Monday, November 7, 2011

Import students from another account

QUESTION
Is there a way to import my class list into another users account?


ANSWER
You need to login to the account which will receive the class lists.
Click "New Class" and click "Import".
There's an option to import students from another thatquiz account.
You will have to enter the login and password of the account from
which you're importing.
This will import ALL CLASSES from the other account.  It will import
names only.  No grades or tests are imported.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Add images

QUESTION
Is it possible to add images to a quiz? I am trying to do a question
quiz with images but I can't seem to find where to add the image.

ANSWER
Yes.
For multiple choice click on the small letter "i" in italics after the
question box and before the first answer box.
For matching questions the "i" (for image) is above the set of matching pairs.
For slides there is an Image button.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Import class list of student names

QUESTION
Is there a way to import a mass list of names to create a class?
(without typing each one)

ANSWER
1. Click "New Class"
2. Click "Import"
3. Copy the list of names from elsewhere on your computer and paste
them into the box.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Printing charts and reports

QUESTION
When I try to analyze class data from thatquiz, I like to be able to
occasionally print the charts and reports. Is there a way to print
them and see the whole report on one page? Currently when I try to
print, it spills over onto multiple pages.

ANSWER
  Try using the latest version of the Firefox browser, which has some
nice printing controls.
  See this page for help:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Printing%20a%20web%20page
  especially the section "Print window settings"
 and the option "Shrink to Fit Page width".
It also helps, in Firefox, to right click on the chart and select
"This Frame->Print" in the menu which appears.
For some charts it can help to also check "Print background colors" in
the printing controls.

If you want very precise printing, you can also take a picture of the
screen, called a "screen shot".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
Then edit the image to show exactly what you want, and print it on a full page.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Emailing all of a student's results

QUESTION
At this time there is no way to send results of all tests taken to a parent via email.....correct?

ANSWER
Not automatically via the website.
You could:
1. Click on a student's name in the grades table for a student-specific report.
2. Copy and paste the text of the whole grade report into an email you
send yourself.
3. OR print the page and deliver a hard copy.

Sending test results to parents

QUESTION
I want parents to be able to see how their children are doing.

ANSWER
 You can email test results to parents.
 Click on the test name in the "See Tests" list.  This takes you to a
page for editing test options.
 If students have already tested, there should be a link called "Send
results" in between the configuration section and the list of
questions.  It has a mail icon next to it.  Click the "Send results"
link.  This takes you to a page where you can enter parent email
addresses and send results for a test via email directly to parents.

Deleted tests

QUESTION
I have been using thatquiz for my Algebra students for the last few
years. Today I made a mistake and clicked on delete instead of notify
and all of the scores from my class disappeared. Is there a way for me
to recover those tests scores?

ANSWER
 If the scores were more than 24 hours old, then you can try this:
1. Download a CSV file of all existing grades for safekeeping.
2. Delete the entire class (really).
3. Create a new class.
4. Click Import.
5. Choose to "Restore a class which was previously deleted".
This restores the class from the last nightly backup.  It will include
all grades recorded before today. However, if any tests were
completed today, those grades are not recoverable, since backups occur
once every 24 hours, at night.