AUTHORING SOFTWARE Ezgi MORBahar SAYDAM Seil KUKA zlem KARAMANLAR QuizFaber Hot Potatoes Outline Authoring Software QuizFaber The definition Types of questions Advantages Features Storing results WAP quiz Hot-Potatoes Definition Types of questions Features Comparison 2 Authoring Software An authoring tool is an installable program that allows you to create materials in electronic format which can be distributed on a CD-ROM, DVD, USB pen drive, floppy disk or via a web page to your learners What is QuizFaber? It is a free tool Compatible with Windows 95/98/Me/Vista Versions: 2.9, 2.9.1, 2.10 Beta, 2.10 It is created by Luca Galli who is an electronic engineer. 4 It is a tool that allows you to create easily and rapidly multimedia quizzes in HTML with a JavaScript, embedded in the HTML page. What types of questions? QuizFaber create and manage many different types of questions: Questions with multiple choice Questions with multiple answers True or false questions. Question with an open answer Gap filling exercises Matching words 5 What are the advantages? Make a quiz not only a simple self valuation tools but a versatile program in order to store result of a quiz exam. Build statistics of quiz results, for year, for student, for quiz. What are the features? Make hypertext quiz (or HTML pages). Insert of multimedia objects (images, sounds, Java applet) into answers and questions. At the end of the quiz, there is immediatly the valuation (with a mark) Set the highest time for complete the quiz. Make WAP quiz (for WAP-enabled mobile phone) How to store quiz results into your PC? QuizFaber can be configured to produce web quizzes that runs in a client-server manner The main advantage is store in a permanent way all the quizzes results and browse them at every time with a simple web page What is WAP quiz? Features Type of questions: multiple answers (one or more than one answer could be the rigth one) and/or multiple choice (only one answer was the rigth one) Automatic quiz correction, with a final score. (in a next version) Score will be saved using Java Servlet (to be installed on a web server) What is Hot Potatoes? It is a small Windows or Mac program that creates a variety of exercies. It is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non- profit-making educational institutions. 10 What types of questions? Hot Potatoes create and manage many different types of questions: Multiple choice Short answer Jumbled sentence Crossword Matching/ordering Gap-filling 11 What are the features? It allows: including audio files in MP3 format Storing exercises on a central server Versions: beta, , 6.2 QuizFaber vs. Hot Potatoes Free Mobile Client-server Not free Extra question types: Short answer Jumbled sentence Crossword Ordering QuizFaberHot Potatoes 13 Thanks For Your Attention