quizzes

[Sonny Birdi]

Julian

I didn't realise there was a template wizard in Xerte, so far just  
created bog standard information content no questions etc, I assumed I  
required the toolkit to be installed and moodle.

Sonny
(London Underground)

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On 27 Aug 2009, at 09:54, Julian Tenney  
<Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Xerte. I haven’t added it to the toolkits yet. You guys need to test 
>  it.
>
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte- 
> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Sonny Birdi
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:46 AM
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Xerte] Random Selection of questions in Quizzes
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>
> Julian
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> Is that Xerte or the online tools ?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>
> On 26 Aug 2009, at 16:27, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk 
> > wrote:
>
> 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 f 
> ield for the Quiz.
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>
>
> 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.
>
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>
> J
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> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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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
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Random Selection of questions in Quizzes
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> It would be great if it were possible to get the random selection  
> working in time for the next release of Online TK!
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>
> 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
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Relative URL for image links
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>
>
> Could probably quite easily update the quiz page to have a ‘Number o 
> f Questions’ field, and that would then limit the quiz to showing ju 
> st 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 thi 
> nk.
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>
>
> 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
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Relative URL for image links
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>
>
> Hi Julian and Patrick,
>
>
>
> I hope you’re both well. The current Academic year is getting underw 
> ay in East Anglia and I’ve got two Adult and Community Learning Prov 
> iders who are keen to get going with Xerte. They asked me whether th 
> ere 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. Thi 
> s would enable it’s use in a group context because it would prevent  
> all the students getting the same questions.
>
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> I couldn’t think of an existing template that would do this, and I w 
> ondered if this was something that could go on the wishlist if there 
>  is sufficient demand from other quarters as well.
>
>
>
> Kindest Regards,
>
> Thomas
>
> e:Learning Advisor, Infrastructure & Learning Technologies
>
> JISC Regional Support Centre - Eastern
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