Patent NZ-578028-A (NZ)
Title: Participant response system with question authoring/editing facility
Inventor: XING ZHAOHUI
IPC: G07C13/00
Filed: 2008-01-10
Abstract: A participant response system comprises a processing structure running an assessment during which participants are prompted to respond to one or more information requests and at least one display device. The processing structure executes a question authoring/editing application configured to enable test question authoring. The question authoring/editing application comprises a monitoring tool for monitoring questions during editing and for automatically modifying edited test questions to inhibit creation of invalid questions. The at least one display device communicates with the processing structure and is operable to display graphically authored test questions. Further disclosed is a participant response system comprising a processing structure running an assessment during which participants are prompted to respond to one or more information requests and at least one interactive display device. The processing structure executes a question authoring/editing application configured to enable test question authoring and editing and to enable searchable data entering. The searchable data is associated with each authored test question and enabling authored test questions to be evaluated. The at least one interactive display device communicates with the processing structure and is operable to display authored test questions graphically and to receive user input. The question authoring/editing application is further configured to recognize user input representing an authored test question and to determine a format of the authored test question. An assessment creation tool for a participant response system is disclosed where during running of an assessment participants are prompted to respond to one or more information requests. The assessment creation tool comprises a user interface comprising a main viewing area for presenting pages, at least one of the pages representing an assessment question and at least one of the pages representing an assessment cover page, and a secondary panel presenting user selectable controls for controlling the properties and view of the assessment question; program code responsive to input resulting from user interaction with one or more of the selectable controls and changing the properties and/or view of the assessment question accordingly; and program code for automatically updating the assessment cover page upon addition or removal of an assessment question. Further disclosed is a participant response system comprising a processing structure running an assessment during which participants are prompted to respond to one or more information requests and at least one display device. The processing structure executing a question authoring/editing application configured to enable test question authoring and editing. The question authoring/editing application comprises an import tool for parsing an imported document to detect and record questions therein. The at least one display device communicates with the processing structure and is configured to graphically display authored test questions. .