ProProfs Quiz School is a free tool intended for Americans which has allows users to create practise quizzes for exams as well as choosing for a sizable library full of practise quizzes for everything ranging from K-12 education to SAT (American; not the English/Welsh/Northern Irish SATs) to MCP courses. It might be an idea for adding British courses due to the pushes our government is putting on e-learning.
The site seems to be built from various tools mashed together. Registrations are handled through Invision Board, the ability to vote on quizzes through Pligg (a Digg-like tool) and the study guide part of the website is handled through MediaWiki. As a result, the site can prove hard to navigate.
The idea of quiz school is so that teachers can find quizzes in a central location, as well as allowing further e-learning in and out of the classroom.
The site has a very simple tool to make quizzes. Whilst it’s not heavy on eye-candy, it does the job. You title, describe and tag a quiz. You then can add multi-choice or fill in the blank questions. A problem with the latter, I’d expect, would be that it wouldn’t account for poor speling. . However, this simple approach might attract teachers who normally wouldn’t use such websites over the fears of complexity.
ProProfs offers a simple service which serves its function without adding unnecessary features. Unfortunately, it can be hard to navigate.
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I’ll like start by thanking you for your positive comments and the constructive criticism. We have significant navigational improvements planned and will have dynamic menus soon.
Also wanted to add in that our target audience is non-American as well with US, UK, India and Canada comprising of a large volume – The quiz school is open to anyone looking for a simple & free tool to create a quiz.
Also, the study guides are associated with different sections and are not a part of the quiz school. We have non media wiki based study guides as well that show up specific exam/topic areas such as A+ Computer Study Guide at:
http://www.proprofs.com/certification/comptia/a-plus/study-guide/index.shtml
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Hi Joe
We would like you to know that we have just launched new improved quiz school, with hundreds of new features like:
* Brand new user interface, completely revamped for ease of use.
* Social sharing through customizable widgets which allow YouTube-style quiz embedding on any blog, e-learning system, and social networks like Facebook.
* Yahoo Flickr integration for a limitless image library for quizzes.
* Interesting aggregate analytics & trends reports, with precision down to a stored snapshot of each attempt.
* Google Maps integration for visualization of where quiz takers are located worldwide.
* Customization controls for color themes, content & style.
* Many powerful new features including additional multiple question types, quiz types, authentication controls, grading features, RSS feeds & more…
Hoping to get your feedback soon.
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