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  "format": "stapler-pack",
  "version": 1,
  "kind": "library",
  "meta": {
    "title": "Getting Started",
    "author": "",
    "description": "A 20-question walkthrough of the app itself: what a library is, how to author and upload questions, how the study settings change what gets saved, and how content moves between people.",
    "created": "2026-08-06T04:14:56.102Z",
    "license": ""
  },
  "payload": {
    "library": {
      "name": "Getting Started",
      "categories": [],
      "quizzes": [
        {
          "id": "using-this-site",
          "title": "Using This Site",
          "blurb": "How libraries, uploads, study settings, and sharing work.",
          "meta": "20 questions · easy → hard",
          "categories": [],
          "questions": [
            {
              "id": "site-01",
              "topic": "Libraries",
              "difficulty": "easy",
              "stem": "This app opens with no quizzes in it at all. What does that mean?",
              "choices": [
                "The install is broken and needs repairing",
                "It's deliberate — the content is yours to add",
                "The quizzes load once you connect to the internet",
                "You need to create an account first"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Nothing is broken. An empty app is the normal starting state, the same way a new notebook is empty rather than defective.",
                "Correct. The app is a container, not a course. What goes in it is authored, uploaded, or imported by whoever owns the copy.",
                "There is no server to load from. Everything here runs locally, and the app never fetches content on its own.",
                "There are no accounts anywhere in this app. Nothing is stored about who you are, because nothing leaves your device."
              ],
              "hint": "Ask what the app would have to be if it shipped with someone else's syllabus already chosen."
            },
            {
              "id": "site-02",
              "topic": "Libraries",
              "difficulty": "easy",
              "stem": "What is a \"library\" in this app?",
              "choices": [
                "A single quiz",
                "One isolated bucket of quizzes, progress, and settings",
                "A folder on your hard drive",
                "A shared online collection other users can browse"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "A library holds quizzes, but it isn't one. A library with no quizzes in it is still a library.",
                "Correct. Each library keeps its own quizzes, its own scores, and its own study settings, separate from every other library.",
                "Libraries live in the browser's storage, not as files in a folder. Exporting one produces a file; the library itself isn't one.",
                "Nothing here is shared automatically. A library only reaches someone else if you deliberately export it and hand it over."
              ],
              "hint": "The word that matters is \"isolated\" — think about what has to stay separate between two subjects."
            },
            {
              "id": "site-03",
              "topic": "Libraries",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "You're studying Geometry, then switch to a library called Spanish. What happens to your Geometry scores?",
              "choices": [
                "They're cleared to make room",
                "They stay untouched, waiting in the Geometry library",
                "They merge into Spanish",
                "They're archived and can't be seen again"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Switching libraries never deletes anything. Nothing is competing for room — each library stores its own progress independently.",
                "Correct. Progress is stored per library, so switching is just changing which one you're looking at.",
                "Merging would defeat the purpose of separate libraries: your Spanish weak topics would pollute your Geometry focus areas.",
                "Nothing is archived. Switch back to Geometry and your scores are displayed exactly as you left them."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-04",
              "topic": "Adding Content",
              "difficulty": "easy",
              "stem": "What file format does this app accept for new quizzes?",
              "choices": [
                "JSON",
                "PDF",
                "Word documents",
                "CSV spreadsheets"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 0,
              "explanations": [
                "Correct. Quizzes are JSON files — plain text you can write by hand, generate with a script, or produce with an AI assistant.",
                "A PDF is a layout format. There's no reliable way to tell which piece of text is the correct answer versus an explanation.",
                "Word documents carry formatting, not structure. The app needs to know which string is the stem and which four are the choices.",
                "A CSV has rows and columns but no clean way to nest four choices and four matching explanations inside one question."
              ],
              "hint": "Think about which format states, unambiguously, which field is which."
            },
            {
              "id": "site-05",
              "topic": "Adding Content",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "You upload a quiz while a built-in library (like \"General\") is active. What happens when you close the tab?",
              "choices": [
                "It's saved to that library permanently",
                "The quiz is gone — it was one-time practice",
                "It moves to a Recently Used list",
                "It's saved but hidden until you re-upload it"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Built-in libraries deliberately don't store uploads. Saving there would clutter a space meant for quick, throwaway practice.",
                "Correct. Uploads into a built-in library run once and are never written to storage. If you want to keep it, export it or upload it into a library you made.",
                "There's no such list. Nothing about the upload is recorded anywhere after the tab closes.",
                "Nothing is hidden. The quiz genuinely isn't stored — which is why the upload screen says so before you drop the file."
              ],
              "hint": "The upload screen tells you where the quiz is going before you pick a file. Re-read that line."
            },
            {
              "id": "site-06",
              "topic": "Adding Content",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "You want a quiz to still be there next week. What should you do?",
              "choices": [
                "Upload it into a library you created yourself",
                "Upload it into a built-in library",
                "Take the quiz all the way to the results screen",
                "Bookmark the quiz page"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 0,
              "explanations": [
                "Correct. Libraries you create save what's uploaded into them — building one up over time is exactly what they're for.",
                "Built-in libraries treat uploads as one-time practice and never store them, so it would be gone.",
                "Finishing a quiz records your score, but the score and the quiz are different things. The questions still wouldn't be stored.",
                "A bookmark saves an address, not content. The quiz was only ever in that tab's memory, so the link would have nothing to open."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-07",
              "topic": "Question Format",
              "difficulty": "easy",
              "stem": "How many answer choices must each question have?",
              "choices": [
                "Exactly 4",
                "At least 2",
                "Between 3 and 6",
                "Any number"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 0,
              "explanations": [
                "Correct. Every question has exactly four choices, rendered automatically as A, B, C, and D.",
                "Two would make it true/false, which the format doesn't handle — the file is rejected before the quiz starts.",
                "A range would mean the letters shift between questions. The format fixes the count so the layout is predictable.",
                "An arbitrary count would break the paired explanations, since each choice must have exactly one explanation opposite it."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-08",
              "topic": "Question Format",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "In a question file, \"correctIndex\": 2 marks which choice as correct?",
              "choices": [
                "The second choice, B",
                "The third choice, C",
                "Choice number 2 of 4",
                "Two choices are correct"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "B is index 1. Reading index 2 as \"the second one\" is the classic off-by-one — the count starts at 0, not 1.",
                "Correct. The list is zero-indexed: 0 is A, 1 is B, 2 is C, 3 is D.",
                "This is the same off-by-one restated. \"Number 2\" counts from 1, but the index counts from 0.",
                "correctIndex holds a single number, not a set. Exactly one choice is correct in this format."
              ],
              "hint": "Count the choices starting from zero, the way the array itself is numbered."
            },
            {
              "id": "site-09",
              "topic": "Question Format",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "How many explanations does each question need?",
              "choices": [
                "One, for the correct answer",
                "Four — one for every choice",
                "Two: one right, one wrong",
                "None; they're optional"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Explaining only the right answer leaves someone who picked C knowing they were wrong but not why their reasoning failed.",
                "Correct. Every choice gets its own explanation, and all four are shown after answering — including for choices nobody picked.",
                "One shared \"wrong\" message can't name the specific error behind each distractor, which is where the teaching happens.",
                "Explanations are required. A question without them would mark answers without ever correcting the thinking behind them."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-10",
              "topic": "Question Format",
              "difficulty": "hard",
              "stem": "Which is the stronger explanation for a wrong choice?",
              "choices": [
                "\"Incorrect. The answer is 70°.\"",
                "\"50° would make the angles sum to 160°, not 180° — this under-corrects for what's already given.\"",
                "\"Try again.\"",
                "\"This is a common mistake.\""
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "This states the right answer without touching the reasoning that produced the wrong one, so the same error repeats next time.",
                "Correct. It names the specific error and ties it back to the principle — the angle sum — so the correction transfers to other problems.",
                "This gives no information at all. The person still doesn't know which step in their thinking went wrong.",
                "Labelling an error as common doesn't identify it. The reader still can't tell what they did or how to avoid it."
              ],
              "hint": "Ask which one leaves the reader able to catch the same mistake in a different problem."
            },
            {
              "id": "site-11",
              "topic": "Question Format",
              "difficulty": "easy",
              "stem": "What is the \"hint\" field for?",
              "choices": [
                "Giving away the answer",
                "Pointing at which relationship or rule applies",
                "Explaining the answer after you've chosen",
                "Adding a note only the author sees"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "A hint that supplies the answer removes the work the question exists to prompt.",
                "Correct. A good hint names the tool to reach for without doing the reaching — it points at the relevant relationship or theorem.",
                "That's what the explanations do. A hint is shown before you answer, on request.",
                "Hints are shown to whoever takes the quiz. There's no author-only field in the format."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-12",
              "topic": "Studying",
              "difficulty": "easy",
              "stem": "What happens to a question you answer incorrectly?",
              "choices": [
                "It's added to that library's missed-questions bank",
                "The quiz restarts",
                "It's deleted from the quiz",
                "Nothing is recorded"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 0,
              "explanations": [
                "Correct. It goes into the missed bank for that library immediately, so you can review it later — and answering it right later removes it.",
                "The quiz continues. You can move freely between questions with the slider at any point.",
                "Nothing is deleted. The question stays in the quiz and you can revisit it from the results screen.",
                "The miss is recorded the moment you answer, not at the end — so an unfinished quiz still keeps what you got wrong."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-13",
              "topic": "Studying",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "With \"Spaced review\" turned on, what happens after you miss a question?",
              "choices": [
                "It reappears immediately so you can retry",
                "It comes back a few questions later in the same quiz",
                "It's saved for tomorrow",
                "The correct answer is revealed and the question is skipped"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Retrying immediately tests short-term memory of the explanation you just read, not whether you actually learned the idea.",
                "Correct. The question is re-inserted further down the same session, so the recall happens after a gap — which is what makes it stick.",
                "There's no scheduling across days. Spaced review works inside a single quiz session.",
                "The explanation is shown, but the question isn't removed — the whole point is that you get another attempt at it."
              ],
              "hint": "The word \"spaced\" describes the gap between the miss and the second attempt."
            },
            {
              "id": "site-14",
              "topic": "Studying",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "What does \"Guided pathway\" do on the homepage?",
              "choices": [
                "Hides categories you've finished",
                "Locks each category until the one before it has been attempted",
                "Picks which quiz to take next for you",
                "Sorts categories by your score"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Finished categories stay visible. Nothing is hidden for being complete.",
                "Correct. Categories unlock in order, so you don't reach a topic before the ideas it depends on have been covered.",
                "It doesn't choose for you — it constrains the order, then you choose freely within what's unlocked.",
                "The order comes from the library's own category sequence, not from your performance."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-15",
              "topic": "Studying",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "You turn \"Track progress\" off, then answer several questions. What happens?",
              "choices": [
                "The app stops responding to answers",
                "Scores work on screen but nothing is saved for next time",
                "Your existing scores are erased",
                "Only the missed bank is affected"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Everything still works. The counters, the dot grid, and the results screen all behave exactly as normal.",
                "Correct. Progress is live in the session but never written to storage — which is the difference between studying and just practising.",
                "Turning it off stops new writes; it doesn't delete what's already saved. Turn it back on and your old scores are still there.",
                "It applies to all saved progress for that library — scores, history, and the missed bank alike."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-16",
              "topic": "Studying",
              "difficulty": "easy",
              "stem": "You draw on a question using the whiteboard, then move to the next question. What happens to your drawing?",
              "choices": [
                "It's saved for that question and comes back if you return",
                "It stays on screen over the new question",
                "It's erased permanently",
                "It's saved as an image file"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 0,
              "explanations": [
                "Correct. Each question keeps its own drawing layer, restored when you navigate back to it.",
                "Carrying it over would leave working-out from one problem scrawled across an unrelated one.",
                "Nothing is erased by navigating. Go back and the drawing is exactly as you left it.",
                "Drawings live in the page while the quiz runs. Nothing is written to a file unless you deliberately export one."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-17",
              "topic": "Sharing",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "What are the three things you can export from this app?",
              "choices": [
                "Only whole libraries",
                "A single quiz, a library, or your whole profile",
                "Only individual questions",
                "Only your scores"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Libraries are one of the three, but a single quiz and an entire profile can each be exported too.",
                "Correct. They nest: a profile holds libraries, a library holds quizzes, and any of the three can be exported on its own.",
                "Questions aren't exported individually — a quiz is the smallest unit, since a lone question has no title or context.",
                "Exports carry content, not scores. Your progress stays on your device."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-18",
              "topic": "Sharing",
              "difficulty": "hard",
              "stem": "A share link carries the quiz inside the link itself. What's the practical limit on this?",
              "choices": [
                "Links stop working after 24 hours",
                "A large pack makes a link too long to survive email or an LMS field",
                "The recipient needs the same app version",
                "Links only work on the same computer"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Links don't expire. The content is inside the link, so it works for as long as the link text is intact.",
                "Correct. The pack is compressed into the address, so a big quiz makes a very long link that some systems will wrap or truncate. The app shows the size and warns you.",
                "Any copy of the app reads the link — that's the point of a self-contained format.",
                "There's no device tie. A link works anywhere, which is exactly why the length is the only real constraint."
              ],
              "hint": "Nothing is stored on a server, so ask what the link itself has to carry."
            },
            {
              "id": "site-19",
              "topic": "Sharing",
              "difficulty": "medium",
              "stem": "Someone sends you a pack file. What does the app do before saving it?",
              "choices": [
                "Saves it immediately, then shows what arrived",
                "Shows what's inside and waits for you to confirm",
                "Uploads it to be scanned",
                "Merges it into whichever library is open"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "Saving first would mean cleaning up afterwards if the pack wasn't what you expected.",
                "Correct. You see the libraries, quizzes, question count, and stated author first — nothing is written until you accept.",
                "Nothing is ever uploaded anywhere. The file is read locally, in your browser.",
                "An imported library arrives as its own library rather than being mixed into an existing one."
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "site-20",
              "topic": "Sharing",
              "difficulty": "hard",
              "stem": "You sell a library you authored. What does the format actually protect?",
              "choices": [
                "The questions are encrypted so only buyers can read them",
                "Nothing is locked — a pack is readable JSON, and the metadata records authorship, not permission",
                "Buyers can take the quiz but can't see the answers",
                "The pack expires unless renewed"
              ],
              "correctIndex": 1,
              "explanations": [
                "There's no encryption. A key would have to ship with the app to open the file, which means anyone could open it.",
                "Correct. Anyone who can take the quiz can read the file. The author and licence fields state who made it and on what terms — that's provenance, not enforcement.",
                "Answers and explanations must be readable for the quiz to teach at all, so they can't be hidden from the person taking it.",
                "Nothing expires. There's no server to check a licence against, because the app never contacts one."
              ],
              "hint": "Ask what an app with no server could possibly check a restriction against."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}