Extension talk:Quiz

Suggestions de David Crochet sur le café de la wikiversité
L'évolution du système pourrait permettre de pouvoir donner une réponse chiffrée. Ce qui permettrait de répondre à des question de type : " quel est le nombre de planètre du système solaire ? " sans que l'on ai besoin d'indiquer tous les choix possible imposés de réponses.
 * Autre évolution possible : lorsque l'on demande les résultats, indiquer seulement si la réponse à la question est (vrai|fausse|non répondu) (avec le trait vertical à gauche de la question) ce qui permet de se corriger et premettre de re-répondre à la question ; puisqu'avec la méthode actuelle, on voit directement la bonne réponse en demandant la correction.

Crochet.david 28 mars 2007.

Different versions of documentation
I was looking at some earlier (?) versions of the extension-writing documentation on other wikis, and it seemed to be longer. Is this the authoritative version here? McCormack 05:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This is all known "help on syntax" written so far :

Lrbabe 08:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * a bad one in french on my own wiki
 * a good one from Michael Frey on the wikiversity
 * an old one in french and english (you can change the language at the bottom of the page) with outdated syntax.


 * Thanks :) McCormack 08:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Status of implementation
I see that the quiz extension is working well on DE.wikiversity.org, but it does not appear to work on www.mediawiki.org (which makes documentation difficult).

What is the status of implementation? How likely is it that the quiz extension will be accepted and implemented on EN.wikiversity.org? When will it be on www.mediawiki.org ?

McCormack 06:03, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


 * It already works on en.wikiversity.org, see v:Special:Version. But it will never be installed on mediawiki. We have to take screenshots of examples on the wikiversity and insert them in our help. Lrbabe 08:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah. Is there any reason why it won't be installed on MediaWiki? McCormack 08:31, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Wishlist

 * Possibility to exclude the options and colour key at the top - e.g. using &lt;quiz display=simple&gt;. This would enable people to insert miniature one-question quizzes into their articles without too much space being taken away by the options table.
 * Simple text response (yes - I see you're already planning that one). Possible syntax:

What is the capital of France? {Paris}

(Answer marked by curly brackets and replaced with a textfield when first displayed to the learner.)
 * Cloze/gapfill, conceived as a multiplication of simple text responses within the same question. Possible syntax:

The capital of France is {Paris} and its people speak {French}. Its most famous emperor was {Napoleon}.


 * An important feature for simple response and gapfills is to support alternative answers. I suggest separating them with a pipe.

What language do people speak in Canada? {English|French}

McCormack 06:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Similar to the simple Text input, i'd like to have a number input.
 * I mean with tolerance, min/max (all betwen is correct) or something like that.
 * A nice to have is then, support of different number systems like binary and hexadecimal.
 * -- MichaelFrey 13:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Michael. I'm curious about your numerical idea. I wonder whether this plays to the strengths of a wiki? Programmers love mathematical things, but wikis are very text-orientated things. On the other hand, why not? But if it makes things too complicated... McCormack 08:29, 7 April 2007 (UTC)


 * You both have very good ideas, I'll work on it as soon as possible. Lrbabe 08:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Terminology
I created a page on terminology for making quizzes, as I noticed that we are using critical words differently! Comment requested. McCormack 08:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Didactic considerations
I've added a section at the top of http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Help:Quiz on didactic considerations for the use of the quiz extension. Comment is invited. One of the things which emerges from my analysis is that development of the quiz extension should pay less attention to points systems (marking, assessment) and more attention to layout and feedback (visuals, information flow). Any thoughts, anyone? McCormack 06:36, 8 April 2007 (UTC)