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WatuPRO 4.9

The latest version of the WordPress quiz plugin WatuPRO is now 4.9.

Below are the new features and improvements done between versions 4.8 and 4.9:

      • Question difficulty levels can now be selected in user’s profile (by admin). When this is done the user will be restricted to access only questions from the selected difficulty levels.
      • Difficulty levels can have unlock criteria to be automatically unlocked (if you select “Apply difficulty level restrictions per user account.”)
      • Added log that will show you who and when unlocked a difficulty level (provided that you select “Apply difficulty level restrictions per user account.”)
      • The search form on “view results” page will now include the Phone and Company fields, when they are requested in the quiz.
      • Limit the number of logged in users quiz re-takings within interval of 24 hours, a week, or a month.
      • Certificates now can be issued for completing multiple quizzes with min. average points and / or min. average % correct answer.
      • New option lets you enable a rating widget so users can rate questions.
      • New “final screen” variable %%ANSWERS-PAGINATED%% lets you display the user’s answers one at a time, with a numbered pagination.
      • Added option to automatically cleanup or blank out user submitted data older than X days (to save database space).
      • PDF Certificates can now be attached to emails (Requires PDF Bridge version 0.8 or newer)
      • New option “When no more attempts are available display the latest result.” lets you display a snapshot of the final screen when logged in user that can’t retake the quiz visits the quiz page.
      • The variable %%USER-NAME%% can also be used in the email subject.
      • Added variable %%ADMIN-URL%%. It can be useful for the email sent to admin to quickly find the submission details in the administration.
      • [Reporting module] A bar chart shows the average % correct answers per skill.
      • [Intelligence module] Fill the gaps questions can now accept a numeric range also as correct answer.
      • [Intelligence module] Paid quizzes are now available for non-logged in users as well. To use this your server must support sessions (true in 99% of the cases). Also note that coupon codes functionality is currently available for logged in users only.
      • [Intelligence module] Date stamp when teacher manually edits user results will be stored and shown in the list of results on a quiz.
      • [Intelligence module] You can specify individual CSS for every gap (in Fill the gaps questions) by passing it like last correct answer for the gaps. Example: {{{answer1|answer2|style=”width:250px;font-weight:bold;height:50px;”}}}
      • [Reporting module] Fixed bug: the “Different tests attempted” on the Overview page was showing 0.
      • Fixed subcategory related issues in the Reporting module -> Skills.
      • Fixed false “category name already exists” message when adding subcategories.
      • Fixed bug when user  with the same session saves multiple in-progress quizzes (only one was saving).
      • Fixed bug with saving and reusing the “common category grade design” in the default grades page.
      • Fixed bug with timed quizzes that store user progress and randomize questions (questions order was lost during different unfinished quiz attempts).
      • Fixed bug when timed “non-ajax” quiz required contact details at the beginning (the details were getting lost)
      • Added auto-scroll to top after filling contact details on quizzes that ask for them at the beginning.
      • Improved styling of the buttons in the admin pages.

The new version is sent by newsletter to eligible customers.

 

Likert Scale Survey Maker for WatuPRO

This is a new free addon for the quiz maker plugin WatuPRO.

The plugin allows you to create Likert scale surveys really quick. It also includes a couple of shortcodes to display the survey answers to the user in a bar chart.

Download the plugin: watupro-likert (version 0.8, 16 KB)

How Does It Work

The plugin creates a regular WatuPRO quiz with all questions marked as survey questions and automatically adds all the answers. It allows you to add many questions quickly and automatically adds all answers for the Likert scale. It’s a tremendous time saver for creating such type of surveys.

After activating the plugin you will see a new link under your WatuPRO menu: “Likert scale survey”. Have a quick look at the options:

likert

The page allows you to create up to 8 questions at one and then add more and more with the same settings (scale etc). Or change the scale for the next set of questions.

There are 5 scales supported: Agreement, Importance, Frequency, Likelihood, and Custom. All settings are editable.

Once the survey is created you will be directed to Edit Quiz page to fine-tune and publish the quiz. You can of course then edit the questions, add media, etc just like with every WatuPRO quiz.

The Bar Chart

To display the bar chart you need minimum WatuPRO version 4.6.7.8 because this is the version from which survey questions do not require the points assigned to them.

The bar charts are added via shortcodes (the survey maker can automatically add them for you). Here is example of a chart by category:

likert-chart

The table will follow the table style definitions of your theme. If you want to style it, it has CSS class “watupro-likert-chart”. The color of the bars is currently hardcoded to #AAA but this will be improved soon.

If you have missed to add the chart when creating survey, you can add the shortcodes later:

[watuprolikert-barchart type="global"] for a global chart

[watuprolikert-barchart type="cats"] for multiple charts per question category

[watuprolikert-barchart type="averages"] for a global chart showing averages from everyone's answers

Likert Survey Compact Table

From version 5.8.2 of WatuPRO a new experimental feature is supported. It allows you to display your survey in a very compact table where questions are column headers and answers show only radio buttons or checkboxes.

You can activate the feature from Edit Quiz -> Advanced Settings tab:

When you activate it, the survey will be displayed as table. As example, check the survey at the bottom of this page. There are a few things to note:

  • Selecting this will reset the quiz to “All questions on a single page” even if you have selected different pagination.
  • The option “Answer to each question can be seen immediately by pressing a button” will be deactivated.
  • The plugin will automatically figure out if it has to display different tables with different headers if you have groups of questions with different likert scale in the same survey.
  • Surveys generally do not have correct or wrong answers so using the %%ANSWERS%% variable at the end of the quiz is not typical. If you do use it, answers will be displayed in standard format for quizzes and not as a table.
  • To avoid layout misplacement radio questions that are selected to be shown as drop-downs will be reset to standard radios. Multiple-choice questions selected to behave like flashcards will behave like standard checkbox groups.

Here’s an example of such survey:

 Very ImportantImportantModerately ImportantOf Little ImportanceUnimportant
1. How important is for you the price of a software product?
2. How important is the support?
3. How important is the design?
4. A random open-end question in the middle of the survey

 AlwaysFrequentlyOccasionallyRarelyNever
5. How often do you check documentation before contacting support?
6. How often do you check online demos before purchasing software products?

 

Using WatuPRO for Polls (New Shortcodes From Reporting Module)

From version 4.3.7 the quiz plugin WatuPRO supports “poll-like” shortcodes through the Reporting module. The shortcodes render a simple bar chart showing how all users have answered a given question. Here’s an example from our open demo quiz: (note that it pulls random 3 of 5 questions so the frog question will not always be loaded) frog-question In this example the chart is shown immediately after answering the quiz. It can however be used everywhere, including in some custom made pages. The shortcode can show either how each answer distributes (for “single choice” and “multiplce choice” questions), or the distribution of correct / incorrect answers (for all other question types). You can get the shortcode for each question from add / edit question page: frog-question-edit Clicking on “How to configure” will take you to the help page which explains how you can change the colors or show “correct/incorrect” chart instead of distribution per answer. Note that this functionality requires the Reporting module.

An SQL Query

You like this so much that you want to add it in the optional “answer explanation” are of all your existing thousands of questions? You can do it with an SQL query:

UPDATE wp_watupro_question SET explain_answer = CONCAT(explain_answer, '<br>[', 'watupror-poll question_id="', ID, '"]');

Note that you may need to change “wp_watupro_question” depending on how the table prefix is named in your installation.