QUESTIONS AUTHORING MANUAL For 2-DAY WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY THE V.C University of Maiduguri January, 2015 2 7/01/2015 Objectives The aims to get you started with Mex Authoring Manager – it’s designed to show you how to create questions, include them in a simple assessment and how to try out the assessment. Mex Authoring Manager, authors can:  Create assessments which can be: tests, examinations, surveys or questionnaires  Create or edit multiple choice questions or any other question types  Use templates to give assessments a standard and attractive appearance  Include graphic in the content of questions View and edit assessments before delivery, or at any other time. 3 7/01/2015 (GROUP) AUTHORING Mex uses the following syntax for authoring in notepad: question : <question> option : <option> answer : <answer> instruction: <instruction> weight : <weight> 4 7/01/2015 example: single choice question question : the sum of 2 and 4 is? option: 5 option: 4 answer : 6 option: 10 example: multi choice question question: the sum of 2 and 3 and their product is? answer : 5 option : 4 answer : 6 option : 10 5 example: fill in the blank 7/01/2015 question : __ is capital of Borno state and __ is the capital of Ogun state answer : Maiduguri answer : Abeokuta question : A noun is a name __ answer: name answer: person answer: animal answer: place answer: things 6 7/01/2015 example: single choice question with negative marking question -1 : the sum of 2 and 4 is? option : 5 option : 4 answer : 6 option : 10 7 7/01/2015 example: single choice question with question with image question : evaluate the figure below? Figure1.jpg option : figure2.jpg option : 4 answer : 6 option : 10 8 7/01/2015 To author using notepad, Make reference to your printed manual page 5 9 31-Dec-14 10 31-Dec-14