I have my very first quiz up at BigHominid's Test Central, but there's something wrong with the code that only becomes apparent when I try to upload the second quiz (which is also now coded but not available yet). For whatever weird reason, uploading the second quiz renders the first quiz invisible, which shouldn't happen, so there's a bug in the coding of the first or second quiz that's affecting the entire blog. All the quizzes and tests I will eventually put up should be visible all the time, with nothing bizarrely disappearing. This is frustrating.
I've spent all day with ChatGPT trying to figure out this second-quiz problem, but I'm at an impasse, so I'm giving up tonight and will pick up again tomorrow. All of this is getting in the way of writing a "Battlestar Galactica" review, but once I have this coding problem figured out, I'll get to the review as soon as I can. Meanwhile, even though the poll about partial credit is still up, you should feel free to go and try the quiz out. I'm not sure that the randomization I'd asked for is totally random; I may have to go back to GPT and ask it to be a bit stricter about not letting previous questions reappear too often (their rapid reappearance doesn't feel random... but neither does preventing such repetition, really).
For what it's worth, try the quiz out—several times—and tell me what you think. It does give partial credit for partially correct answers. I hope you do well on it; I think I've worked out most of the kinks (aside from over-repetitiveness of previously seen questions every time you hit "refresh"), but leave a comment if you find more (or if some answers are wrong).
Be sure to read the blurb at that post first so that you understand what to do. I know there are meatheads out there who charge ahead without reading instructions, and their obtuse behavior always bites them in the ass. Of course, those are the same kind of people who are wired to learn by constantly crashing into walls until they get lucky and figure out a path. Some people are just built that way—not programmed to sit quietly and observe first. And unfortunately, these people survive long enough to breed.
ADDENDUM: I just hand-checked the randomization, and ChatGPT did a great job, so I'd say that, while the same question will reappear every two or three times you hit the quiz's "reset" button, the order of the answers will be different, and it'll usually be several "resets" before you see the same question again. This is fantastic. I got that right, at least.
Haha, yes! I have finally triumphed! I will admit that it took me a few tries, but I managed to get a clean 0%. I got 5% a few times because I kept forgetting what I was trying to do.
ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note, that's an awful lot of instructions for such a short quiz.
But the instructions won't be repeated. I'll just link to them from now on. And as you saw, the content was more than just instructions.
DeleteYeah, it just seemed like a lot of text before the actual quiz. Will you have a separate page with that info on it that you'll link to in the future, or are you just going to link back to the first quiz? It might be nice to have an introductory page to the quiz section that stands alone.
DeleteThe Test Central blog does have an intro page. Want me to add even more text to it? I mean, does it really matter where the instructions are located as long as they're connected to the quizzes? If the basic complaint is just That's a lot of text to slog through, I can't say I'm all that sympathetic. I always make an effort to be thorough. Some people interpret that as mere wordiness and don't appreciate the effort. That's their opinion. If you have an intuitive understanding of how these quizzes go (and I don't doubt that you do since you're a smarter guy than I am), feel free to skip the verbiage and just do the quiz. Of course, since you've apparently gone through the verbiage, it's no longer a relevant question to you; you'll never have to do it again.
DeleteAt least... not until I put out my first test. But those tests are only for paying subscribers.
Meanwhile, take a look at the horrific mass of text I placed above the second quiz.
I tried and failed, but that's no surprise.
ReplyDeleteI replied to your similar comment at the Test Central site.
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