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Blended Delivery
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 Perception offers a variety of blended delivery options:
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| Web Delivery to Standard Browsers |
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Perception Server allows you to deploy your assessment across the Internet or an intranet to standard browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari. Browser-based delivery enables organizations all over the world to use the Internet or intranets to deliver assessments wherever people are working or studying.
Participants answer the questions, and can, if desired, receive instant feedback. Perception automatically scores, tabulates and stores the answers in a secure database. Broswers and platforms include:
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iPhone, iPad, iPod touch |
Other Mobile Devices tested* |
Internet Explorer 6 (XP)
Internet Explorer 7 (XP, Vista)
Internet Explorer 8 (XP, Vista, 7)
Firefox 3 (XP, Vista, 7)
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Safari 3
Firefox 3
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Safari 3
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Blackberry Curve - Browser 4.5
HTC Touch (Diamond, HD) - Opera 9.5, IE 6.1
HTC Fuze - Opera 9.5, IE 6.1
HTC Hero - Android Opera mini
Samsung Epix- Opera, IE 6.1
*see knowledge base article for more details
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| Mobile Delivery made easy with Auto-sensing, Auto-sizing |
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 Smart phones, PDAs, Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touches and other wireless devices are making it increasingly possible for organizations – or mobile employees or students – to benefit from online assessments.
Using a browser on a PDA together with a connection to the Internet means that a participant can browse to a Perception Server installation in the same way as if they were using a browser on a desktop or laptop PC.
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| Secure Delivery via Questionmark Secure |
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For high-stakes assessments, where you are concerned about participants printing or saving the questions to disk, you can use Questionmark Secure. Questionmark Secure provides a secure environment for delivering high-stakes assessments such as tests and certification exams. Most browsers are designed to be as open and flexible as possible. But when you are delivering assessments online you need far more security than most browsers provide. Questionmark Secure “locks down” the participant’s PC to prevent the use of print, screen capturing, and task-switching.
more information on Questionmark Secure.. |
| Printing and Scanning |
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 For maximum flexiblility in delivery, users may deploy Perception's printing and scanning solution, which enables users to author assessments in Perception that participants may read and answer on paper. Participant responses can then be scanned and uploaded to Perception for scoring and reporting. Benefits include:
- Authoring and item banking in Perception
- Blended assessment delivery
- Integrated reporting of test results
- Quick, comprehensive reports
- Compatibility with many scanning systems
more information on Printing and Scanning |
| Save-As-You-Go |
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 During an assessment answers can be "auto-saved" in the background or the participant can be presented with a save button. This "Save-As-You-Go" feature reduces frustration caused by technical failures and other distractions and allows a participant to restart an assessment from where they left off. Save-As-You-Go conforms to the requirements of the Association of Test Publishers’ Guidelines for administering computerized assessments.
Save As You Go can be configured to:
- Save answers on request (when the participant presses the Save button)
- Save answers at specific timed intervals (for example, every 5 minutes)
- Save answers on request as well as at timed intervals
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| Questionmark to Go |
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Questionmark to Go enables remote users to synchronise from their Windows PCs to their web servers. They can then pull down new Perception assessments scheduled by an administrator, disconnect from the network and then answer questions and receive feedback offline. Once a connection to the Internet or network is reestablished, Questionmark to Go automatically uploads results to Perception server for reporting.
more information on Questionmark to Go |
| Windows delivery |
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Perception Publish to Windows publishes assessments to encrypted files, and participants then use the Questionmark to Go Player software to answer the questions. If you wish, participants can receive instant feedback and their answers can be stored to disk or uploaded to Perception server for reporting.
more information on Publish to Windows |
| Integration |
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Questionmark Perception provides numerous ways to integrate with its delivery system. This enables third party management system to launch and track assessments stored in the Perception repository. Integrations are possible using industry starndards (including AICC and SCORM), Perception's web services API and using "Connector" software available from Questionmark:
- Publish to LMS
Publish to LMS enables Perception authors to quickly and easily create content package files, streamlining integrations with other systems. Content Package files can be read and imported by LMSs (Learning Management Systems) or other applications, so that Perception assessments can be scheduled or launched by these other systems.
more information about Publish to LMS
- AICC
The Aviation Industry CBT (Computer-Based Training) Committee (AICC) is an international association of technology-based training professionals. The AICC develops guidelines for aviation industry in the development, delivery, and evaluation of CBT and related training technologies.
more information on AICC integration...
- SCORM
The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM), produced by the Advanced Distributed Learning organization (ADL), allows the sharing of content through the use of a defined data model and runtime environment. Questionmark software supports the SCORM 1.2 and 2004 standards.
more information on SCORM integration...
- Web Services API
Questionmark Web Integrated Services Environment, QMWISe, is a comprehensive series of web services methods that act as an Application Program Interfaces (APIs) that enable registration, management and reporting systems to tightly integrate with Questionmark Perception.
more information on QMWISe web services integration...
- LDAP
Perception can easily use the information stored on the LDAP server as a means of authenticating the participants when they log in to take an assessment.
more information about LDAP integration...
- Questionmark Connectors
Questionmark Connectors enable you to seamlessly integrate Perception with other key systems in your enterprises such as learning management systems, content management systems, portals and scanning technologies.
More info on Questionmark Connectors...
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