HA6: Create a Quiz using ProProfs.com

This week in our Higher Achieving Assignment we created a quiz using a Web 2.0 module ProProfs.com. This site allowed for you to create two types of quizes, the standard educational, along with a personality quiz, which could be used as an entry quiz as an "interactive Get to know the Student" type of activity, where the teacher can reflect on certain things within this quiz and use it as a beginning of each students personal profile of likes and dislikes. Create the standard educational quiz was very easy and user friendly. It allowed for three types of questions; multiple choice, fill in the blank, and essay. The answers response (where appropriate) allowed for multiple types of answers that would be given, however unless the student words it exactly in the way that you list it in the answers, the question is marked incorrect, when in many cases partial credit maybe awarded if not full credit based on the child vocabulary and choice of explanation. This is particular in those students that are in Special Education and ELL (since only 5 alternat choices are allowed.) Aside from the above, the only other draw back that I noticed that there wasn't a section for a teacher to include a word bank. This is very important especially in the younger grades when spelling counts. Overall, I found it to be quick and easy, but eventually I believe that many teachers will eventaully outgrow this software when they get the hang of writing and creating quizzes or tests.