User manual

C ONTENTS
ix
. . . . .
User Manual
Opening and Changing Quizzes in QuizDesigner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Opening an Existing Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Changing an Existing Quiz’s Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Changing Quiz Options for an Existing Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Rearranging Quiz Questions in QuizDesigner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Deleting Quiz Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Copying Questions in QuizDesigner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Copying Questions within a Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Copying Questions from One Quiz to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Password Requirements for Quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
KeyBoard Shortcuts in QuizDesigner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Previewing Questions in QuizDesigner (Seeing Questions as They Appear
on NEO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Printing a Quiz from QuizDesigner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Exporting a Quiz from QuizDesigner to a Word Processing Program . . . . . . . 9-21
Spell Checking a Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Deleting Quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Creating a Question Library in QuizDesigner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Windows Instructions for Creating Question Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Macintosh Instructions for Creating Question Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Using Quiz Library Questions in a Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Starting QuizManager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
About the QuizManager Control Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Sending Quizzes to NEOs Using QuizManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Deleting Quizzes from NEOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
How Students Take a Quiz Using the AlphaQuiz SmartApplet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
How Students Print Quizzes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
How Students Save Quizzes to an AlphaWord File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Teacher Options for Quizzes in AlphaQuiz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Retrieving Students’ Responses from NEOs Using QuizManager. . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Deleting Students’ Responses to Quizzes Using QuizManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Turning NEOs On or Off Using QuizManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Assigning Points (Weights) to Quiz Questions in QuizManager . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Grading Quizzes in QuizManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41