YQuiz is a specialized web tool designed to streamline quiz creation, presentation and grading. Anyone with an account on York's Central Web server can use YQuiz to create simple quizzes, self-tests and class participation activities and track their use.
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How do I get it?
- York faculty can request YQuiz.
- A Central Web hosting account is required before YQuiz service can be activated.
- YQuiz service is typically activated within 2 business days.
- Creating a quiz: YQuiz Writer, the easy-to-use quiz creation component of YQuiz, should be used to create online quizzes.
How do I get help?
Restricting users to one or more specific courses
Configuring the Stats Access File
Sample quizstats file (username johndoe restricted to one course).
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <quizstats id="sample"> <data_dir>./</data_dir> <quiz_dir>./</quiz_dir> <stats_permission_list enabled="true"> <sp_username admin="false">johndoe</sp_username> <sp_username admin="true">superman</sp_username> </stats_permission_list> <course_restriction_list enabled="true"> <restriction> <cr_username>johndoe</cr_username> <course>2003_AK_ECON_S1_1000__3_A_EN_A_LECT_01</course> </restriction> </course_restriction_list> </quizstats> |
Instructions (see sample quizstats file above):
1. Open your quizstats file with a text editor.
2. Copy and paste the green lines (9-14) into in your quizstats file right after line 8.
3. Locate line 6 in your quizstats file and make sure admin="false" for the username you want to restrict (highlighted in red).
4. Locate line 11 in your quizstats file and change the username (highlighted in red) to the same username on line 6.
5. Locate line 12 in your quizstats file and change the course string (highlighted in purple) to the allowed course for the username on line 11. (Note: Course strings can be obtained from http://coursecode.yorku.ca)
6. Save your quizstats file.
Here's another sample quizstats file that restricts the username johndoe to one course and the username jd to 2 other courses.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <quizstats id="sample"> <data_dir>./</data_dir> <quiz_dir>./</quiz_dir> <stats_permission_list enabled="true"> <sp_username admin="false">johndoe</sp_username> <sp_username admin="true">superman</sp_username> <sp_username admin="false">jd</sp_username> </stats_permission_list> <course_restriction_list enabled="true"> <restriction> <cr_username>johndoe</cr_username> <course>2003_AK_ECON_S1_1000__3_A_EN_A_LECT_01</course> </restriction> <restriction> <cr_username>jd</cr_username> <course>2003_AS_EN_W_1100__3_M_EN_A_LECT_01</course> <course>2003_SC_COSC_F_1020__3_A_EN_A_LECT_01</course> </restriction> </course_restriction_list> </quizstats> |
Technical support is available from the UIT Learning Technology Services at lts@yorku.ca.
Please report technical problems to the UIT Service Desk at askit@yorku.ca.