$TEXT $ou|$gr|||$ce|*** WELCOME TO THE QUIZPLUS DEMONSTRATION *** $ca|||||$margin[5] Such a deal! This lowly text file sitting on your QuizPlus disk will not only demonstrate the features of the program to you, it will also function as a mini-tutorial. You'll be impressed how $no|$re|$un|easy|$no|$ca| it is to create colorful mouse-driven educational programs for use with QuizPlus. $wait $TEXT ||$la|$re|$ce|The Menu || $ca Remember the MENU page you selected this QuizPlus lesson from? QuizPlus can use up to |$no|$th|$re|TEN |$ca|$no lessons per disk. And there's no limit to how many QuizPlus teaching disks you can make, because the program files are transferable. Once you own QuizPlus, you can make your own teaching disks, just by putting the QuizPlus program on a disk with a MENU file and lesson files. $wait $QUIZ|d $re| QuizPlus uses your own lesson files, which you write on your favorite word processor, then save in ASCII (printed) format. $bl|$th| All the information QuizPlus requires to turn your text into a colorful, mouse-driven education program is contained within your file. The commands you put within your file are simple and easy to understand. $ca| To compose |$no|$sk|your own lesson files $no|$ca|for use with QuizPlus, you $un|absolutely|$no|$ca| need: A. D.E.G.A.S B. A Federal Grant C. An IQ of 140 or Higher D. A Word Processor E. An IBM $wait $TEXT ||$sk|$la|$re|$ce|T E X T |$ca|| What you're seeing now is a QuizPlus TEXT screen. This screen is used to present lesson material, or to give feedback after the user has answered a quiz question. To make the screen you now see (mouse-boxes and all) you type "$TEXT", then your text, then type "$wait". That's all there is to it. $gr|$sk| Pretty complicated program to use, right? $ca $wait $QUIZ|b |$sk|$la|$re|$ce|Q U I Z |$ca| You're now looking at a QuizPlus QUIZ screen. This screen presents a multiple choice question, then waits until the user gets the right answer. $li| So you can experience how QuizPlus processes wrong answers, let me pose the following simple question: $ca|$re| What bulbar polysynaptic reflex does Carbamazepine suppress?| A. bulbocavernosis reflex in frogs B. linguomandibular reflex in cats C. thalamic infraorbital reflex in fetal mice D. apneustic caloric reflex in dogs E. glabellar reflex in hamsters $ca|$wait $TEXT |Now, we're back to a text screen for feedback and further instruction. It's true that the drug carbamazepine has been shown to suppress the linguomandibular reflex in cats. See? QuizPlus is teaching you already. A QUIZ screen is set up by typing "$QUIZ", the letter of the correct answer, the question text, then "$wait". QuizPlus does all the rest. ||$ou|$ce Again, not exactly a complicated process. $ca|$wait $TPIC|buyquiz $animate[11][14][350] ||$sk|$la|$re|$ce|T P I C |$ca| You're now looking at a text-plus-picture screen, which we call a TPIC screen. This screen is used to give lecture material, with a picture or diagram available for reference. The reference picture is seen by clicking on the "Picture" button. See? It's lit up now. $gr|$sk| To view a subliminal message, click on "Picture." $ca|$wait $TEXT |Complicated? No way. To set up the screen you just saw, complete with the reference picture, the text file said: $re| $TPIC |$no|$gr|<-- screen type $re| buyquiz |$no|$gr|<-- picture name $re| blah,blah|$no|$gr|<-- boring text $re| $wait |$no|$gr|<-- let user take over $ca| And yes, QuizPlus allows you to animate pictures. Want the details? Buy the program and read about it in the manual. $wait $QPIC|buyquiz|a $animate[11][14][350] |$sk|$la|$re|$ce|Q P I C |$ca| This is a QPIC screen, question-plus-picture. The user refers to a diagram in order to answer a question. This screen is set up by "$QPIC", picture name, correct answer, text, then "$wait." Just like the TPIC screen, except you type the letter of the correct answer after the picture name. Among the software on the shelf, this QuizPlus user $no|$re|(refer to the diagram, please) |$ca|$no|has:| A. Cardiac Arrest B. Zork C. Momma and Me D. Leisure Suit Larry $ca|$wait $TEXT |||Of course, QuizPlus can display pictures without any text by putting "$PICTURE", plus the picture name in your lesson file. Sadly, we must now leave our demo file. You're probably wondering how all the colored text was created. It's easy -- with QuizPlus. But to tell you everything now would be cheating. See you in the next demo file, where you'll learn about all the wonderful special effects you can put in your text using QuizPlus. $WAIT $END