Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Options for Creating Quizzes

There are many options for creating online quiz.  The latest version of Google Forms has added the  self-grading quiz feature with possible immediate scoring on multiple-choices and checkbox questions.  The process, as with many other Google products, is meant to be user-friendly and easy to learn.  Therefore, using quizzes in Google From is a tool appropriate used for simple assessment and subject refresher.

For more sophisticated tools, Flubaroo is another choice.  It allows you to have more customization and there are more advanced grading options.  Flubaroo is a free script in Google Sheet.  It calculates grades, present average score and percentage, and identify students who need help. It even runs report for you to display score distributions.  So, check it out.


Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Cinemagraphs - something new and cool!

I came across Ann Street Studio site that has a still image of a fireplace with a burning fire roosting warm and cozy, so I wanted to see how it's being done. Ah! Something called 'Cinemagraphs', which I thought it must need a lot of coding and animation scripting to make it happen. But, the good news is that smart developers have made it so easy to make and there are freeware to share.  Bless their hearts!

Here's also an article by author , with his 5 top picks on Cinemagprahs:

http://smashinghub.com/5-best-iphone-apps-for-creating-cinemagraphs.htm

Enjoy, and have a cool ride with this.