WhizQuiz© Features

What's New in WhizQuiz© Version 2

Note: Be sure to view the specific changes to the WhizQuiz tags.

Web-based Author Administration is now incorporated.Quiz authors no longer have to submit quizzes for an administrator to install.Instead, the authors themselves can now install, update, and delete their own quizzes. In addition, Version 2 provides the ability for authors to preview quizzes before installing,to view the log file, as well as several other administrative features.
Whizquiz2 keeps all author information in a database, and since login and passwords are checked when the authors log in, quiz files no longer need to contain this sensitive information. As a result, the following tags are no longer needed: AUTHOR, EMAIL, LOGIN, and PASSWORD.
Authors can now control how many questions from each group are to be displayed in the quiz.The choice of questions is now completely random.
Include HTML and Javascript in questions and answer choices using the new HT tag.
New quiz file sections BANNER, HEADEREXTRAS, and BODYEXTRAS have been added to allow for complex banners at the top of quizzes, to facilitate inclusion of Javascript, and better control of the formatting of the quiz through Cascading Style Sheets.
Questions now appear without answers selected.
Multiple-choice questions now show up using a "radio button" style.
Restrict quiz use to only those students on your class roll and whose names and ID numbers correspond (SeeLABEL and CROSSCHECK tags) .
More security functions have been added to support using WhizQuiz for testing. These include the creating or modification of the DISABLERETAKE, DISPLAYANSWERS, and QUIZPASS tags.
More than one tag on a line is now valid.
Because WhizQuiz uses only valid HTML, the XMP tag should no longer be used in WhizQuiz quiz files since it has become an invalid HTML tag.
The automated forms-based interface for creating quiz files was found to not be widely used so it was not included in this version.
The full version of quiz questions can now displayed in the Results page by using the new FULLQUESTIONTEXT tag.
The author can set how often the Quiz Log should be sent to them by using the MAXLOGSIZE tag (they can also have it sent to them at any time or view it on the web from their Author's Administration Area.
The new tags, QUIZINFO and DONE, have been added to control the display and behaviors of the Info and Done buttons.
Since authors now install and administer their own quizzes through their Author Administration web site, authors should now place their images for their quizzes on some web server themselves link to them from the quiz. The BGIMAGE, HELPIMAGE, and IMGFILE tags are now deprecated and the new BGURL, HELPIMAGEURL, and IMGURL tags should be used in their places.

WhizQuiz Tag Information

Be sure to view the descriptions of WhizQuiz© tags available from the pull down menu in the purple bar above.

WhizQuiz© tags in italics are new in WhizQuiz© version 2. Those tags that are ~~struck-through~~ are now deprecated and should no longer be used as they may be dropped in later versions. Finally, those tags that are ~~struck-through~~ and marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer valid tags with this version of WhizQuiz. WhizQuiz© version 2 removes such tags from the quiz file and ignores their contents. WhizQuiz© tags are depicted in this document using all caps and bold face font, however, WhizQuiz© is not case-sensitive, so you may write your quiz anyway you choose. Spaces in the tags are ignored except for text within quotes. When the documentation shows double quotes ("), they are required.

Below are the WhizQuiz tags by quiz file section:

Quiz Header Section

QHEAD Tag: Quiz Header

	Syntax:	<QHEAD> ... </QHEAD>
	Must Contain:	TITLE
	Standard Tags:	BASE, BGCOLOR, DISPLAY, FOOTLITE, IMGURL, LABEL, LOGEMAIL, LTHRESHOLD, QUIZPASS, SOURCE
	New Tags:	ANONYMOUS, BGURL, CONTACTEMAIL, CONTACTNAME, CROSSCHECK, DISABLERETAKE, DISPLAYANSWERS, DONE, FULLQUESTIONTEXT, HELPIMAGEURL, LISTDEFAULTTEXT, MAXLOGSIZE, ONSUBMITFUNCTION, QUIZINFO
	Deprecated Tags:	~~BGIMAGE~~, ~~HELPIMAGE~~, ~~IMGFILE~~
	Invalid Tags:	~~AUTHOR~~, ~~EMAIL~~, ~~LOGIN~~, ~~PASSWORD~~
	The QHEAD tag designates the Quiz Header Section. This section includes information about the functionality and formatting of the quiz. QHEAD is a required tag and it must include the TITLE tag.

Extra Header Info Section

HEADEREXTRAS Tag: Extra Header Info Section

	Syntax:	<HEADEREXTRAS> ... </HEADEREXTRAS>
	May Contain:	some HTML tags allowed in the HEAD of an HTML document including: LINK, META, SCRIPT, and STYLE
	May Not Contain:	the HTML tags BASE or TITLE or any HTML tag not allowed in the HEAD of an HTML document; any WhizQuiz© tags
	The *HEADEREXTRAS* tag designates the Extra Header Info Section which is a sort of a catch-all section for any HTML or JavaScript code that an author would like to place into the HTML HEAD of the Quiz, Results, and Info pages. This is not a required tag. Use this tag to include STYLE information for formatting with Cascading Style Sheets, SCRIPT language for JavaScripting, or META tags as desired. If JavaScript is included, do not wrap it in HTML comments as is often done, as this can cause JavaScript errors when the quiz is installed.

Extra Body Info Section

BODYEXTRAS Tag: Extra Body Info Section

	Syntax:	<BODYEXTRAS> ... </BODYEXTRAS>
	May Contain:	some HTML attributes allowed in the BODY tag of an HTML document including: *ALINK, CLASS, ID, LINK, onLoad, onUnload, standard event handlers, STYLE, TEXT, VLINK,*
	May Not Contain:	the HTML attributes BACKGROUND or BGCOLOR or any HTML attributes not allowed in the BODY tag of an HTML document; any WhizQuiz© tags
	The *BODYEXTRAS* tag designates the Extra Body Info Section which is another catch-all section for any HTML or JavaScript attributes an author would like to place into the HTML BODY tag of the Quiz, Results, and Info pages. This is not a required tag. Use this tag to include STYLE information for formatting with Cascading Style Sheets and to include SCRIPT language for JavaScripting.

Quiz Banner Section

BANNER Tag: Quiz Banner

	Syntax:	<BANNER> ... </BANNER>
	May Contain:	almost any HTML tag allowed in the BODY of an HTML document including: A, B, BR, DIV, DL, H1, IMG, P, PRE, TABLE, and UL; and those tags may use the *standard event handlers*
	May Not Contain:	the HTML tag FORM or any HTML tag not allowed in the BODY of an HTML document; any WhizQuiz© tags
	The *BANNER* tag designates the Quiz Banner Section. This section is used to insert HTML code at the top of the Quiz, Results, and Info pages. If the *BANNER* tag is used, the TITLE will not be displayed, so if you want the quiz name to appear be sure to place it within the Quiz Banner Section. *BANNER* is intended to allow the authors to insert and format images, hyperlinks, and text just the way they want them. *BANNER* is not a required tag.

Quiz Instructions Section

INSTRUCTIONS Tag: Quiz Instructions

	Syntax:	<INSTRUCTIONS> ... </INSTRUCTIONS>
	May Contain:	almost any HTML tag allowed in the BODY of an HTML document including: A, B, BR, DIV, DL, H1, IMG, P, PRE, TABLE, and UL; and those tags may use the *standard event handlers*
	May Not Contain:	the HTML tag FORM or any HTML tag not allowed in the BODY of an HTML document; any WhizQuiz© tags
	The INSTRUCTIONS tag designates the Quiz Instructions section. This section is used to insert instructions for taking the quiz. These instructions will appear on the Quiz page before the questions. INSTRUCTIONS is not a required tag.

Quiz Description Section

DESCRIPTION Tag: Quiz Description

	Syntax:	<DESCRIPTION> ... </DESCRIPTION>
	May Contain:	almost any HTML tag allowed in the BODY of an HTML document including: A, B, BR, DIV, DL, H1, IMG, P, PRE, TABLE, and UL; and those tags may use the *standard event handlers*
	May Not Contain:	the HTML tag FORM or any HTML tag not allowed in the BODY of an HTML document; any WhizQuiz© tags
	The DESCRIPTION tag designates the Quiz Description Section. This section is used to include a description of the quiz and its author. This description appears on a page that WhizQuiz© automatically generates called the Info page. WhizQuiz© will place a link from the Quiz and Results pages to the Info page unless the author includes the *QUIZINFO* tag in the Quiz Header Section. DESCRIPTION is not a required tag.

Quiz Body Section

QBODY Tag: Quiz Body

	Syntax:	<QBODY> ... </QBODY>
	Must Contain:	QUESTION
	Standard Tags:	ANSWER, CHOICE, CORRECT, GRADE, GROUP, HELP, IMGURL, INCORRECT, INFO, MAX, MIN, REF, RESPONSE, SIZE, TOL
	New Tags:	HT
	Deprecated Tags:	~~IMGFILE~~, ~~XMP~~
	The QBODY tag designates the Quiz Body Section. This is the section of the quiz where the quiz questions, answers, feedback, and grading/scoring information is contained. QBODY is a required tag and it must contain at least one QUESTION tag.

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