Questionmark Announces New Partnership with ObjectJ

For Immediate Release

Questionmark Announces New Partnership with ObjectJ

STAMFORD, CT - June 13, 2002 - Leading testing and assessment software company Questionmark today announced a new technology partnership with elearning solution provider ObjectJ, Inc.

The partnership will include the integration of Questionmark™ Perception™ assessment software with ObjectJ Sonata, an authoring tool designed to minimize time-to-market and the cost of eCourse publishing while maximizing student interactivity. Sonata uses Java technology to attain portability among various platforms. Later this year ObjectJ plans to offer a complete web-based solution to people who want to run ObjectJ courses with Perception assessments.

Koorosh Arfaian, president and CEO of ObjectJ, commented that Perception's ease of use makes it the ideal complement to Sonata's highly synchronized, flexible authoring capabilities.

"I was amazed at how quickly I was able to create a questionnaire after spending just a few minutes using Perception," said Arfaian. "We regard this integration with Perception as a way to meet the elearning industry's need for a complete suite of products that covers everything from course creation to assessment."

"Sonata is a robust authoring tool that can be used to deploy courses on everything from desktop machines to pocket PCs." said Questionmark President Eric Shepherd. "Training and educational organizations will benefit greatly from being able to administer Perception assessments within Sonata-based courses."

About ObjectJ, Inc.:
ObjectJ Inc., formed in 2001, provides a suite of eLearning software and services that enable corporations, content providers, and instructors to develop and publish highly synchronized and interactive media for both web and mobile platforms. The company's software developers specialize in Java based elearning technologies including J2EE, J2ME and Jini. In addition to its company headquarters in McLean Virginia, ObjectJ has offices in Northridge, California; Cincinnati, Ohio;Toronto, Canada; and The Hague, The Netherlands. For more details visit http://www.objectj.com.

About Questionmark:
Questionmark has been producing testing and assessment software since 1988. Questionmark Perception allows people to create question files without programming experience. Users can categorize their question banks into topics and sub-topics from which to assemble tests and surveys. They can shuffle questions and answers for each participant and preview assessments to see how they will appear post-deployment. They can present questions with videos, graphics and a wide variety of styles. Participants receive feedback as specified by the author. Answers are saved to an encrypted file for scoring and analysis in a variety of report formats.
Some 1,400 businesses, governments, schools, colleges, and universities in more than 50 countries use Questionmark Perception. Typical applications include exams, quizzes, study aids, diagnostic tests, pre-course skills assessments, and course evaluations. Questionmark is actively involved with the IMS Global Learning Consortium and supports open standards. Visit www.questionmark.com for more information.

Top of page