Talking Drupal #450 - Certification & Exam Prep

Today we are talking about Certification & Exam Prep,
Resources for studying, and tips to get a passing grade with
guests Chad Hester & Martin Anderson-Clutz. We’ll also
cover Quiz Maker as our module of the week.


For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/450
Topics

Why are exams and certifications important to dev's

After going through the Talking Drupal Skills Upgrade mini
series do you feel preparted to take an Acquia certification

How should someone get ready

What are some struggles people may have getting ready

What does the plan look like for someone getting ready

Does Acquia provide pre tests

Did Skills Upgrade prepare you for this type of assessment

What happens if you do not pass

How do you know you're ready

Tips and tricks for taking a test

Where do you take the test

Questions to someone who has taken the test

Special surprise

Resources

Acquia Certification Study Guides

Acquia Certification Information

Widgets Burritos D8 Certification Study Guide

certification@acquia.com for questions

Guests

Chad Hester - chadkhester.com chadhester

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Matthew Grasmick - grasmash
MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu


Brief description:

Have you ever wanted to build and deliver interactive
quizzes on your Drupal website?



Module name/project name:

Quiz Maker



Brief history

How old: created in Apr 2024 (the last couple of weeks)
by Roman Chekhaniuk (r_cheh)

Versions available: 1.0.5, which works with Drupal 9,
10, and 11



Maintainership

Actively maintained

Not yet opted into Security coverage, but being so new
it’s possible they started the process of getting the
project reviewed

Number of open issues: 0



Usage stats:

Not currently installed on any sites yet, according to
Drupal.org

Module features and usage

The module defines a number of of custom entities to
allow your site to define very flexible quizzes, that can
include options like the amount of time allowed, pass rate,
maximum number of attempts, randomizing the sequence of the
questions, and more

The module also defines custom plugins for questions,
responses, and answers, so you can extend it to handle very
custom use cases

The Quiz module is very popular in this space but the
version you can use with modern versions of Drupal is still
in alpha, so it’s great to see another option available,
especially for sites that don’t need anything as complex as
the Opigno LMS