QuizMaker Pro 6.0 review

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QuizMaker Pro 6.

License: Shareware
OS: Mac OS X
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Developer: Class One Software
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Price: $19.00
Updated: 13 Sep 2006
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QuizMaker Pro 6.0 is a full-featured application which generates, administers, archives, and scores multiple choice, matching, and short answer tests. In this program, the user (teacher) can:

• Create and save multiple choice, matching, or short answer tests.
• Edit previous tests.
• Link tests of different kinds together to be graded as one.
• Have the computer administer the tests to students, notify students of their scores, allow them to review missed questions, see scores in a file accessible only to the teacher.
• Print copies of the test or print the scores for the class.
• Include pictures, movies, sounds, and explanations to accompany each question.
• Analyze test results by class or by test.
• Export tests for formatting in a word processor.
• Use many other features.

A manual is available as a separate download. Online help is available within the application.

Registrations are $ 19.95 single, $119 site. Upgrades for registered users of v. 5.x are free. Registation information is included with the program.

Here are some key features of "QuizMaker Pro":
Create and save multiple choice, matching, or short answer tests.
Edit previous tests.
Have the computer administer the tests to students, notify students of their scores, allow them to review missed questions.
Teacher can see individual student scores and analyze scores by test or by class.
Print copies of the test or print the scores for the class.
Include pictures and/or explanations to accompany each question.
Analyze test results by class or by test.
Export tests for formatting in a word processor.
Use many other features.
Improved networking features - preferences can be read from a single location
Teacher controls moved to a menu - students start with selecting a class and their name.
New option for 'Total Test Time' as well as per question time
New customizing options including 'skins'
Online version check available
Import text file now part of the program for all quiz modules
New Quiz menu item now available.

Limitations:
30-day Demo.

What's New:
Classes, Names, and Scores are stored in a single database.
Eliminates 2 folders
Easier and more detailed viewing of scores
See all activity for a single student
Tests of different kinds can be "hard-linked" together and taken and scored as a single test.
No limit on number of questions in a Multiple Choice or Short Answer test.
Match Test question max increased to 20.
Four test parameters which were previously set globally are now set on a test-by-test basis
Test creator can now also incorporate sound files in addition to pictures and movies
Test questions can once again use text color.
Administrator can determine what test will be taken and students bypass the test selection screen.
Network locations for required folders can be set more easily.
Version 6 uses larger screens
When creating a Match Quiz, the correct answers will be set for you if you forget to set them
Warning given when changing the number of questions of a test with previous takes
Updated buttons for more consistent appearance
Printing behavior improved
Total questions checked to avoid a previous bug.
Adding questions to a previous test now updates the "give total" thus eliminating what many users thought was a bug.
Mac and Windows versions will now correctly read tests created on the other platform (though Styles are not preserved.)
Removed support for Grade Machine.

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