Yacapaca in a Nutshell

Yacapaca is a formative assessment tool you can use for testing, homework or revision. Yacapaca only delivers formative assessment; it's a professional's tool, not a Swiss Army knife.

• By the numbers (as of 1/9/2020)
  • 3,627 courses, comprising
  • 23,070 quizzes, which draw on
  • 199,232 questions in the database
  • 8 question types, each with numerous subtypes
  • 120,120 teachers with accounts
  • of whom 4,506 are quiz authors

• Supported assessment types
  • Multiple choice test
  • Multiple choice homework
  • Multiple choice revision
  • Short-text questions, automarked
  • Plain text entry, teacher marked
  • File upload, teacher marked
  • Structured Peer Assessment (paired comparison)
  • Offline grades

• Analytics
  • Gradebook
  • Course markbook
  • Per-quiz, per-question detail view
  • Per quiz key concept gap analysis
  • Flightlines
  • Progress through a syllabus, per student set

• Algorithms that support individualised learning
  • Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve revision schedule
  • Presentation speed matched to student's 'flow state'
  • Question matching to student attainment level