Michael Laithangbam

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Michael Laithangbam

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Michael Laithangbam is a senior writer & editor at ProProfs with over 12 years of experience in enterprise software and eLearning. His expertise encompasses online training, web-based learning, quizzes & assessments, webinars, course development, LMS, and more. Michael's work has been featured in industry-leading publications such as G2, Software Advice, Capterra, and eLearning Industry. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

Articles by Michael Laithangbam

Decoding Self-Assessments for Students: Benefits & Types

Picture walking into a classroom buzzing with a different kind of energy – where every student is not just learning but also actively understanding and shaping their educational journey. This is the power of student self-assessment. Beyond mere academic evaluations, self-assessments are a transformative tool. They foster self-awareness, goal-setting, and critical thinking, driving students toward...
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How to Create Online Tests Easily and Securely

“Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.” – Josef Albers, educator & artist Have you ever wondered why your learners can retain information only for a short time?  Or do you often need help with assessing their knowledge retention? Well, it can be because you need to create...
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How To Write Engaging Quiz Questions

You can’t cook great pasta without the right ingredients. You’ll need the right amounts of flour, eggs, tomato, cheese, and more. Individually, they’re okay, but combine them and cook them perfectly — you’re in pasta heaven. Quizzes work in the same way. It’s never a single element that makes a great quiz but many. And...
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How to Use a Marketing Quiz: 6 Most Effective Ways

Do you want to develop your marketing strategy to offer a customized experience? Do you want to test the consumer response/expectation before a product launch? Do you want to know how to improve an existing product or do better than the big brands out there? Do you want to improve brand loyalty by engaging your...
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How to Make a Fun Quiz

After BuzzFeed’s success with the quiz We’ll Guess Your Secret Talent Based On Your Ice Cream Preferences, many brands started including fun quizzes in their marketing strategy.  Source Not all of them were able to ace the race, though. Why? Well, one of the biggest reasons was that those quizzes simply couldn’t keep the participants...
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Top 6 Benefits of Online Learning for School Students

Online learning is certainly one of the most useful tools for career growth because it lets students access to knowledge by providing them with an exclusive opportunity to discover and obtain fresh information at their own pace. Nowadays, a growing number of working students and professionals are being attracted by the benefits from online education...
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What Is an Assessment Tool? Types, Benefits, Best Practices

Until a few years ago, teachers, trainers, and recruiters relied on age-old paper-based tests for their assessment needs. This assessment method required them to navigate through a series of tasks, including Coming up with the right questions Printing the test papers Setting up an assessment center Invigilating the assessment Manually grading the responses Phew! Then...
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How to Create a Facebook Personality Quiz

On July 5th, 2014, a food blog called Food52.com posted a quiz titled- Which Cake Are You? on Facebook. By July 7th, 20,000 people had taken the quiz, which helped Food52 drive loads of people back to their website and created hundreds of dollars in ad revenue. Even though the quiz title may sound weird...
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Improve Online Examination System with Test Maker for Teachers

In times when consumers are rapidly assimilating the latest digital trends, conventional evaluation techniques are proving to be highly inefficient. Educational institutions need to realize students are losing confidence in the traditional pen-and-paper assessments, which no longer appear to be fit. The Inadequacies Are Many, Following Being the Top Ones: » The logistics of conducting written...
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How to Create the Perfect Personality Quiz

“What City Should You Actually Live In?”  The world of online entertainment has never been the same since BuzzFeed dropped this irresistible personality quiz in 2014. With over 20 million hits in a month, this simple piece of interactive content exhibited a wildfire virality, setting the stage for the quiz-binging trend of today.  Can you...
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