QuestionBuilder: Create and Share Randomized Questions

I’ve written previously about my desire to write randomized questions for the purpose of assessment. The goal was never to make a worksheet generator – those exist on the web already. Instead, I wanted to make it easy to create assessment questions that are similar in form, but different enough from each other that the answers or procedures to solve them are not necessarily identical.

Since January, I’ve been working on a project called QuestionBuilder. It’s a web application that does the following:

• Allows the creation of assessment questions that contain randomized elements, values, and structures.
• Uses regular Javascript, HTML, and the KaTEX math rendering library to create and display the questions
• Makes it easy to share questions you create with community members and build upon the work of others to make questions that work for you.

Here’s a video in which I convert a question from the June 2016 New York State Regents exam for Algebra 2 Common Core into a randomized question. Without all of my talking, this is a quick process.

I’ve put a number of questions on the site already to demonstrate what I’ve been using this to do. These range from simple algebra to physics questions. Some other folks I appreciate and respect have also added questions in their spare time.

For now, you’ll need to create an account and log in to see these questions in action. Go to http://question-builder.evanweinberg.org, make an account, and check out the project as it exists at this point.

My hope is to use some time this summer to continue working on it to make it more useful for the fall. I’ll also be making some other videos to show how to use the features I’ve added thus far. Feel free to contact me here, through Twitter (@emwdx), or by email (evan at evanweinberg.com) if you have questions or suggestions.