BrainWizardPhD (BWiz) is a tool to enable anyone to easily develop instructional packages for students who have personal computers with a modern browser. These packages include:
· Quizzes
· Tests
· Questionnaires
· E-books
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BrainWizardPhD (BWiz) is a tool to enable anyone to easily develop instructional packages for students who have personal computers with a modern browser. These packages include: · Quizzes · Tests · Questionnaires · E-books |
The BWiz instructional packages are called BIPs for short. BIPs are created by authors and teachers who simply write their materials in a word processor that can produce HTML output and then feed the HTML files to BWiz Teacher or BWiz Professor, which produces BIPs as output. A HTML editor could also be used, but a normal word processor is easier since absolutely no knowledge of HTML is required for almost all of the BWiz features.
Installing. The various versions of BWiz are Windows programs that must be downloaded from brainwizardphd.com/download/ and installed.
Using. The BIPs created by authors are then transferred to the end users' computers that run the BWiz Student version. This could be done via a website or by email.
The BIPs are then read by BWiz Student, which displays the BIP's embedded HTML in the user's favorite browser. An Internet connection is not required.
Authors like the fact that they need not maintain a server to have their content displayed. They just need to distribute their BIPs.
Distributing. Authors and teachers are permitted to distribute the BWiz Student version to their users themselves. Students may also get their BWiz Student version from brainwizardphd.com. For the BWiz Teacher or BWiz Professor versions one must go to brainwizardphd.com. because redistribution of these versions is not permitted.
Super Easy. The BWiz Teacher or BWiz Professor versions are incredibly easy to use. All one must do is to insert commands like .page and .textfield and highlight answer fields. Then run the resulting HTML through BWiz Teacher or BWiz Professor to produce a quiz.
Example: A teacher prepares the following in Microsoft Word (or LibreOffice Writer/Web or similar) and saves it as SimpleQuiz.html:
.textfield
.page Barnyard Sounds
A cow says moo. A pig says oink.
.page Pet sounds
A cat says meow. Dogs like to bark.
A BWiz author version reads SimpleQuiz.html to create the file SimpleQuiz.html.bwiz-bip that will show the following quiz in any BWiz version:
(The above is a screenshot, so the buttons and fields will not work).
(End of example)
Students then load SimpleQuiz.html.bwiz-bip into a student version of BWiz whereupon they see the Barnyard Sounds page. They are expected to type in the correct answers to the two questions and then press the Next button. If the answers are correct, they will be taken to the Pet Sounds page. Otherwise, they will be prompted to correct their answers. If the student cannot provide an answer, the student can press the Reveal button.
Who Needs BWiz?
● Traditional teachers who want to prepare lessons for students.
● Serious students who want to quickly convert their lecture notes into quizzes for themselves.
● Parents who want to help their children improve their grades.
● Home schoolers.
● Professionals, debaters, speakers, and anyone else who must master certain critical materials.
● Professional content developers who want to earn money by developing BIPs and selling them.
● Persons who need to send & receive tests or questionnaires by email with answer encryption.
This page was last modified Thu Mar 07 13:16:56 2019