User's Guide

ACTIVote User Guide
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Once you have created your Flipchart you may wish to save the source file you
have just been working on. This is a separate step from creating and saving
the Flipchart.
Step 1 - Set Title Page
You can elect to include a title page or not, the default is that a title page will
be included. If you wish to include a title page, click in the Title text box and
type in a suitable heading representing the topic of your Flipchart questions.
Now click into the Description text box to provide a suitable description for
your question paper. You may choose to type instructions here for users
undertaking your test. Having done this a Checkmark will appear next to the
Set Title Page step. A Checkmark is used to indicate the steps you have
completed.
If you do not require a title page, click onto the check box that is labeled Add
Title Page to remove the Checkmark. The text input boxes will be grayed out
and a tick will appear in the Set Title Page step to indicate that the step is
complete.
Click the Next> button to progress to step 2.
Step 2 - Set Questions
1. The cursor will ready for you to type in your first question. Otherwise,
click on the New Question button to add a new question.
2. Now choose the Question Type. Choose one of the following question
types:
3. Choose the Correct Answer by clicking on the down arrow and choose
the corresponding letter for the correct answer. This will be used by the
output graph to indicate the correct answer. You can omit this stage if
you wish to manually chose the correct answer when providing feedback
to your users, or if the question does not have a correct answer.
4. You may specify a Timeout by selecting the checkbox then entering a
time in seconds into the text box that appears. Each question can have
the same or a different timeout value. If you elect not to use the
timeout feature then you will need to click on the ACTIVote stop button
to manually end the timeout period.
5. Next Select a Layout. Choose from the following layout types: