GENERAL INFORMATION
Qwizzy’s World is where studying comes easy! It’s an online quizzing site for students and parents, designed so both can create personalized quizzes based on personal school notes, study guides or home school materials.
Once you enter your first quiz and take it, you’ll know! By entering the information only once, but having multiple chances to take a quiz, you cut back on your study time. Qwizzy randomizes the question order and the order of answer options each time you take a quiz, so you can learn the information, not just memorize it!
Anyone who needs to quiz themselves! If you need to study any type of information and can turn it into a quiz, you can use Qwizzy’s World.
Surprisingly, this will be a feature you will use quite often. With a little preparation, you can take your quiz with you. Here’s what to do:
Step 1: Log on and select the quiz you want to take with you. Step 2: Print this quiz without answering any of the questions – there is a button that says “PRINT BLANK QUIZ.” Step 3: Next, you’ll need your answer sheet, so click the PRINT ANSWERS button. Qwizzy will insert the answers. Step 4: Grab what you’ve printed and you’re ready to go!
This is a great feature to use when you want to take a quiz quickly in the morning before school, or in the car on the way to a sporting event, etc. So long as you print the answered quiz, you or your parent/guardian can correct it for you. Remember it randomizes, so it’s important to print out the answers to that particular quiz, otherwise they won’t be in the same order.
Every time you take a quiz, Qwizzy randomizes not only the questions, but the answer options as well. Remember, the types of questions never change without you altering them. For example, a Matching question will never become a Multiple Choice question. A very long time will pass before you see exactly the same format of a certain quiz again.
You can relax – no time limit exists to take quizzes. Qwizzy feels the pressure of a clock for study practice isn’t necessary. If you need to time yourself, you can set your own stop watch or print off your quiz and ask a parent or friend to time you. Qwizzy wants you to practice seeing and learning the information. That way you’ll be prepared for the real deal!
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Two excellent reasons: No. 1, taking past quizzes over the summer can keep you sharp on what you learned last year. (It’s especially great for foreign language reviews over the summer!) You can start the new school year better prepared and still have all your old quizzes for review. Secondly, if you don’t retain your membership, you’ll lose all your past quizzes - yikes!
Go to the front page and find the Forgot Username/Forgot Password buttons under the login. If you forget your username it can be sent to you, but it will never be able to be changed. As for your password, you will be choosing a new one, whether you want to change it or simply forgot it. On the Home Page, there is a button for changing your email address as well.
CREATING and ENTERING QUIZZES
Once on the site, simply go to the home page and click on Create a Quiz. A page will appear where you will Create a Name for your quiz, select the grade (or just -- if it is for several grades), select the subject or "other" and type in your specific subject, and describe your quiz. The more specific you are with your description, the easier it will be to recall it later. Then choose the type of question you want to start with and you've begun the process! You can create a quiz with all the different formats of questions or just design one specific type.
Any information that you can turn into a quiz, such as study guides, personal notes, chapter materials, or worksheets, would be great to use. Most students using Qwizzy’s World create quizzes from study guides supplied by their teachers. However, if you are studying on your own or home schooled, you can use personal notes and chapter materials to make quizzes too.
You can create quizzes with True/False, Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank, Matching, and Open Ended questions, although the open ended questions are not scored. The quiz can include all the different formats of questions or just design one specific type.
Here’s what Qwizzy advises: First, decide what materials you want to enter and what type of question will help you learn your material the best. For example, if you have vocabulary words with definitions, you might want to develop a Matching quiz. To make your quiz more challenging, you could mix some True/False questions in with the Matching questions. Remember, you can create a quiz with all the different formats of questions or just design one specific type.
Yes, there are a few ways. On the opening page, there is a bar you can click on that will show you a sample quiz. Also, when you open up the All My Quizzes page on the site, Qwizzy has made a sample quiz for you, with examples of every type of question and in different levels and subjects. You can also look at the K-2nd grade Jenna bug pre-made quizzes. These quizzes will also show you examples of quiz design – just on a younger grade level. On the Homepage, you can also click on the Wilson the Whiz Kid tutorial quizzes - these are a great reference. See a sample of each type of quiz question below - just scroll down to see them.
Follow these steps:
1. Go to the Create A Quiz page. 2. Select True/False from the drop down menu. 3. Look at your information and create a statement from it, then enter it in the box provided. 4. Decide if your statement is TRUE or FALSE and click on the button to the left. 5. If your answer is False, be sure to type in the correct answer in the blank provided. 6. That’s it!
You can enter as many as you wish – even create an entire quiz of True/False questions.
Follow these steps:
1. Go to the Create A Quiz page. 2. Select Multiple Choice from the drop down menu. 3. Look at your information and create a question from it, then enter it in the box provided. 4. Enter the correct answer on the first line. Your text will appear in green lettering. 5. Now enter 3-4 more incorrect answers (they’ll appear in red), making them up yourself or taking them from your study materials. Be sure they pertain to your information – you want to challenge yourself and not put in silly answers. This is also a good time to ask your Parents/Guardians for assistance. 6. That’s it! You can enter as many as you wish – even create an entire quiz of Multiple Choice questions. TIP: A Fill in the Blank question or statement can also be created as a Multiple Choice, giving you several answers from which to choose.
1. Go to the Create A Quiz page. 2. Select Matching from the drop down menu. 3. Look at your information and create a statement, question, definition, or place a word beside #1 4. Now enter the matching answer beside the letter A 5. Keep entering the same way, #2/B, #3/C, etc. 6. That’s it! You can enter as many as you wish – even create an entire quiz of Matching.
Matching is best for a series of vocabulary words and their definitions, or Foreign Language terms and their English interpretations.
1. Go to the Create A Quiz page. 2. Select Fill in the Blank from the drop down menu. 3. Look at your information and put a blank line within the statement or question you create. (Use the shift and underscore/dash _ key to create a blank line.) 4. In the next box, enter the missing word that fills in the blank line. 5. That’s it!
You can enter as many as you wish – even create an entire quiz of Fill in the Blank questions. TIP: A Fill in the Blank question or statement can also be created as a Multiple Choice, giving you several answers from which to choose.
1. Go to the Create A Quiz page. 2. Select Open Ended from the drop down menu. 3. Look at your information, create a question, and enter it in the top box. 4. Now answer the question in the next box. You can do this with a word, sentence, or entire essay. 5. That’s it!
Due to the system not scoring open ended questions (see explanation below), you will simply be comparing your typed answer to your prepared answer. Open ended questions are a great way to study for essays. Just create your essay question, answer it in its entirety, then practice it over and over.
The system only recognizes exact answers, so answers in phrase or sentence format would have to be rewritten exactly the same way each time. Since that’s pretty hard to do, the system would mark the question wrong if only one word was different. Instead, Qwizzy lets you compare your Open Ended answers to the originals, and score it yourself. That way you can see how well you know your material!
Lots of reasons! Qwizzy wants you to study Open Ended questions in case they show up on your school quiz. They are also helpful for essay practice. You can enter your original essay, practice answering the question over and over, and then compare your answer to the original. By comparing your answer to the original, you can see how well you learned the material. Qwizzy wants your final score to be accurate and scoring the Open Ended questions would upset the apple cart.
A student, parent, teacher or tutor creates a quiz by entering questions and answers to the questions. The system then creates a quiz from that information, which you can take and score immediately. The user decides how many questions each quiz contains and there’s no set limit.
That’s up to you. You can make a quiz as long or short as you wish. It all depends on how many questions you want in your quiz and how much information you have. If you need to stop in the middle of creating one, you can always save it and finish later. Just log back in, find your partial quiz on the “All My Quizzes” page, click edit, and continue adding information.
It’s the Ultimate in review materials! When it’s time to study for semester, midterm, or final exams, you might find it handy to combine old quizzes from that quarter or semester. By going to the Ultimate Quiz section from the Home Page, you’ll be able to create a new name for your quiz, and then select past quizzes to combine and create one “Ultimate Quiz” for studying. Once created, the Ultimate quiz will show up on your All My Quizzes list. It will have an asterisk (*) next to it and you will be able to do anything to that quiz that you can do to the others. If your teacher or professor narrows down a quiz to specifics – just go to All My Quizzes, select your Ultimate Quiz, and edit it - deleting those questions not needed, thus giving you a very specific quiz from which to study!
EDITING AND SAVING QUIZZES
Yes, you can change part or all of a quiz. Just go to All My Quizzes, select the quiz you wish to edit, and then click on edit. Your entire quiz will appear, giving you the option to edit specific questions or the entire quiz. Editing includes changing a question, adding a question, and/or deleting a question.
After creating a quiz, click on the save button and your quiz will automatically be saved in the All My Quizzes page.
As long as you are a member of Qwizzy’s World, they’ll stay in the system. If you personally delete them, you will see a pop-up appear asking if you are sure. If you answer yes, your quizzes are gone for good.
No problem. Just save it and come back to it later. It will be on your All My Quizzes page and can be edited at any time.
CHARTS AND SPECIAL FEATURES
You can make up your own name and a description for your quiz. The system also puts a date on it and gives you a drop down menu to choose a school subject and your grade to easily help you locate quizzes you’ve created.
The Home Page contains all the major categories of the site. It’s an easy place to locate all the categories you need. If you look up in the left corner of any page, you’ll see an arrow and “Home Page” written next to it. Just click the arrow and you’ll go directly there.
It’s a chart that shows all the quizzes you’ve created. It’s the easiest place to immediately take a quiz, edit one, review one for studying or delete one if it is not needed any more. Do keep in mind the Ultimate Quiz function of combining past quizzes before you permanently delete a quiz.
There’s even a short cut for you to access your quiz faster. At the top of the list you’ll see an area that says QUICK SEARCH. You can pull up your quiz by grade, subject, and date created. It will filter out all other quizzes and leave you with just those to choose from. When you see quizzes with an asterisk (*) beside them, they are Ultimate Quizzes you have created.
This chart contains all the quizzes you’ve taken in the past and is a quick way to keep track of your performance. It shows the number of times you’ve attempted quizzes and all your results. Just like the All My Quizzes page, there is a QUICK SEARCH at the top that allows you to go right to the quizzes of a particular subject, grade, or date taken. This is a great chart to show your parents just how much you’ve been studying!
Your “Overall Performance Results” chart shows all the quizzes you’ve taken in the past. It shows the most recent one taken at the top and your most current score. Just look at the list and you’ll be able to see all your scores and percentages, including how many times you’ve attempted that same quiz.
Wilson the Whiz kid is your guide to creating quizzes. He is the host of the Qwizzy's World tutorial, which walks you through organizing your study materials and creating questions from them - including class notes, textbooks, articles, study guides, and charts. He helps make quiz-making a breeze!
Wilson helps your organize your study materials - the most important step in quiz-making. Once you're organized, he teaches you how to create quizzes in these specific areas: Vocab/Spelling, Chart Studying, Chpater/Class Notes, and Article Studying.
The actual time of the tutorial is about 20 minutes, but there is a pause/play and fast forward/rewind button so you can spend more time on certain sections if necessary. At any time, you can access the tutorial menu which allows you to quickly switch between sections.
On the top right hand side of the tutorail, there is a "Menu" button. Clicking on this button will display the different sections of the tutorial. You can watch them in any order that you wish as many times as you like. On the left hand side of the tutorial, Wilson has provided a pause/play and rewind/fast forward button to assist you.
After logging in, Wilson the Whiz kid tutorial can be found next to a yellow star on the Qwizzy's World homepage.
Students, parents, teachers and tutors alike! The tutorial is a great introduction to quiz making and can be beneficial to everyone.
TAKING and SCORING QUIZZES
After entering your questions and answers, simply click on the Done, Create My Quiz button! You’ll have a completed quiz to take and score immediately.
Yes. That’s why we call him the Quiz Wizard – he’s pretty magical! You’ll not only see your score, but your percentage too. Also, Qwizzy can create a new quiz for you from the questions you missed. You’ll have the option to take that quiz, save it, or delete it.
By looking at the scored quiz, you will see all the questions you missed. If you wish, Qwizzy has automatically created another quiz of all your missed questions and will give you the opportunity to take it or save it for later. This is a great way to study the areas where you might be having trouble.
BUDDYSHARING
Yes, they are located on the Buddyshare page by clicking on RULES. These are very specific and must be read before using this feature.
Buddysharing is a special feature that allows you to share quizzes with friends, siblings, or other users who are members of Qwizzy’s World. Just go to the Home Page and click on Buddysharing. Here you will find step by step instructions which will tell you how to share your quizzes. You decide who you will share with and how many quizzes you send. Send a message to your buddy letting them know who sent the quiz and any encouraging words you wish to share! They will then see your quiz on their ALL MY QUIZZES page. It is now their test and they can do with it what they wish, including editing or printing. Please keep in mind that once you share your Username with a friend though, they can share any quizzes they wish with you as well. If there is one you don't want in your All My Quizzes page, simply delete it.
It’s totally up to you whether or not you use Buddysharing. Here’s why we think it’s beneficial: Everyone making quizzes uses a different technique in creating them, even if using the same information. It can be fun to share quizzes in the same subject, simply to see the information in a different way. Seeing friend’s quizzes give you ideas on how to create different ones for yourself. It might also be handy to exchange quizzes in different subjects if you find yourself with a last minute studying situation or an overload of study materials!
You are in charge of who sees or takes your quizzes. Once you’ve sent one, however, you can’t retrieve it. If you do not wish to share with them in the future, you simply do not send them any quizzes. In order to send them a quiz, you must enter their Username. As long as you don’t send them anything, they do not have access to your quizzes.
TOOL BAR USAGE
Qwizzy’s World supports most Foreign Languages. Just see the toolbar at the top of every quiz creation page. The tool bar has a drop down menu which contains most accented letters and unique symbols. Simply place your cursor where you would like to insert the special letter or symbol, highlight it from the drop down menu and left click.
PARENT INTERACTION
You can do this a couple of ways. After joining Qwizzy’s World, you/your parents/guardians will receive an email with directions to a specific site address, set up just for the purpose of viewing your Overall Performance Results. Save this address and any time you or your parents/guardians want to quickly see how well you’ve been doing, just click on it and it will take you there; all you need is internet access, the Username and Password. Of course, you can always show your parents your score right after you take a quiz too!
Depending on your age, you may want them to help you. Once you get accustomed to the system, however, you’ll probably want to do it yourself. Entering your quiz information on your own helps make the most of your study time because you get to work with the material while creating your quiz.
Yes and no. Only one Username and Password are allowed to use the site at any given time. If someone were to login with the same Username and Password you were using, you would get directed back to the login page. If this continues to happen, we suggest changing your password. To keep all your quizzes secure, it’s best to keep your Username and Password a secret, except from your parents or siblings sharing the site. Buddysharing is the safest way to share quizzes. If your friend belongs to QW with his or her own username, you can Buddyshare. Once you have shared your Username with a friend though, please keep in mind they can share any quizzes they wish with you as well. If there is one you don't want in your All My Quizzes page, simply delete it.
As long as they have Internet access and log on with your Username and Password, they can look at your Overall Performance Results. They can also log in and create a quiz for you to take. Remember though, you both can’t log on at the same time if you share the same Username and Password.
They can also use the special site address to quickly see your Overall Performance Results anytime they wish.
JOINING and 30 DAY TRIAL
Yes, Qwizzy’s World offers a FREE 30 day trial. To begin our free trial, simply click on the 30 Day Free Trial/Join Now section on the Front Page. Enter in the required information, including a valid credit card number, and you will be on your way to enjoying QW! Remember, you must cancel WITHIN the first 30 days (your free trial time) to avoid having your credit being charged the applicable membership rate.
If needed, Qwizzy’s World can support one membership for the entire household to use. Please keep in mind, though, that all siblings will share the same Username and Password. This means that only one person at a time can use the site in your household and anyone can edit, add or delete quizzes. We suggest taking advantage of the family discount and giving each sibling their own Username and Password – saving any possible confusion. If any quizzes need to be shared, use the BUDDYSHARE feature to do so.
If you have any questions about this, please feel free to email Qwizzy at Qwizzy@qwizzysworld.com.
Quizzes are always great for reference, especially if you plan on continuing your education. And don’t forget about your younger brothers and sisters. Chances are, they will soon be studying the same material and can benefit from having quizzes to work with as extra practice. Therefore, we suggest either keeping your membership active and giving younger siblings access or Buddysharing your quizzes to them.
You don’t have to do anything! You account will automatically be charged at the membership rate you have chosen each month. You can cancel your membership at any time though with no penalty. Please keep in mind – you lose all of your quizzes if you cancel.
COMMUNICATION
For the younger set of characters, click on “Whoot the Owl” and see if he can help. If you’re still having trouble, email Whoot (Whoot@qwizzysworld.com) with your question and he’ll get back to you with an answer.
Qwizzy would love your input! Please go to the “Send Qwizzy Comments or Suggestions” button on the Home Page and email Qwizzy (Qwizzy@qwizzysworld.com). He loves to hear from his members!
Due to the fact that this is a new site, we need to hear about our member’s experiences in Qwizzy’s World. If you are finding your grades are improving or your test anxiety is gone – let us know! Anything you can offer, whether negative or positive, will help the Qwizzy team continue to make our World the very best it can be!
KINDERGARTEN – 2ND GRADE PRE-MADE QUIZZES
JennaBug developed some cool Sight word, Vocabulary, Spelling, and Math quizzes for the younger crowd to promote fun studying. She thought it would be great to give them some quizzes to help them learn how the system works. They can always go into Qwizzy’s World and develop their own quizzes too! Be sure to keep checking with JennaBug - on occasion she may surprise you with new quizzes!
When you click on JennaBug, she’ll take you to the K-2nd grade section of the site. You will see a list of quizzes, labeled by grade and subject, with descriptions to guide you to the area you wish to study. JennaBug put the focus on vocabulary, spelling and math quizzes geared toward the specific grades of K-2nd.
Absolutely! JennaBug has created some fun quizzes to get them started and to assist parents/guardians on types of quizzes to create for this age group. Qwizzy looks forward to this age group graduating into the world of Self-Quizzing!
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