new ground school web app

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Gary,

I think you're off to a good start. I'm a student as well. I spent about 30 minutes going through the GFH sections.

Three thoughts:
1 -- I like the "fill in the blank" question style. But. There are quiet a few questions (mainly when referencing specific CFRs out unit conversions) where you should include some sort of prompt that defines the expected answer since the app matches to specific "book" answers.

Are you using match() without a lot of RegEx expressions to except flexible responses? If yes, add more RegEx as you get time to code them (or something similar). Not everywhere, mind you -- I know they take a while to do "right".

2 -- Some of the graphics are quite big, I would look at the source images and try to resize them to be "just big enough" so you minimize load times where you can (give those on Wi-fi and cellular data a break wherever possible).

3 -- On your next evolution, it would be nice to see the quiz home interface incorporate a way to compose quizzes on the fly which are of a certain number of questions and can be customized to drawn questions from user-selected sections.

Keep up the good work,

-- Chris

Hi Chris,

Just the kind of feedback I'm looking for, thanks!

Let me know if you would like to have a personal account and I will create one for you.

Gary

On Monday, December 28, 2015 at 3:06:52 PM UTC-8, Chri Rua wrote:
*** I'm reposting my original message with edits; I didn't give specific information in one section of my original reply ***



Gary,

I think you're off to a good start. I'm a student as well. I spent about 30 minutes going through the GFH sections.

Three thoughts:
1 -- I like the "fill in the blank" question style. But. There are quiet a few questions (mainly when referencing specific CFRs out unit conversions) where you should include some sort of prompt that defines the expected answer since the app matches to specific "book" answers.

Are you using match() without a lot of RegEx expressions to except flexible responses? If yes, add more RegEx as you get time to code them (or something similar). Not everywhere, mind you -- I know they take a while to do "right".

2 -- Some of the graphics are quite big, I would look at the source images and try to resize them to be "just big enough" so you minimize load times where you can (give those on Wi-fi and cellular data a break wherever possible).

3 -- On your next evolution, it would be nice to see the quiz home interface incorporate a way to compose quizzes on the fly which are of a certain number of questions and can be customized to drawn questions from user-selected sections.

Keep up the good work,

-- Chris

Hello Gary,

First thanks for sharing this tool.

I agree with Chris above, the corrector must allow for lower case, close answers or even typos; also when asking for numerical answers, allow for some rounding?

It is hard to automate such a test without a human corrector (which why some people do better on the written test vs the questions of an actual human examiner) : multiple choices might not be ideal for testing people knowledge and so it is in theory better to leave it as an open question format, the student really has to think about the right answers instead of eliminating the wrong ones.

Your graphics are cool, make sure you name the proper owner or author to avoid copyright issues, hopefully nobody will bother you with it.

Another thing, I have not tried too many questions but might have found a wrong one : it seems to me that your question about km to statute miles seem to convert to nautical miles... Also how many digits do you expect for such an open question?

Keep up the good work, happy new year

Paga

Thanks so much Paga. I'll be doing another round of work on the app soon. Also -- please spread the word to any other student pilots you know.

Gary

On Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 5:08:33 AM UTC-8, PAGA wrote:
Hello Gary,

First thanks for sharing this tool.

I agree with Chris above, the corrector must allow for lower case, close answers or even typos; also when asking for numerical answers, allow for some rounding?

It is hard to automate such a test without a human corrector (which why some people do better on the written test vs the questions of an actual human examiner) : multiple choices might not be ideal for testing people knowledge and so it is in theory better to leave it as an open question format, the student really has to think about the right answers instead of eliminating the wrong ones.

Your graphics are cool, make sure you name the proper owner or author to avoid copyright issues, hopefully nobody will bother you with it.

Another thing, I have not tried too many questions but might have found a wrong one : it seems to me that your question about km to statute miles seem to convert to nautical miles... Also how many digits do you expect for such an open question?

Keep up the good work, happy new year

Paga

Hello Gary,

First thanks for sharing this tool.

I agree with Chris above, the corrector must allow for lower case, close answers or even typos; also when asking for numerical answers, allow for some rounding?

It is hard to automate such a test without a human corrector (which why some people do better on the written test vs the questions of an actual human examiner) : multiple choices might not be ideal for testing people knowledge and so it is in theory better to leave it as an open question format, the student really has to think about the right answers instead of eliminating the wrong ones.

Your graphics are cool, make sure you name the proper owner or author to avoid copyright issues, hopefully nobody will bother you with it.

Another thing, I have not tried too many questions but might have found a wrong one : it seems to me that your question about km to statute miles seem to convert to nautical miles... Also how many digits do you expect for such an open question?

Keep up the good work, happy new year

Paga