Issue No. 14 -------- March 2000 -------- 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.belton@qmark.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONTENTS 1. Perception 2.2 debuts 2. Free joint seminar arranged 3. Perception links with Ingenium 4. Pinnacle tops for learning 5. More information 6. Unsubscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. PERCEPTION 2.2 DEBUTS Perception V2.2 has become Question Mark's new flagship product. V2.2 replaces Perception V2 and brings some exciting new innovations. Question Manager, Perception's question creating application gains two major new functions. A new hotspot question offers multiple markers. A new essay question type enables participants to create open-ended text questions where a score is not required from the software. Other improvements include a new print option so that a test can be printed directly from Session Manager. Session Manager also gains a new user-friendly web template editor. V2.2 also incorporates the new version of Enterprise Reporter with two new reports. A new Grade Book report lets you display a table of sessions and participants A Group Comparison report has also been added. For more information about Perception V2.2 go to: http://www.qmark.com/perception/index.html ____________________ 2. ROADSHOW DATES Question Mark has lined up several new roadshows These include: 22 March - Portsmouth University 29 March - Swansea Institute of Higher Education The Question Mark 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 any of these roadshows, or to book your own roadshow, call Philippa Bean, Tel: 020 7263 7575 or email: philippa.bean@qmark.co.uk. _________________________________________________ 3. PERCEPTION LINKS WITH INGENIUM US organisation click2learn.com has concluded a strategic partnership agreement with Question Mark's US organisation Question Mark Corporation. The agreement will enable users throughout the world to link Perception assessments to the click2learn.com Ingenium 5.0 Learning Management System released earlier this week. click2learn.com, formerly known as Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of e-Learning solutions to businesses, government and educational institutions throughout the world. Ingenium is an enterprise skills and competency focused e-Learning solution. Ingenium 5.0 integrates online learning into a strategic learning management system together with people development capabilities. For more information about the agreement with click2learn.com go to: http://www.questionmark.com/news/pressreleases/click_2_learn_february_2000.htm For more information on click2learn.com, go to: www.click2learn.com. Details about Ingenium are available at http://www.asymetrix.com/products/ingenium ____________________________ 4 PINNACLE TOPS FOR LEARNING US organisation Pinnacle Multimedia has announced that Perception can now link directly with its Pinnacle Learning Manager (PLM) product. PLM openly connects to virtually all courseware and business applications due to its open architecture format and extensive connections library. Organisations can easily integrate legacy courseware into new electronic training programs. PLM also enables organisations to deliver, manage, launch, and track training via a LAN/WAN, intranet or the Internet. The combination of PLM and Perception will give organisations complete control over every aspect of online course administration from registration, scheduling and course deliver to assessments, scoring, and comprehensive reporting. For more information go to: http://www.questionmark.com/news/pressreleases/pinnacle_learning_manager_february_2000.htm For more information about PLM, visit: http://www.theplm.com ____________________________________________________________ 5. MORE INFORMATION For more information about Question Mark products, go to Question Mark's web site: 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/qmwindows/index.html _________________ 8. 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