Quia

High marks for Ease, Options, Credibility and Safety, but it costs $49/year and isn't embeddable or fully compatible with other products. ||
 * Date |||| // 10-9-08 // || Rating ||  ê ê ê ê     (4 of 5 stars)
 * Reviewer |||||||| // Shannon Logan // ||
 * Web 2.0 tool name |||||| // Quia // ||
 * Web address |||||| // http://www.quia.com/web // ||
 * Description of tool |||||| // Create online assessments, class web pages, surveys, etc. Search for assessments created by other teachers. Grades quizzes with online gradebook. // ||
 * Cost |||||| // $49 per year // ||

// (public, private) // ||||  ê ê ê ê ê      || // Individual URL for surveys. Optional "secret word" protection available. // ||
 * **Ease of use**  ê ê ê ê     ||
 * Ease of navigation ||||  ê ê ê ê ê      || // Very easy // ||
 * Accessibility of help ||||  ê ê ê     || // No help search. Help can be found on individual pages. // ||
 * Quality of help ||||  ê ê ê ê ê      || // Great tutorial and FAQ // ||
 * On-line tutorials |||| Yes ||  ||
 * **Compatibility**  ê ê   ||
 * Export capabilities ||||  ê ê ê    || // Report exports to Excel. // ||
 * Embedding capabilities ||||  ê  || // As far as I can tell, surveys/quizzes cannot be embedded into another site. // ||
 * **Customization**  ê ê ê ê     ||
 * Ease of editing ||||  ê ê ê ê ê      || // Very easy // ||
 * Ability to personalize ||||  ê ê ê ê     || // Not many question types, but can add as many or few as you want. Some color choices, and can add pictures. Surveys and quizzes can go directly to electronic gradebook. Can search for other quizzes, copy, and change them to make them your own. // ||
 * Advanced Features ||||  ê ê ê ê ê     || //Many features// ||
 * **Credibility**  ê ê ê ê ê      ||
 * Quality of resources ||||  ê ê ê ê ê      || ||
 * Citation & sources |||| <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Wingdings 2'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Wingdings 2'"> ê ê ê ê ê      ||   ||
 * Endorsements |||| <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Wingdings 2'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Wingdings 2'"> ê ê ê ê ê      || // Endorsed by Education World and RegentsPrep.org, among others // ||
 * **Safety** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Wingdings 2'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Wingdings 2'"> ê ê ê ê ê      ||
 * User registration |||| <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Wingdings 2'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Wingdings 2'"> ê ê ê ê ê      || // Optional requirement for students to give names in order to take survey/assessment. // ||
 * Website access
 * Advertisements |||| <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Wingdings 2'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Wingdings 2'"> ê ê ê ê ê      || // none // ||
 * External Links |||| <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Wingdings 2'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Wingdings 2'"> ê ê ê ê ê      || // none // ||

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