Complete the Training
Whether it is a video, a document, an instructor-led course or some other format, fully satisfying the course expectations and absorbing all of the material is the first step towards creating great content based upon it.
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Take notes early and often. The more material you have to work with once the training is complete, the easier it will be to create a list of questions in both great quality and great quantity. |
Get the Template
The following Excel file provides a template for training material-based question creation.
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Understand the Template Fields
General Fields
QID
The QID or Question ID is a unique value to identify the question within the spreadsheet.
Submitter
Course Fields
Site
Name
URL
Tag Fields
Discipline
Category
Subject
Difficulty
Applicability
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| It's OK to focus specifically on the source training, but steer clear of opinions and be sure to set the Applicability field to Course. |
Question Fields
Type
Question
Hint
Answers
Explanation
Example Question
The following illustrates an example question created with the template and defined utilizing the fields described above.
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Italic text denotes a user input field constrained to a defined list of drop-down values
All remaining fields are freeform text supplied by the user.
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| QID | Submitter | Site | Name | URL | Discipline | Category | Subject | Difficulty | Applicability | Type | ||
| 0 | Mark Chadbourne | www.practice.com | Awesome Questions in Five Easy Steps | www.practice.com/awesome | Professional | Communication | Questioning | Beginner | General | Multiple Select | Question | What qualities should an awesome question have? |
| Hint | Sometimes an optional hint might be a good thing to include… | |||||||||||
| Answer 1 | It should test concepts rather than memorization | |||||||||||
| Answer 2 | It should not be easily answered by a Google search | |||||||||||
| Answer 3 | It should be tagged with appropriate data to categorize it | |||||||||||
| Answer 4 | It should be based on the opinion of the person writing the question | |||||||||||
| Answer 5 | It should provide any necessary context to answer it properly | |||||||||||
| Correct Answer(s) | 1,2,3,5 | |||||||||||
| Explanation | An awesome question should have all of the qualities necessary to properly test a candidate's knowledge. It should NOT focus too narrowly on terminology or opinions specific to training source material. | |||||||||||
Follow Best Practices
A good question should be aligned with each of the following best practices.
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