How-To’s

Posted by Bart Hendrickx In my previous post on this subject (How-To Guide Part 1), I described a situation where managing permissions in the classic version of Questionmark Enterprise Manager can quickly turn into a complicated task. The new version of Questionmark, which we are starting to roll out to... Read More

Posted by Austin Fossey Once you’ve trained your item writers, they are ready to begin drafting items. But how should you manage this step of the item development process? There is an enormous amount of literature about item design and item writing techniques—which we will not cover in this series—but as... Read More

Posted By Doug Peterson In the first installment in this series, I mentioned the ASTD book, Survey Basics, by Phillips, Phillips and Aaron. The fourth chapter, “Survey Questions,” is especially good, and it’s the basis for this installment. The first thing to consider when writing questions for your survey is... Read More

Posted by Joan Phaup Students (and teachers) may be clicking their heels about summer vacation, but the joy of learning continues year-round for us! Helping our customers understand how to use assessments effectively is as important to us as providing good testing and assessment technologies -- we 're keeping our web seminars going... Read More

Revision history is an collaborative authoring capability of Questionmark Live. Here are the basics: What it does: This feature enables users to track and manage edits made to questions: View a question’s full revision history Compare different versions side-by-side with marked-up changes Roll back to previous versions of questions to... Read More

Extended Matching Questions are similar to multiple choice questions but test knowledge in a far more applied, in-depth way. This question type is now available in Questionmark Live  browser-based authoring. What it does:   An Extended Matching question provides an “extended” list of answer options for use in questions relating to... Read More

The Demographic Report was recently added to Questionmark Analytics. Here are the basics: What it does: The demographic report breaks down results by demographic variables such as language,  course name, location, department, instructor, and job role or military rank. This report can recognize up to 10 demographic variables recorded by... Read More

QR or "Quick Response" codes offer an easy way to direct users of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to your assessments -- and thereby to boost participation in surveys, course evaluations, knowledge checks, quizzes and other assessments. There are various ways to create QR codes for Questionmark assessments, but here are the basics:  Create your... Read More

The Assessment Completion Time Report is one of three new reports in Questionmark Analytics. Here are the basics: What it does: The assessment completion time report graphically monitors how long, on average, it took each participant to complete an assessment in relation to  his or her overall score.  For example, someone... Read More

Scenario-based assessments (like this one, for example) are a great way to test learners' understanding of a specific subject or gauge how someone would react in certain circumstances. You can create scenario-based assessments in Questionmark Perception version 5 by grouping a series of questions with a single stimulus such as a reading passage, case... Read More