While many current word-processors will convert a document into static Web pages, these pages are not interactive. The students can read the quiz, but can't experience the thrill of taking the quiz. CyberQuiz converts Word documents into HTML documents and provides interactivity by inserting commands written in the Javascript language. This language is supported by most Web browser programs including Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The online quizzes produced by CyberQuiz are interactive.
Students answer each question and receive immediate feedback.
After the document is transmitted to the student, all processing is done by the Web browser program. This decreases the peak demand on the Web server, and allows professors without CGI access to make their quizzes interactive. CyberQuiz works with any Web server and with Web browsers that support Javascript. To create a quiz, you need only to type it using the Microsoft Word paragraph styles provided by CyberQuiz. For each question you supply an answer key and, if desired, a prompt that will appear when the student enters correct or incorrect responses.