iQuiz for iPod
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 11:00AM 
The iPod firmware is closed so only Apple can offer software and games that run on an iPod. Until now, the games offered from Apple have not been educational. That has changed today with the release of iQuiz. This game has lots of learning possibilities.
You can watch a short video preview of iQuiz in iTunes. You'll see that iQuiz has slick game show graphics and exciting background music for a fun and lively atmosphere. The one drawback I see for classroom use is that the timer cannot be turned off or slowed down. A timer can be distracting and inappropriate for some learners.
Go to iQuizMaker.com to download free software for making your very own true/false and multiple choice quizzes. You can include explanations with your true/false questions. You can set several options, including how many questions a user can answer incorrectly and the graphics theme of the quiz. iQuiz Maker includes an iPod simulator so you can take the quiz on your desktop before syncing to an iPod. Currently the software is Mac only with the Windows version due in May.
iQuizMaker.com has additional quizzes you can download for iQuiz, including Human Anatomy and Cats & Dogs. You can download the Quiz Installer for making the process of getting these on your iPod easier. [To manually install a quiz pack, put the quiz pack folder in the iQuiz folder, which is in the iPod Games folder in your iTunes folder.] Apple has more detailed information for installing and creating quizzes.
Apple's Learning Interchange has a section called Teaching with iPod and iTunes. There are a couple iQuiz examples listed.
iQuiz is compatible only with the fifth-generation iPod (that's the iPod with video) with iPod Software 1.2 or later. These games cannot be played in iTunes, nor are they compatible with other iPod models. Use this page from Apple to identify which iPod model you have.
Currently iQuiz is 99¢ and you can sync it to multiple iPods from one computer. It's a great value and I hope to see more educational software for iPods from Apple.
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Reader Comments (4)
Very impressed so far with iQuiz, and in particular with iQuizMaker - it's extremely easy to make a quiz. What is proving more difficult is "branding" the quizzes with background graphics etc. Anyway, I've uploaded a quiz to http://media.libsyn.com/media/coffeebreakspanish/cbs-24-iquiz.zip - it's based on lesson 24 of my Coffee Break Spanish podcast if anyone is interested in another example.
I just created http://www.iquizlibrary.com for those that are making iQuizzes to come together and submit them all to one place. I can’t wait to see how everyone uses this new technology from Apple! It will be an exciting thing indeed.
http://www.iquizlibrary.com
So, Tony, what *are* the names of your cats? ;)
http://www.iquizshare.com" REL="nofollow">iQuizShare.com
A good share site for iquizzes.