WatuPRO 4.1: Question Hints, Multiuser Management, PDF Certificates, And More

Here are the new and improved features in WatuPRO 4.1:

  1. New powerful feature – question hints. They are optional, you can enable multiple hints for every question, and specify how many hints the user is allowed to see total in the quiz and per question.
  2. New detailed report showing a list of all answers on a question (Reporting module).
  3. You can now add a custom “Start” button on each quiz which will hide the quiz content until the button is clicked (works both on timed and non-timed quizzes). More info here.
  4. Improved interface on “Copy questions” page lets you see them grouped by category.
  5. Option to cleanup all taking data on specific exam.
  6. Added visible Paypal error log for seeing payment errors (Intelligence module).
  7. Multiuser management is now available in the Intelligence module (there is a link on the WatuPRO Settings page, right under Role management).
  8. PDF certificates can be generated through DocRaptor.
  9. Custom roles can also be selected to manage exams.
  10. The text “Question 1 of X” is not shown when the quiz has only 1 question.
  11. Added a second import method to solve problems that some customers have with importing questions with foreign characters.
  12. You can choose to add the new question in the beginning instead of at the end of the quiz.
  13. Improved performance and fixed small bug with backslashes on “Stats per questions” page
    (Reporting module).
  14. Improved the way “Fill the gaps” question look when submitted (Intelligence module).
  15. Added link to view / print certificate from the “users who earned it” page.
  16. Automatically redirecting non logged in users to login page when trying to view certificates.
  17. Added required question warning when quiz is paginated one page per question category.
  18. Fixed bug with category grades showing in the “re-submitting is allowed only if…” section.
  19. Fixed bug with importing multiple categories when you import XLS file with new question categories.

The upgrade is sent to all eligible customers.

Create Start Button in WatuPRO Using The {{{button}}} Tag

Since version 4.0.8 WatuPRO supports starting the quiz with a start buttons, similar to how other plugins do it. We don’t do this by default because it’s not suitable for all cases. But it’s super easy to configure, and this page will show you how.

Please do not use this together with “Ask for user contact details” setting. When you require user contact details, the button is created automatically when appropriate.

The start button tag should be placed into the quiz description box, and it will render a HTML button tag. More about this later.

Timed and Non-Timed Quizzes

First, note the difference between timed quizzes (quizzes with time-limit) and non-timed quizzes (quizzes without time limed). If you place the start button in a timed quiz, the start button will appear in the place of our default “Click here to start exam” link. If you place the start button in a non-timed quiz, the button will appear where you have placed it in the description.

See example timed quiz and example non-timed quiz.

Configure the button

By default placing the {{{button}}} tag will generate a HTML button tag with default style and text “Start Exam”. But you can easily customize this:

{{{button "Start My Quiz Now"}}} – just add text in quotes after the button word (don’t forget the space) and WatuPRO will generate the button with that text.

{{{button "Start My Quiz Now" "color:green;background-color:black;padding:20px;"}}} – add any CSS as third argument (note the space and the quotes) and WatuPRO will apply your CSS to the button.

Easy!

Practice Mode Exams in WatuPRO

The “Practice mode” which is available in the Intelligence module of WatuPRO sometimes causes a bit of confusion. Let’s clear it all here by outlining some important points.

The purpose of practice mode is to let user train themselves on the matter – not to calculate grade or show them the right answers. Because of this “Practice mode” exams work this way:

  • Grade and result is not calculated
  • The user performance is not stored anywhere
  • Answers to the questions are not shown – it only shows if the answer is correct or not. If you want to display the answer you can use the “optional answer explanation” field. It’s shown even in practice mode.
  • Questions are always shown one per page
  • Many settings like payment required, timers, grouping, and so on are disregarded in practice mode.

So if you want all your settings to be taken into account, answers to be revealed and so on, please use “Live mode” exam.

Alternative of Practice Mode

From version 4.9.0.7 WatuPRO supports one option that in many cases will be more suitable for practice. It’s available on the Advanced Settings tab of the Edit Quiz page:

dont-store-takingSuch quizzes will work exactly as live quizzes except that the results achieved here will not affect reprots, user points balance, stats, anything. And on top of this, the data from such quizzes won’t fill your database which is important for customers with thousands of quiz takers that don’t need to run reports.