Summary
QuizImage gives instructors the ability to create interactive images,
a good way to teach about ideas contained in visual representations.
Interactive images can also give students a chance to test their
understanding and recall of ideas. The images are useful for helping
students learn visual skills like reading maps and graphs or finding
visual metaphors in works of art.
The QuizImage authoring software is extremely easy to use; instructors
can create a simple activity from an image in less than five minutes.
With a little more time, detailed feedback and questions can be added
to build a richer learning experience. The authoring software runs
within a browser and creates an html file that contains the activity.
This html page can be hyperlinked to existing web pages or created
as a topic in the content area of Learn@UW.
Technical
The QuizImage project is pure Java application that can be run on
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The QuizImage Builder is
a Swing based GUI tool that is used to design and develop Quiz and
Discover Lessons. Currently, it supports using .jpg and .gif image
files.
The Lessons are generated by the Builder as Java Applets. Once generated
the Lessons can be placed on a standalone Web server, integrated
into an existing Web page, or run off the local filesystem. These
Lessons can then be viewed in a variety of Web browsers including
Internet Explorer, Safari, and Firefox. Both the Builder and the
Lessons require Java version 1.4.2 and above to run.
