The Quiz Experience
gFlash+ describes itself as a ‘Flashcard and Trivia Application’ rather than a quiz creator – is there a great difference? There is a trade off – I like the flashcard element for learning or revising material with the quiz features – but it isn’t a pure quiz application. There is a quiz option and an multiple choice option.
The Costs Involved
gFlash+ is free. The is a pro version that costs €3.99 with no advertising and a range of other features including the ability to add YouTube video clips etc. I haven’t found the advertising to be a major issue on the free version.
The Easy of Constructing the Quiz
The iPhone has an on screen keyboard. It’s not great – but it is OK. However you wouldn’t be wanting to type a novel on it. gFlash+ uses Google Spreadsheets to input the data for the flashcards/quiz. You need to do is produce a two column spreadsheet and then share that spreadsheet with gWhizMobile@gmail.com in the same way as you would with somebody you were collaborating with. The data now shows up in the gWhiz Catalogue from where it can be downloaded and used.
The Easy of Sharing the Quiz with my Students
All the students need to know is the name of the data set and they can find it and download it from the gWhiz Catalogue. The quiz I produced is called ‘geographyalltheway.com > Population Key Terms’ for those who are interested.
The Easy of Producing a non iPhone / iPod Touch Version
A 30 second job – copy and paste the data from the Google Spreadsheet into the ClassTools Arcade Game Generator, add some asterisks and you are sorted! The ClassTools version can be viewed here.
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