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  • Better question analysis for authors

    In the Quiz Edit page, we show a number of metrics for each question. Two are new; all deserve

  • Cloze question tutorial

    This morning we updated Question Creatr for cloze (gap-fill) questions. In addition to a general tidy-up, you will find the required response is now restricted to 10 characters. That may sound a little mean, but

  • Congratulations to Kane Doran at Lodge Park Academy

    Kane Doran earns his yellow badge @Yacapaca pic.twitter.com/EtXdcO2n5s — Lodge Park Academy (@lodgeparkacad) November 5, 2014 This is what we like to see.

  • New avatar lapel badges

    From today, your students will be able to earn new lapel badges on Yacapaca – if they work hard enough. We had a fantastic response to the original badge system. I was amazed and delighted to hear about schools building entire assemblies around the presentation of Yacapaca badges, so of course that motivated me to…

  • Set an exam using Quick Assignments

    Sam Hucker from Winterbourne International Academy asked me this question this morning: I have set up a partial exam for my BTEC Engineering students. Is there a way that I can set up further questions where they have to type paragraphs or free sentences in larger quantities?