Issue No. 12 -------- December 1999 -------- Question Mark Computing ================================================ Quod Vide - Question Mark's newsletter for computer users in education ================================================ Question Mark Computing - http://www.qmark.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editor: Martin Belton - martin@qmark.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONTENTS 1. Merry Xmas 2. Roadshow dates 3. Perception gains AICC Certification 4. THINKS on web 5. WebCT and Perception link 6. Enterprise Reporter in Beta 7. More information 8. Unsubscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. MERRY XMAS The staff of Question Mark Computing are delighted to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In fact we're so excited about Christmas, that we've created a little seasonal quiz for you all. You can discover such gems as how to rid yourself of Kallikantzarois, a creature of Greek legend renowned for the pranks it would play at Christmas time, and which vegetable is the object of a festival in Mexico on the 23rd of December (clue: it's not a chilli). Best score for a first attempt around these parts has been 80%. You can find the quiz on: http://www.qmark.com/tryitout/christmas_quiz.html ____________________ 2. ROADSHOW DATES 20 January - Brunel University, Uxbridge. 26 January - East Durham Further Education College The roadshow enables lecturers to discover how the web or intranet can be used to create a complete online education system. Visitors are welcome at all of these venues. For more information about either roadshow, or to book your own roadshow, call Philippa Bean, Tel: 0171 263 7575 or email: philippa@qmark.co.uk. __________________________________ 3. PERCEPTION GAINS AICC CERTIFICATION The Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) HAS, this week, certified the Question Mark Perception software as compliant with AGR-010 (The AICC Guideline for Web Based Computer Managed Instruction Systems - also known as LMS - Learning Management Systems). This certification makes Perception the world's first testing and assessment system to achieve this standard. This means that AICC-conforming LMS systems can now be linked seamlessly to Perception. Trainers and educators can now create quizzes, tests, exams and self-assessments as an integral part of their training system. For more information about the AICC and its certification benefits, go to: http://www.aicc.org/ ____________________________________________________ 4. THINKS ON WEB The University of Northumbria at Newcastle(UNN) and Question Mark Computing have got together to publish a suite of mathematical software, written in Question Mark for Windows, to enable students from semi or non-numerate disciplines to improve their mathematical abilities. It consists of fifteen tutorials, each containing around a dozen questions and revision material. The topics covered include, estimation graphs Pythagoras' Theorem, measures tables trigonometry, fractions, decimals, % averages algebra 1 - expressions, using Percentages Area and Volume Algebra 2 and equations, ratio and proportion powers, standard form algebra 3 - formulae The Tutorial Help in Numeracy Key Skills (THINKS) suite of software is now available to download on Question Mark's web site at: http://www.qmark.com/questionbank/thinks.html. __________________________________ 5. WEBCT AND PERCEPTION LINK Perception and WebCT, the widely used web system for creating and delivering online web courses can now be linked using Perception Integration Protocol (PIP). Although WebCT has its own facilities to make and run online quizzes, Perception is a specialized system for running tests and assessments, and has more functionality in many areas. For information about how to interface WebCT and Perception visit: http://www.qmark.com/perception/help/interface/interface_webct.html ____________________________________________ 6. ENTERPRISE REPORTER 2.2 IN BETA A new version of Perception's test analysis tool, Enterprise Reporter, is now being tested in Beta version. Enterprise Reporter 2.2 adds two new reports to its five original report types and has many other improvements. A new 'Grade Book' report lets you display a table of sessions and participants and show the score for each person at each session. A 'Group Comparison' report has also been added. This enables you to compare the results of two groups of people. Enterprise Reporter 2.2 is likely to be released early in 2000, and will be available as a free maintenance upgrade for 2.1 users. For more information about Enterprise Reporter 2.2 or to preview and test the the software prior to release go to: http://www.qmark.com/perception/help/er22beta/index.html ___________________________________________ 7. MORE INFORMATION For more information about other Question Mark products go to Question Mark's web site for details of: Question Mark Perception, the future of web/intranet assessments and surveys. http://www.qmark.com/perception/ Question Mark for Windows, the world's most popular software for conducting computerising tests: http://www.qmark.com/products/windows.html _______________________________________________ 8. 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