Thursday, February 2, 2012

Smarterer

So, I have mentioned before... I am a BzzAgent and with that title, I "Bzz" or talk about and share products I am given to try by participating in BzzAgent. The latest "campaign" is not actually a physical product mailed to me at my home, but rather a test of my intelligence of the BzzWorld (their website) using the product, Smarterer. It is a quiz of sorts generated by questions submitted by other BzzAgents, I suppose. For there is an area to submit my own quiz questions. Occasionally, I have been given the option to edit some of the questions. I have begun this quiz and have taken several "rounds of multiple-choice questions". With each question I get correct, I am given an amount of points, with each incorrect response- a deduction to my points is most common; however, occasionally there is no deduction.

To be quite honest... I am not sure the purpose of this exercise. Is it to teach me more about the BzzAgent website and program? Because I have learned many trivial bits of knowledge as I have taken this test. For example, BzzAgent was created in 2001. I don't remember exactly when I began to participate, but I do know it several years after.

Is the purpose of this quiz to show how one can create a quiz for another application using Smarterer? If I was an instructor at a high school or college level, I think this online format would be helpful. Maybe I am not that far into the campaign - I did just sign up today... but so far I don't see that this is the purpose.

I will continue to take this never-ending quiz. I am not sure how many questions there are... there is no progress meter. However, I do get a box periodically that states I have earned an achievement. What is this achievement exactly? hmmmm..... and sometimes a big rectangular box states.... "Want to share your score?" with nothing below that tagline. Sure I would love to share with anyone that cares my current score is 707; but I have yet to figure out exactly how to do so...

I have had a long day of helping several neighbors with their children. Maybe it is that I am tired and can't think straight... or maybe it's another example of my techo-challenged abilities. Anyhow, I am off to answer a few more questions to increase my score before I head off to bed. I will keep you updated as to how high my score gets and if I ever do figure out how to share with the world my score besides the blog and I know you are all waiting with great anticipation to hear what my achievement exactly is in this exercise... maybe it's another honeycomb earned - or even better... points added to MyPoints account?