JSR 168 is a standard programming specification that makes enterprise applications more accessible to end users through a portal of choice. A “portlet” is a pluggable user interface component of that is displayed in a web portal. Both open-source and commercially produced portal servers have embraced the JSR 168 standard, which enables interoperability between portlets and portals.

The example code enables development of a "Perception Portlet" that:

• displays for participants a list of scheduled assessments
• enables participants to launch assessments from within the portlet
• provides administrators single sign-on access to Perception's assessment scheduling, reporting and management functions

Web portals make it easy to combine Perception with other best-of-breed applications to create customized information and activity centers to suit many different types of institutions and situations. Once they have logged on to the portal, participants can move freely from one activity to another. Now learning events and assessments can be part of someone’s daily routine without having to log into a specialist system.

• Participants can view and launch scheduled assessments from within portal
• Administrators have single sign-on access via portal to Perception’s administrative functions
• Efficient integration of Perception's assessment delivery, scheduling, reporting and browser-based authoring functions with other enterprise applications

• Questionmark Perception Server 4.2 or higher
• A JSR-168 compliant portal system, such as uPortal 2.5.1
• The Java SDK 1.4 or later (1.5 recommended)
• Support Information: This connector is currently available as a "Community Edition" download