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Tips, guides, and updates from the QuizMachine team.

Guide

AI chat for every quiz question

Let participants discuss a question with their own AI provider without saving the conversation in QuizMachine.

October 2026

Guide

Picture-first question types: Child Picture Choice and Tiles

Two question types for low-reading audiences: large picture cards with guided practice, and a sliding picture puzzle graded on the server.

October 2026

Tips

Mermaid diagrams in questions and feedback

Add safe Mermaid diagrams to Markdown questions, feedback, and API content.

October 2026

Tips

Embed images directly in question feedback

Place a small teaching diagram exactly where it belongs in feedback Markdown, manually or through API v1.

October 2026

Guide

Build one quiz for many learning paths with dynamic quizzes

Let each taker choose topics and a question count while you keep control of the allowed range and question pool.

September 2026

Guide

Math — Check answer

Use locale-aware numbers, tolerances, equivalent units, and optional feedback on working.

Guide

Hierarchy Graph — Check answer

Some concepts are structural, such as heaps, organisational charts, and information-system pyramids. A hierarchy graph question asks the taker to build that structure and is available on every plan.

Guide

Matching questions with immediate feedback

Help learners correct each match as they work, without revealing the answer key.

September 2026

Guide

Instant feedback for typed matching (Matching Text)

Confirm each typed answer the moment it matches, without exposing the answer key.

October 2026

Guide

Turn a result into a focused retake

Let respondents practise what they got wrong, straight from their result page, on any plan.

September 2026

Guide

Publish your organization's quiz landing page

Give your quizzes one public address, keep every access rule intact, and let signed-in learners choose what to practise.

September 2026

Guide

Build a branded package landing page

Publish a searchable quiz catalogue and offer focused practice paths from one package link.

September 2026

Guide

Give respondents control over account result history

Learn how paid-plan quiz owners can offer signed-in respondents a clear, safe choice about linking an attempt to their account.

September 2026

Guide

Evaluate by AI and Evaluate correctness

Learn when to use each Premium author review, what AI checks, and why you apply and save any changes yourself.

August 2026

Guide · #1

How to grade free-text answers with AI without losing human oversight

Combine model answers, rubrics, ordered provider fallback, pending-grade status, and manual review so automation assists the grader instead of replacing judgment.

August 2026

Guide · #2

Build an employee onboarding quiz that reinforces learning

Turn policies and role knowledge into a paced onboarding journey with welcome content, mixed question types, useful feedback, and clear completion rules.

August 2026

Guide · #3

Create a compliance knowledge check with auditable results

Build a required, identity-aware assessment with controlled attempts, pass or fail evidence, retained responses, and exports for authorized review.

August 2026

Guide · #4

Turn quiz results into decisions: completion, score, and question analysis

Read completion rate, average score, individual attempts, and question performance together so a single headline number does not hide learning gaps.

August 2026

Guide · #5

Stop rewriting questions: build a reusable question bank with topics

Reuse proven organization questions safely with search, deep copies, multiple topic tags, and focused topic workspaces.

August 2026

Guide · #6

Share a quiz securely by link, QR code, embed, assignment, or access code

Choose a distribution method based on identity, forwarding risk, and where respondents should enter the quiz.

August 2026

Guide · #7

Sell access to a quiz with Stripe while keeping free attempts under control

Combine Stripe Connect, test and live modes, prices, currencies, discount codes, and logged-in free attempts in one controlled purchase flow.

August 2026

Guide · #8

Design a more accessible quiz: question choice, structure, feedback, and media

Reduce avoidable barriers with concise structure, appropriate question formats, keyboard-friendly interaction, readable media, and feedback that explains the next step.

August 2026

Guide · #9

Migrate quizzes without retyping: CSV, plain text, Quiz JSON, and FlexiQuiz

Choose question-only import, full Quiz JSON round trips, or a FlexiQuiz connection according to how much structure must move.

August 2026

Guide · #10

Build a repeatable certification assessment with timers, attempts, and evidence

Make pass rules, time limits, attempt policy, grading, and result evidence consistent enough to repeat across certification cohorts.

August 2026

Guide

Create varied quizzes with Random from Topic questions

Select one eligible Question Bank question for each new attempt while keeping that selection stable through answering, grading, and reporting.

September 2026

Tips

Use Markdown in questions and answer options

Format quiz prompts and text options with headings, emphasis, lists, links, code, tables and math.

August 2026

Guide

Why math answers need more than string matching

Use locale-aware numbers, tolerances, equivalent units, and optional feedback on working.

August 2026

Guide

Create quizzes programmatically with the QuizMachine API

Turn an exported quiz into a repeatable, authenticated workflow, including publishing and custom links.

August 2026

Guide

How to add users, admins and trainers to your organization

Understand each role and follow the correct workflow for adding organization members and respondent users.

August 2026

Guide

How to create your first quiz in 5 minutes

A step-by-step walkthrough of creating, sharing, and reviewing responses for a simple multiple-choice quiz.

July 2026

Tips

16 question types and when to use each one

From multiple choice to code challenges and hierarchy graphs — we break down which question format works best for different assessment goals.

July 2026

Use case

Using QuizMachine for technical screening

How engineering teams use code questions and time limits to run consistent, scalable candidate assessments.

July 2026

Guide

Building hierarchy graph questions

Drag-and-drop pyramids, directed edges, and min/max-heap validation — build interactive structure questions available on every plan.

July 2026

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