I will be conducting exams, and I need a tool that can let me shuffle and select random , small questions from a pre-defined question pool. My questions are typically matched and complete.
It would be ideal if I can export to word after that. Any idea or suggestion is appreciated.
I would recommend to use ClassMarker, which is a great tool for creating a quiz with random questions.
You can choose questions you select and randomize the order of the selected questions, randomize answer options or add randomly selected questions, so each time the quiz is taken, different questions will be pulled from your question pool.
Also, the option of exporting the tests to word is available.
Here is a solution in java script that runs in the browser or wherever you like.
Here is a "random choice generator".
And here is a "random name picker". You could give your questions short names and draw them according to where the wheel stops.
In Emacs, you could also write each question on a line and use this elisp function to randomize the order of lines. Then export it to word, LaTeX, whatever, with pandoc. That's my favorite.
Finally, here is my google search.
Perhaps a bit orthogonal, but you could ask a colleague in Computer Science to have students build you such a tool as a class project. If you have the time to spend to specify exactly what you want, you could get the perfect tool. In addition, the students involved will get valuable programming experience as well as experience in working to the specifications of a client.
This isn't a massive undertaking, actually.
The downside is that you need to wait for it to be built, but in the meantime you can also think about what features you most desire. It may be possible for a group of students to build the core functionality quite quickly.
