If you edit a quiz that you have embedded in your Web page, you must update the code in your page's HTML and upload the new version of the page for the changes to take effect.
InterActive's Quiz manager enables you to create an online quiz, customize the look and feel of your quiz and configure a number of different options that control its functionality and how visitors interact with it.
Your quiz can include a number of standard fields and up to 10 different questions. Quiz takers can choose from up to 5 possible answers for each question. You can also add a tie-breaker question to your quiz.
If you are using Basic InterActives, some of the following fields and controls may not be available to you. To have access to these extra feature, you can upgrade to Advanced InterActives.
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If you edit a quiz that you have embedded in your Web page, you must update the code in your page's HTML and upload the new version of the page for the changes to take effect. |
To edit a quiz:
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On the InterActives main page, click Edit next to the quiz you want to configure. The Quiz properties main page displays. |
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On the properties page, click Edit next to the following sections to configure the specific properties. For detailed information on each field in a section, click the appropriate link below. Look and Feel |
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When you have finished editing the quiz properties click Save. |
Use the following options and controls to customize the look and feel of your quiz. When you are finished, click Save to update your quiz code.
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Field or Control |
Description |
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General appearance |
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Quiz title |
The title of the quiz. |
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Show title at top of quiz |
Displays the quiz title at the top of the quiz. |
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Welcome text |
Introductory text to display before the questions. For example, you might provide special instructions for visitors taking the quiz. |
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Quiz width |
The width of the quiz in pixels. |
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Align the quiz |
Controls how the quiz is aligned in the browser window. |
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Font settings |
These options enable you to customize the appearance of text in the quiz. |
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Title font |
If you selected to show the title at the top of the quiz (see General appearance above), input the fonts you want to use. To specify multiple fonts, separate fonts with a comma. Do not include spaces before or after the comma. Be sure to use a valid HTML font name, such as Verdana or Arial. |
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Title font size |
The size of the font used to display the quiz title. |
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Body font |
The font to use for body text in the quiz. To specify multiple fonts, separate fonts with a comma. Do not include spaces before or after the comma. Be sure to use a valid HTML font name, such as Verdana or Arial. |
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Body font size |
The size of the font used to display body text. |
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Enable CSS |
Enables you to associate a cascading style sheet (CSS) with this quiz. If you select this option, be sure to input the compete URL to the style sheet. |
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Address to CSS file |
The complete URL to the style sheet you want to associate with the quiz. |
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Home page information |
These options control how links to and from your Web site operate. |
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Home page address |
The complete URL to the Web page you want to direct your visitors back to when they are finished with the quiz. |
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Home page link text |
The text for the link that will take your visitors to the Web page you specified in the Home page address field. If you are using frames, leave this field blank. |
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Layout settings |
These options control the overall layout of the quiz. |
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Text before quiz |
The text to display at the top of the page before the quiz. |
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Text after quiz |
The text to display at the bottom of the page after the quiz. |
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Colors |
These options control the colors and background image used in the quiz. You can specify colors by entering a hex number, a valid HTML color name or by using the color picker to select a color from a palette. |
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Header color |
The color of the quiz title that displays at the top of the page. |
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Font color |
The color for the text in the quiz. |
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Link color |
The color for links. |
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Visited link color |
The color for links a visitor has already clicked. |
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Active link color |
The color for links that are active (being clicked). |
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Background color |
The color for the background of the quiz. |
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Background image address |
The complete URL for an image to use as a background for your quiz. |
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Fixed background |
Controls whether the image stays fixed in its location (Yes) or whether it moves with the page when visitors scroll (No). |
The following fields and controls enable you to specify what additional fields to include in your quiz. These are in addition to the actual quiz questions.
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Field or Control |
Description |
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Standard fields |
These options enable you to customize the standard quiz fields. |
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Place the fields |
If you select to use one or more of the standard field, specifies whether they appear above or below the quiz questions. |
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Ask for name |
Creates a name field. This field is required if you are using the high-score table. For more information, see Enable high score table below. |
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Ask for email |
Creates an email field. This field is required if you are using the high score table. For more information, see Enable high score table below. |
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Extra fields |
These options enable you to add your own fields to the quiz form. |
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Place extra fields |
Specifies whether the fields appear above or below the quiz questions. |
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Ask for |
The label that displays to the left of the field. |
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Field width |
Specifies the maximum number of characters the user can enter in one line. |
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Field height |
Specifies the number of lines the user can enter. |
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Tie-breaking questions |
These controls enable you to add additional questions to be used in the event of a tie. Tie-breaking questions requires visitors to type the answers. |
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Enable tie-breaking question |
Presents quiz takers with an extra question in the event of a tie. |
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Question |
The question. |
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Answer |
The answer. Users must type this answer. |
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Descriptive text |
The text to display after the tie-breaking questions. |
These fields enable you to control how quiz results are displayed to quiz takers. When you are finished, click Save to update the quiz code.
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Field or Control |
Description |
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Standard results page |
These options enable you to control what information displays to the quiz takers when they are finished with the quiz. |
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Send email notification |
Specifies whether or not to send an email notification to the specified address when users complete a quiz. |
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Send notification to email |
The email address to which the notification is sent. |
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Email notification from name |
The name that displays in the From: field on the email notification. |
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Email notification from email address |
The email address from which the email notification is sent. If the recipient replies to the email notification, this is the address to which replies are sent. |
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Let user see his/her score |
Enables the quiz taker to see his or her score. |
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Let user know the correct answers |
Displays the correct answers for the question. |
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Show how many have taken quiz |
Displays the number of people who have taken the quiz. |
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Thank you text |
Displays a custom message to the users. |
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Results-based commenting |
These controls enable you to display custom messages to test takers based on their scores. For example, you can display a "Congratulations!" message to people with perfect scores or display a "Try harder next time" message to those who score poorly. You can create up to four custom comments. |
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Allow results-based comments |
Enables results-based comments. |
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Interval starts at ? points |
The score that marks the beginning of the first interval. For example, if your quiz has 15 questions, you might set up three intervals with the first interval starting at 10 and ending with 15, the second interval starting at 5 and ending at 9, and so forth. |
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Interval ends at ? points |
The score that marks the beginning of the first interval. For example, if your quiz has 15 questions, you might set up three intervals with the first interval starting at 10 and ending with 15, the second interval starting at 5 and ending at 9, and so forth. |
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Text for this interval |
The text you want to displays to quiz takers whose score falls within this interval. |
Use this section to create the questions and possible answers for the quiz.
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Field or Control |
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Question |
The question. |
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Answer A |
A possible answer. |
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Answer B |
A possible answer. |
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Answer C |
A possible answer. |
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Answer D |
A possible answer. |
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Answer E |
A possible answer. |
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The correct answer is |
Select A, B, C, D or E to indicate the correct answer to this question. |
When enabled, this feature displays the top quiz scores.
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In order to use this feature, you MUST enable the standard name and email fields. For more information, see Fields. |
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Description |
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Ladder settings |
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Enable high-score table |
Displays the high score. |
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List ? persons on the ladder |
The number of test taker results to display in the high-score table. |
