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5 Effective Ways to Create An Online Quiz

Posted by Wisdom Jenny June 16 2009 10:22 AM EST

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Online quizzes have become more and more prevalent in the web 2.0 era. For bloggers or webmasters, a quiz is an outstanding way to engage readers and grow blog or web site traffic. For trainers, an online quiz is a good e-assessment authoring tool. For businesspeople, an online quiz can also be used as a sales tool. Here are 5 ways to create a quiz for online use.

1. Use a desktop Flash quiz maker
Some Flash quiz makers supply an easy way to create a professional Flash quiz in minutes. With these tools you can create Flash-based quizzes with images, sounds, narrations and Flash animations with up to 10 question types. You can add feedback to questions and randomize the order of questions and answers. Some quiz makers also supply a results tracking system, (QuizCreator is an example). Users can track quiz results by email or the product's Quiz Management System. Here is a sample image from a QuizCreator quiz.

2. Use Adobe Flash authoring
If you are sophisticated with Adobe Flash editing, you can use Adobe Flash to make your quizzes. Adobe Flash MX and later versions have quiz templates included, and are designed to automatically track results and send them to a learning management system configured for your quiz. Here is a tutorial about how to Create a Quiz with Free Quiz Template with Adobe Flash.
http://www.sameshow.com/quiz-creator/flash-quiz-adobe-flash.html?page=110

3. Use php Script or JavaScript
If you are familiar with php script or JavaScript and HTML code, you could use HTML code and script to create online quizzes. Here are some tutorials to help you create quizzes for your Web site.
Create a quiz with php script: http://www.trap17.com/index.php/php-quiz-script_t8729.html
Create a quiz with JavaScript: http://www.spacefem.com/tutorials/typequiz.shtml

4. Use a free online quiz creation tool
There are numerous online quiz-building tools that can make quiz creation and grading less of a chore. Do a Google search for "make online quiz free" and you will find many free online quiz tools.

ProProfs is a free program that is supported by ads. It features 3 question types, with many options that control the behavior of your quiz. You can add multimedia objects such as video and images to the quiz, which is rare for free online quiz tools. Quibblo and Classmarker also have such features. However, ProProfs seems to be the most powerful for a free quiz creation tool.

5. Use screen recorder software
Some screen recorders include quiz creation among their features. As far as I know, Adobe Captivate and TechSmith Camtasia allow users to create Flash quizzes. Take Captivate for example, it contains advanced quizzing functionality that makes it easy to create your own robust quizzes and assessments.

In summary, all these ways could help you make quizzes for online use. Which way works best for you is dependient on your skills and needs. For bloggers, a free online quiz creation tool is often the best choice, as these can generate the quiz code automatically, and you can embed the quiz code in your blog. For webmasters, using HTML JavaScript or a desktop quiz maker could be optimal. For trainers, a desktop quiz maker gives you a great deal of power and flexibility in creating your Flash quizzes. You can engage your learners by adding multimedia objects to the quiz and you can use a quiz results tracking system to track learners' quiz results without difficulty.