Online Test: 10 Sites for Creating Free Online Tests, Quiz, IQ Tests, etc.

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July 28, 2008 ||

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Online Tests is a simpler option when it comes to conducting tests or surveys. Internet is fast changing the way we work, interact, share, learn, etc.. It’s not easy to keep up with the pace, especially for the ones who do not interact with online technologies much. But thanks to companies and sites which develop products and offer it for free for limited use, products like these help in improving productivity to a great extent.

This article lists a few services using which manual tasks of setting up questionnaires, collecting and reviewing responses and announcing results can be automated in schools colleges, survey on blogs, MySpace and virtually any site on the internet.

Here goes the list:

ZohoChallenge.com (by Zoho)

Let’s start with my favorite, Zoho. Zoho is known for its online applications (I like it better than Google apps sometimes) and ZohoChallenge is another feather in the cap, it is the best in the business.

Here is the list of cool features Zoho offers.

Support for multiple choice questions and descriptive questions.
Results displayed immediately. This is configurable.
Time limit can be specified for a question paper.
Difficulty levels calculated automatically
Online access to candidates’ details
Send emails to candidates
Create multiple exams
Add candidates
Schedule tests up to years ahead
Take a quick peek on your candidates’ performance
Find out who’s cleared the test in just one glance
View a "report card"
View graphical representation of the overall results of your tests

AllTheTests.com
This site offers a huge number of online tests on a range of topics, e.g. Cartoon Quizzes, Celebrities Quizzes, Fan Quizzes, Fun and Game Quizzes, Health and Knowledge Quizzes, MCSE + IT Tests, Tests for Men, Tests for Women, Purity tests, etc.. you think of it and someone has already created it for you.

You can create your own test using the wizard and publish it on the site. The tests you create can also be published on your own site or blog.

SurveyMonkey.com (Surveys Only)
Survey Monkey offers a complete solution for conducting online surveys. It offers free and paid membership ($19.95 a month) both. Free membership has certain limitations in terms of number of surveys and responses per survey and few others.

It offers features like sending survey links in e-mails, collecting anonymous responses, etc. which make it one of the best solution for conducting surveys in Companies, Educational institutions, etc..

Creating, collecting responses, analyzing responses and exporting results can be done within few minutes using the intuitive interface for performing these tasks.

ClassMarker.com
Classmaker is a simple and easy test creating service which does keeps away from all the sophisticated features which might get confusing at times.

It offers following featurs:

Link directly to quizzes from your website or emails
Randomize quiz questions and set time limits
Have quiz results emailed to you and saved in ClassMarker
Create multiple choice, true false, free text, short answer, fill in the blank and punctuation quizzes
Add your own images to quizzes

EasyTestMaker.com
With easytestmaker you can create multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, short answer and true and false questions all on the same test. You can also insert instructions and divide your test into multiple sections.

Easytestmaker offers free and paid membership ($14.95 a year). Features like Generate Alternate Versions, Exam Builder, Test Duplicator, Answer Sheets, Download as Word Document and Spell Check are part of the paid membership.

QuizStar.4teachers.org
QuizStar only offers paid membership; it offers membership for Individuals, Groups, Districts and sites. You can sign up for a 60 day trial before you pay for the membership.

Features :

Manage classes and quizzes
Attach multimedia files to questions
Make quizzes in multiple languages
Access from any Internet-connected computer
Allow students to complete and review

HostedTest.com
Hosted Test is a professional services catering to educators, human resources professionals and performance improvement specialists, etc. It offers membership for Basic model, Private Label model and Enterprise API. You can either host this application on your own servers or on have it hosted on HostedTest.com

On registration you will have access to

100 Free Responses
Full use of Hosted Test™ software application for test design, administration, scoring, grade book and other tabulation
Unlimited number of tests with unlimited number of questions
Online scoring, web-based results analysis, easy access to raw data, and multiple export formats
Email invitation and list management for students, employees, members, attendees and other test-takers
Etc.. Please visit the site to know more.

iGiveTest.com
iGivetest is an application which can be downloaded and installed on the server to create and conduct tests. The software costs $370 for a single copy license and offers tons of features.

Here are a few features:

Choose how to mark each question (for example, 2 points for a correct answer, 0.5 points for a partially correct answer, and 0 for an incorrect answer)
Format the text; add graphics, formulas, animation, and audio and video files
Display one question per page or all questions on one page
Define your own grading scale
Automatically generate and put any data to reports/certificates about successful passing in PDF
Gather statistics from the answers to each question

Demo Link:
http://igivetest.com/online-demo.html

FreeOnlineSurveys.com (Surveys Only)
Name says it all, it offers free online surveys. It offers its services at $19.99 a month and has lot of known names in the client list…

Here are a few:

General Electric
HSBC
UBS
Barclays
Bank of America
JP Morgan
ABN AMRO

Quibblo.com
You can create Poll, Survey, Scored Quiz, Personality Quiz and share it with your friends by sending links or embedding the quiz on MySpace, blog, Facebook or any other page on the internet.

This is more of a fun thing and cannot really be used for tests in educational institutions or surveys in companies.

I hope this list was helpful.