Learn KWordquiz

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Introduction

ICT Competency

K WordQuiz is a tool for Subject ( Languages and Social Science) Specific Resource creation.

Educational application and relevance

KwordQuiz is a powerful flashcard and vocabulary learning program . KWordQuiz is a computer program designed to teach new vocabulary KWordQuiz is a general purpose flashcard program, typically used for vocabulary training

Version

KDE - Be Free!
Platform Version 4.13.3

Configuration

This tool has no specific configuration requirements. Language settings can be selected from the Help menu

Overview of Features

  • Easy to use
  • Five different practice modes
  • Flashcards and Quiz types
  • Several Vocabulary documents formats supported

Other similar applications

In KDE 4 KWordQuiz is replacement for KVocTrain from KDE 3. It also supports Windows, Mac OS X and iPad under the name WordQuiz. KDE includes a program with similar purpose named Parley.

Development and community help

Developer(s) Peter – Hedlund,
Website http://edu.kde.org/kwordquiz/
Repository quickgit.kde.org?p=kwordquiz.git
KWordQuiz
Program copyright 2003-2008 Peter B. Hedlund (peter.hedlund kdemail.net)
Documentation copyright 2003-2008 Peter B. Hedlund (peter.hedlund kdemail.net)
This documentation is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
This program is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Working with the application

Functionalities

(this will be a step up step description of a basic overview of how to use the different functionalities)

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Step 3 -

Add Titles for Vocabulary In the menu bar, click on Vocabulary and column settings. Then we can edit column 1 heading and column 2 heading.

Then click OK to save the changes.

Step 4 - Select Flashcard from the navigation panel to start a flashcard session on the entries of the active vocabulary document. The mode selected in the Mode menu will be used. If you change mode during a session, the session will be restarted.By selecting Settings → Configure KWordQuiz... you can configure the appearance of the flashcards.

Initially the front of the card is displayed. Use Quiz → Check to see the other side. The score sections at the bottom of the screen shows the number of cards, the number of cards you have seen, the number of cards counted as correct, and the number counted as incorrect.

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Step 5 - Multiple Choice

Select Multiple Choice from the navigation panel to start a multiple choice quiz on the entries in the active vocabulary document. Your choices are shown on the top left. Select the one you think is correct. Use Quiz → Check to see if the answer is correct. If you have activated the automatic mode in Settings → Configure KWordQuiz... your selection is checked immediately.

Step 6 - Question and Answers

To continue the quiz activities, we can use this question and answer option. Click on Question and Answer option in the left side on the page. Your question is shown on the top left. Type your answer in the edit field. Use Quiz → Check or Enter to see if the answer is correct. The answer you gave is also displayed. If you answered incorrectly the correct answer is shown. Select Quiz → Hint to get the next correct letter of the answer. In Settings → Configure KWordQuiz... you can select that questions where you use the hint function are always counted as incorrect.

File formats for creation

Saving the file

Export and publishing files

Advanced features

Installation

Method of installation Steps
From Ubuntu software Centre Steps
From Terminal Steps
From the web Steps
Web based registration Steps

The application on mobiles and tablets

Ideas for resource creation

References

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