Questionmark Word Authoring Templates Ease Test Authoring for Subject Matter Experts

For Immediate Release

Questionmark Word Authoring Templates Ease Test Authoring for Subject Matter Experts

London – February 10, 2005 –Testing and assessment software provider Questionmark today unveiled a new tool that makes it easy for subject matter experts to produce questions for use in Questionmark™ Perception™ quizzes, tests and exams.

Questionmark Word Authoring Templates provide a familiar and easy-to-use authoring environment for teachers, trainers, and subject matter experts (SMEs). The templates enable a SME using Microsoft® Word to produce questions that can be delivered, tracked and managed with Questionmark Perception. The Assessment Templates provide an excellent solution for SMEs who may lack easy or direct access to Perception. Plus, this new tool empowers non-technical SMEs -- those who might lack the confidence or desire to create computerised assessments -- with the ability to author online tests, quizzes, surveys and exams.

The Questionmark Word Authoring Templates can be freely distributed by a Questionmark Perception licensor to any number of SMEs. Each SME uses a special Word toolbar to select the type of question to create. The page then displays a form that the author fills in with the question's stimulus, choices, score, and feedback. A single document can contain numerous questions. When finished, the author sends the Word file to the appropriate gatekeeper, who at the press of a button can publish the questions into QML for direct importing into Perception.

Questionmark’s Word Authoring Templates Offer:

• Authoring for SMEs within Microsoft Word
• Easy-to-use question forms
• Quick importing into Perception
• Gatekeeper control over final publishing of questions

For more information about Questionmark Word Authoring Templates visit http://www.questionmark.com/uk/perception/authoring_word.htm or call +44 (0)800 731 5895.

About Questionmark
Questionmark has been producing testing and assessment software since 1988. Questionmark Perception allows people to create question files without programming experience or knowledge of HTML. Powerful reports help instructors track individual and class performance and provide diagnostic information that can be used to improve both instruction and assessments. Some 2,000 businesses, government agencies and educational institutions in more than 50 countries use Perception.

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