Executive Summary
Business
This program was not developed for a specific
business but instead for anyone of any profession that needs to memorize facts.
I am currently a student at Brigham Young University. During the course of my
studies and while completing internships I have found it necessary to memorize
many facts and random items of knowledge. This program is intended for students
and professionals in any area of business that need to memorize facts in a
quick and effective method. This program could also be used by someone preparing
to enter a trivia contest because it is able to generate random questions from Wikipedia
articles.
Program
This program has two major functions:
Function
1: quizzing based on study notes. This program allows students to take notes in Microsoft excel
and then quiz themselves on the definition. Studies have shown that rote
memorization is highly ineffective and results in almost immediate loss of knowledge.
The method implemented by this program involves typing the complete name of a
given definition which is much more effective in retaining the information.
Function
2: random fact quizzing. Even more impressive,
is the capability of this program to generate quiz questions on random facts
pulled from Wikipedia.org. This is an enjoyable way of broadening one’s
knowledge base and practicing memorization techniques.
Overview of System
The program utilizes the following concepts:
§ Ribbon
Customization
§ Custom
Userforms
§ Data
import from the internet
§ Web
query and HTML conversion
§ Webpage
manipulation
§ Custom
functions
§ Working
with defined ranges and objects
§ Manipulating
dynamic arrays
§ Complex
vba functions such as ubound, split, and mid
§ Parsing
of complex web pages
§ Loops
and nested loops
Basis for the Project
This project
was inspired by the website quizlet.com which creates virtual flashcards based
on study notes. Further inspiration came after watching the TV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire and
wondering how contestants would prepare for questioning among various topics. If
you have ever considered competing in a trivia gameshow then this program is
for you.
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