An online quiz that actually works
There's a million-and-one online quizzes out there and they're a firm favourite of those looking to add a bit of 'interaction' to their site. But usually they don't get thought through very well and end up being a bit one-size-fits-none. Answering a few simple questions beforehand should avoid this: Why should people do the quiz? What will they actually learn? What if they know quite a lot already? What happens when they finish?
International AIDS charity Avert (www.avert.org) have obviously answered just these questions. They have quizzes for people of varying levels of knowledge in various topics and some of the questions do actually make you think (embarrasingly I got a question about HIV in Zambia wrong...). But the best part is the follow up. For every question you got wrong Avert provides a link to the relevant article on their site where you would have found the answer. Really simple (and on the face of it obvious) but it so rarely happens. It's a shame there's only one set of questions for each level but it's good nonetheless. Check 'em out here: http://www.avert.org/hivquiz.htm
You can also create your own quiz or get print ready versions that can be used offline (in a classroom perhaps). Nice.
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