Important things to note on making quizzes
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Last updated: Monday August 24th, 2020
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Last updated: Monday August 24th, 2020
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Jetpunk is filled with quizzes of many unique genres and looks. Due to annual summer vacation and of course, the notorious pandemic, this site has been receiving more and more new guests, many of which are now active users scrolling through tens or even hundreds of webpages looking for new quizzes, reading blogs, and working their own projects to contribute to the site. However, the process of making those quizzes can be pretty tedious and complicated on large and unique quizzes involving days or even weeks of effort on planning, researching, creating, designing and finally proofreading. Here are some important things to note when making quizzes. (especially large ones)
Research, how simple that sounds. I know that this most likely isn't the first time you hear someone telling you to do some researching before starting with any project, but this definitely is something worth to bear in mind. Also, another point worth noting is the fact that there are many sources that might not have the most accurate/recent data. Hence, it is suggested to fact-check the article you're reading before actually starting with anything as an unreliable source can cost one a lot of extra time and energy invested. (By the way, unlike what you're used to hear in school, Wikipedia is a good source that is worth your attention)
Alright, I know what you might be thinking, I'm definitely not the best person to say this; but if you are going to spend your time trying to make a quiz, why not make it look good? That would definitely further satisfy quiztakers and maybe ever grow your own fanbase and gang here on the website :)
Some common ways to add details to your quizzes are
- SVGs (click here for more information and help on SVGs)
- Changing color settings of the cells, you might want them to change a little bit to match the theme sometimes
- Adding authorized images and artworks through HTML
- CSS knowledge can lend a helping hand too! This quiz by KingEureka is a perfect example.
- Just, don't forget to add quiz description and a thumbnail, it takes a minute but would make the quiz look much more professional than an undetailed one
Definitely the most tedious task when it comes to large quizzes and possibly the most important one as the information in the quiz needs to be accurate and to date. Human errors and inaccurate data are accountable and it is recommended to test your product several times before publishing it. This quiz by me for example was first released nearly 3 months ago, I noticed that there was a repeated answer but couldn't find the lost answer it replaced until recently. My advice here is that, if possible, take the source as an answer sheet to test if individual answers (and type-ins) work and whether the objects light up if the quiz involves an SVG file. If not, simply comparing your listed data with multiple sources would still do a good job.
Now here we are with some serious problems. Always make sure you credit the source of information and make sure that what ever you use on your content is free to use. If not correctly done, that will possibly get the owner of this website (AKA Quizmaster) in some serious trouble for plagiarism as the quizzes on Jetpunk are legally under his ownership.
Thanks for reading the blog! I fully acknowledge the fact that I am certainly not the best in each field to talk about these here but this list is definitely vital for any quizmaker. Thanks again and I hope you enjoyed it :)
1. Research
Research, how simple that sounds. I know that this most likely isn't the first time you hear someone telling you to do some researching before starting with any project, but this definitely is something worth to bear in mind. Also, another point worth noting is the fact that there are many sources that might not have the most accurate/recent data. Hence, it is suggested to fact-check the article you're reading before actually starting with anything as an unreliable source can cost one a lot of extra time and energy invested. (By the way, unlike what you're used to hear in school, Wikipedia is a good source that is worth your attention)
2. Design
Alright, I know what you might be thinking, I'm definitely not the best person to say this; but if you are going to spend your time trying to make a quiz, why not make it look good? That would definitely further satisfy quiztakers and maybe ever grow your own fanbase and gang here on the website :)
Some common ways to add details to your quizzes are
- SVGs (click here for more information and help on SVGs)
- Changing color settings of the cells, you might want them to change a little bit to match the theme sometimes
- Adding authorized images and artworks through HTML
- CSS knowledge can lend a helping hand too! This quiz by KingEureka is a perfect example.
- Just, don't forget to add quiz description and a thumbnail, it takes a minute but would make the quiz look much more professional than an undetailed one
3. Testing
Definitely the most tedious task when it comes to large quizzes and possibly the most important one as the information in the quiz needs to be accurate and to date. Human errors and inaccurate data are accountable and it is recommended to test your product several times before publishing it. This quiz by me for example was first released nearly 3 months ago, I noticed that there was a repeated answer but couldn't find the lost answer it replaced until recently. My advice here is that, if possible, take the source as an answer sheet to test if individual answers (and type-ins) work and whether the objects light up if the quiz involves an SVG file. If not, simply comparing your listed data with multiple sources would still do a good job.
4. Citation
Now here we are with some serious problems. Always make sure you credit the source of information and make sure that what ever you use on your content is free to use. If not correctly done, that will possibly get the owner of this website (AKA Quizmaster) in some serious trouble for plagiarism as the quizzes on Jetpunk are legally under his ownership.
Thanks for reading the blog! I fully acknowledge the fact that I am certainly not the best in each field to talk about these here but this list is definitely vital for any quizmaker. Thanks again and I hope you enjoyed it :)