Reference

[qwiz] … [/qwiz] A quiz.

Options: [qwiz align=”left” dataset=”” dataset_intro=”true” display_name=”” hide_forward_back=”false” hide_progress=”false” hide_qwizcards_icon=”false” qrecord_id=”” question_time_limit=”0″ quiz_timer=”false” random=”false” repeat_incorrect=”true” style=”border: 1px solid black;” summary=”true” use_dataset=””]

align. Horizontal alignment of quiz box. “left” (default), “center”, “right”.

dataset.  Name under which these questions are saved in the Qwizcards database.  You should not enter or change this yourself; It is set by the “Quizzes/decks – use ‘dataset’ or save as ‘dataset'” option of the Qwizcards editing menu.

dataset_intro.  For a quiz that uses questions from a dataset, whether the introductory menu to choose questions by unit and topic will be shown.  “true” (default) or “false“.

display_name.  For a quiz that uses questions from a dataset, the name displayed when the user chooses among units at the beginning of a quiz session.  Default is the name of the dataset.  You may specify the color and font of the name you provide.  See Datasets.

hide_forward_back.  You can hide the “Go to previous question/Go to next question” controls (at the top left of the quiz).  “false” (default) or “true”.

hide_progress.  You can hide the “n correct … n to go” progress report  (at the top right of the quiz).  “false” (default) or “true”.

hide_qwizcards_icon.  You can hide the “Q” icon  (at the bottom left of the quiz).  “false” (default) or “true”.  Note: you can set a default option across your site in Dashboard > Settings > Qwizcards.

qrecord_id. ID for recording student progress. You should not enter or change this yourself; It is set by the “Enable progress recording for quizzes/flashcard decks” option of the Qwizcards editing menu.

question_time_limit. Time limit, in seconds, for user to answer eacb question.  A countdown clock is shown at the top right of the quiz.  If the user doesn’t answer a question within the limit, the question is marked “incorrect.” “0” (default: no time limit; clock not shown) or, for example, “30” (seconds).

quiz_timer.   A digital clock at the top right of the quiz shows the elapsed time spent on the quiz.  If the user is a member of a class, then a “leaderboard” showing “Fastest finish times” for that class is shown when the student finishes the quiz. “false” (default: no timer) or “true”.

random. Present questions in shuffled order. “false” (default: questions are presented in order entered) or “true“.

repeat_incorrect. Incorrectly-answered questions will be repeated at the end of the quiz until all questions have been answered correctly. “true” (default) or “false” (users do not get additional chances to answer questions).

style. CSS style settings for quiz box. “border: 1px solid black;” (default). You can use standard CSS specifications to change the border, width, etc. of a quiz box.

summary.  Whether a score summary is presented when a user completes the quiz.  “true” (default: a summary is presented) or “false”.

use_dataset.  Dataset from which questions will be drawn for this quiz.  You should not enter or change this yourself; It is set by the “Quizzes/decks – use ‘dataset’ or save as ‘dataset'” option of the Qwizcards editing menu.

[qdeck] … [/qdeck] A flashcard deck.

Options: [qdeck align=”left” card_back=”” card_back_image=”” card_time_limit=”0″  click_flip=”true” dataset=”” dataset_intro=”true” display_name=”” flip_direction=”random” hide_flip=”false” hide_forward_back=”false” hide_gotit=”false” hide_progress=”false” hide_shuffle=”false” qrecord_id=”” random=”false” scroll=”false” style=”border: 1px solid black;” summary=”true”]

align. Horizontal alignment of flashcards. “left” (default), “center”, “right”.

card_back.  The default card back “background” is “ruled lines” (like a 3 x 5 index card).  You can specify “none” to hide the lines, or an HTML color of your choice (for example, card_back=”LightGray”).

card_back_image.  Alternative to card_back.  You can specify your own image (as a “background” behind any text or images that you place on the card back) by providing a URL.

card_time_limit. Time limit, in seconds, for user to click “Check answer” for eacb card.  A countdown clock is shown at the top right of the deck.  If the user doesn’t flip the card within the limit, “Got it” is disabled; the user must click “Need more practice.” “0” (default: no time limit; clock not shown) or, for example, “30” (seconds).

click_flip. Clicking on a card causes a flip. “true” (default) or “false”.

dataset.  Name under which these flashcards are saved in the Qwizcards database.  You should not enter or change this yourself; It is set by the “Quizzes/decks – use ‘dataset’ or save as ‘dataset'” option of the Qwizcards editing menu.

dataset_intro.  For a deck that uses flashcards from a dataset, whether the introductory menu to choose cards by unit and topic will be shown.  “true” (default) or “false“.

display_name.  For a deck that uses flashcards from a dataset, the name displayed when the user chooses among units at the beginning of a flashcard session.  Default is the name of the dataset.  You may specify the color and font of the name you provide.  See Datasets.

flip_direction.  Normally cards flip either left-to-right or up-and-down – at random.  You can specify the direction: “left_right”, “up_down”, or (default) “random”.

hide_flip.  You can hide the “Check answer” / “Flip back” button; users can only flip the card by clicking on it (do not set hide_flip=”true” and click_flip=”false” at the same time; users won’t be able to flip cards!).  “false” (default) or “true”.

hide_forward_back.  You can hide the “Go to previous card/Go to next card” controls (at the top left of each deck).  “false” (default) or “true”.

hide_gotit.  You can hide the “Got it!” button; the “Need more practice button” will become “Next card”.  This creates an “endless” flashcard deck – cards will always go to the “bottom of the deck.”  “false” (default) or “true”.

hide_progress.  You can hide the “cards to go/cards reviewed” progress report  (at the top right of the deck).  “false” (default) or “true”.

hide_qwizcards_icon.  You can hide the “Q” icon  (at the bottom left of the deck).  “false” (default) or “true”.  Note: you can set a default option across your site in Dashboard > Settings > Qwizcards.

hide_shuffle.  You can hide the “Shuffle button; cards will alway be shown in their original order (unless random=”true”).  “false” (default) or “true”.

qrecord_id. ID for recording student progress. You should not enter or change this yourself; It is set by the “Enable progress recording for quizzes/flashcard decks” option of the Qwizcards editing menu.

random. Initial order of cards is random. “false” (default: the initial order of the cards is the order in which they are entered) or “true”.

scroll.  Whether the card-size will expand to accommodate the card contents (“false”, the default) or scrollbars will appear to allow you to view the “overflow” (“true”).

style. CSS style settings for flashcards. “border: 1px solid black;” (default). You can use standard CSS specifications to change the border, width, etc. of a flashcard deck.

summary.  Whether a summary of cards marked “Got it” versus those marked “Need more practice” is presented when a user completes the flashcard deck.  “true” (default: a summary is presented) or “false”.

[h] Header.  Text that will appear in a bar at the top of a quiz box or flashcard deck.
[i] Introduction.   Introductory text/images that will appear on a quiz or flashcard deck before the first question or card.
[q] A question or flashcard front.

Options: [q labels=”right” topic=”[none]” unit=”[none]”]

labels.  In a labeled-diagram (drag-and-drop) quiz, where labels are positioned. “right” (default), “top”, “left”, “bottom”.

topic.  A summary category or categories for this question or card. At the end of a quiz or flashcard deck incorrectly-answered questions will be summarized by topic. Multiple topics for a question or card are separated by a semicolon. If a topic is entered for a question or card then a topic should be entered for every question or card in a quiz or flashcard deck.  Default: none.

unit.  A category for this question.  Progress (shown via a link in the triangle pull-down menu at the top right of each quiz) will be summarized by unit.  For questions drawn from a dataset, users may select among units for the questions they will do.  Default: none.

[a] Answer/flashcard back (flashcards only).
[c], [c*] Choices (quizzes only, except with [textentry] on flashcards). Alternative multiple-choice answers – asterisk indicates correct answer.
[f] Feedback for each choice.
[l] Label (quizzes only). Label that can be dragged to a target (“hot spot”) within a diagram or text.
[f*] Feedback given when a label is correctly placed. 
[fx] Feedback given when a label is incorrectly placed.
[textentry] (flashcards) Input text field. Text entered by user that is shown on the card back.
[textentry] (quizzes and flashcards, when followed by [c*]) Free-form word match field. Suggestions provided in response to characters entered.

Options: [textentry minlength=”3″ plural=”false” single_char=”false” suggest=”true” use_dict=”true” use_terms=”true”]

minlength. Length of entry when suggestions are first shown. 3 (default: suggestions are shown only when the user has typed three or more characters).

plural. Plural forms of suggestions will be shown. “false” (default) or “true”.

single_char. Single-character input: as soon as the user types a character either feedback is provided (quizzes) or the card is flipped (flashcards). “false” (default) or “true”.

suggest (quizzes only).  Whether word suggestions will be shown.  If suggest=”false” then no suggestions will be provided at all, and the user must type a correct choice (specified with [c*]) to get the question correct.  “true” (default) or “false”.

use_dict. English-word dictionary is a source for suggestions. “true” (default), “false”.

use_terms. Either default or substitute term lists are a source for suggestions. “true” (default) or “false”.

[hangman] Hangman-format input field.

Option: [hangman hints=”2″]

hints.  The maximum number of hint requests that a user can make.  One letter of the answer word is filled in for each hint request.  Default: 3.

[x] Exit text/images. Content that will appear after the user completes a quiz or flashcard deck.
[restart] Restart quiz/flashcard-deck button. Within exit text, specifies that a button for “Take this quiz again” (quizzes) or “Review this flashcard stack again” (decks) will appear.

Re-do question button.  Within feedback (shortcode [f]) for a quiz question, specifies that a button for “Do this question again” will appear.

Option: [restart label=”Re-take this quiz”]

label.  Text that will appear in place of “Take this quiz again” (quizzes) or “Review this flashcard stack again” (decks) or “Do this question again” (quiz question feedback).

[no_click_flip] … [/no_click_flip] No card flip for an element or shortcode. If you want to include a button or link or an image that links to another page on a flashcard, but do NOT want the card to flip when the user clicks on the button or element, surround it with the “no_click_flip” shortcode pair.
[!] … [/!] or [!!] … [/!!], etc. Comment. Text that will not be visible to users.  Note: comments  cannot be nested.
[qwizdemo] … [ /qwizdemo] or [qdeckdemo] … [/qdeckdemo] Demo shortcodes. Shortcodes, such as [qwiz], etc., will be presented to users as plain text rather than as quizzes or flashcard decks. Useful if you want to demonstrate how Qwizcards works (as on this page!).
[simply‑random] … [/simply‑random] Randomly choose “items” from a list. “Items” may be any page element – a paragraph, an image, a quiz, a flashcard deck, etc.  Chosen items appear in the displayed page; others are not shown.  The random choices change with every page load.   Items are delineated by [simply-random-item] shortcodes within the [simply-random] … [/simply-random] shortcode pairs.

Options: [simply-random draw_n=”1″ with_replacement=”false”]

draw_n.  The number of items to choose from the list.  If the number to choose is greater than the number of items in the list the choices will start over with a “fresh list.”  Default: 1.

with_replacement.  Normally, once an item is chosen it is not available to be chosen again.  If this option is set true, then each item is always available to be chosen.  Default: false.

[simply‑random-item] An item in the list between [simply-random] … [/simply-random] shortcode pairs. “Items” may be any page element – a paragraph, an image, a quiz, a flashcard deck, etc.

Options: [simply-random-item weight=”1″]

weight.  A relative weight – the relative chance of this item being chosen.   For example, if you have two items in your list, and you want the second item to appear very rarely (one time in one-hundred, say), then the weight on the second item should be approximately 0.01.  Default: 1; all items have an equal chance of being chosen.