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Access or Excel Question Paper?

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Can i produce an on screen Questionnaire i.e. Multi-Choice that looks pretty much like a paper based one but has easy checking via a database?
or auto checking to give immediate feedback?
Thanks, JohnM

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by kees.valkenswaard

Yes, you can. However, you are not supplying much information. Therefore it is impossible to tell what would be the best choice for you.
Good luck.

by john.m1

Okay... i want to have on screen, a question paper with multi-choice answers (3or4) and the candidate chooses one answer per question.
Now here comes the deviation, either it flags up immediately correct or wrong (no second chance), or, it can be saved and i can check it later with some kind of auto-checking, maybe from a data base of correct answers.
OR, you may like to give me a better solution!
i prefer Excel to Access if possible, or if it is easy to do in HTML some pointers in that direction would be appreciated.
Thanks again, JohnM

by lord foul

Yes and you will probably need MS Access to store the answers. For a HTML (on-line) version of the test you will need to use cold fusion or ASP, XML etc and can be quite time consuming. If you are cashed up visit:
http://www.learningware.com/quizfactory/
we purchased this software for our training organisation and it is great!
however if your on a buidget then visit:
http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/mscprm/forms.htm
http://vubme.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/group27_00/isq.html

hope i helped!

by john.m1

Thanks Ghost, i'll leave it open a bit longer, see if can get a step by step off somebody. or at least some first foot steps (i'm wondering if i can just use 'forms' in WORD and link that to a data base?)

The links you provide are very useful and probably worth the 'points' but i cant do that and leave it open, can i?

JohnM

by lord foul

OK, if you increase the point score you are more likely to get your step-by-step approach. To begin, press the F1 key in word and search for 'form'...the rest they say is history.

by john.m1

Hey Mr Ghost, have the points just because you are are one of the good guys, i did already take the F1 approach (will this get renamed to the 'Shumacher Key'?) kinda sussed it out for meself, thanks all, JohnM

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