[Zope] Test/quiz product?

[Jim Washington]

danielle.d-avout wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean Jordaan" <jean@upfrontsystems.co.za>
> To: "Michele Ruberl" <mik@alambitco.com>
> Cc: <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Test/quiz product?
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi Mik
>>
>> > does anybody knows anything about a Zope product for making tests /
>> > quizs? (this is for a courseware environment)
>>
>>Here's a preview of something we're working on:
>>http://www.zope.org/Members/upfront/zqti/index_html
>>
>>Hope to have something out by the end of the month ..
>>
>>--
>>Jean Jordaan
>>http://www.upfrontsystems.co.za
>>
> 
> there is also http://www.zope.org/Members/gillou/XQuizz
> If you need to provide polls or quizz in your Zope site, XQuizz object will
> help you editing the form and compute the score.
> 
> A basic rendering is provided. But you can provide your own rendering with
> DTML/ZPT, or subclass the XQuizz with your own ZClass that overrides the
> render method.

We also have something, a proof-of-concept of a Mozilla-only test 
engine.  The back-end (Zope, of course!) uses a minor mod of 
PropertyLists (http://www.zope.org/Members/andym/PropertyList ) to hold 
the question data, and the front-end is XUL/Javascript/stylesheets.  In 
between is xml-rpc (vcXMLRPC).  Probably not a Product anytime soon, but 
it features:
	no "submit" buttons
	easy, random access to test items
	visible exam timer
	single-keystroke navigation
	single-keystroke item response

Anyone curious may fire up a recent version of Mozilla and go to: 
https://www.vtdata.org/mozquiz/

It's a bit rough, but you get the idea of what we are trying to do.

--Jim Washington