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How is the SAP Global Certification program going? A re-interview with SAP’s manager of global certification, part 1.

Posted on February 22, 2019 (July 30, 2021) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Zainab Fayaz Back in 2016, John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director of Questionmark interviewed Ralf Kirchgaessner, Manager of SAP Global Certification program about their use of Questionmark software in their Certification in the Cloud program and about their move to online proctoring. You can see the interview on... Read More

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New White Paper Examines how to Assess for Situational Judgment

Posted on January 31, 2018 (August 4, 2021) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman Is exercising judgment a critical factor in the competence of the employees and contractors who service your organization? If the answer to this is yes, as it most likely is, you may be interested in Questionmark’s white paper, just published this week on “Assessing for Situational... Read More

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GDPR: 6 months to go

Posted on November 27, 2017 (June 8, 2020) by Jamie Armstrong under Articles

Posted by Jamie Armstrong Anyone working with personal data, particularly in the European Union, will know that we are now just six months from “GDPR day” (as I have taken to calling it). On 25-May-2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will become applicable, ushering in a new privacy/data... Read More

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Badging and Assessment: If they know it, let them show it!

Posted on November 21, 2017 (January 6, 2020) by Brian McNamara under Articles

Posted by Brian McNamara We are delighted to announce the availability of Questionmark Badging! With Questionmark Badging and Questionmark OnDemand, you can grant "badges" to participants based on the outcomes achieved on assessments such as certification exams, post-course tests or advancement exams. Badges aligned with Questionmark assessments can be tied... Read More

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GDPR is coming. Are you ready?

Posted on July 19, 2017 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by Julie Delazyn Don't get left behind as the most important change in data privacy takes effect May 2018. The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) intends to strengthen and unify privacy and data protection and any organization that stores or manages data about Europeans will need to comply.... Read More

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Top 5 benefits of permissions

Posted on June 14, 2017 (January 21, 2022) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Bart Hendrickx We went over role-based access control and its advantages in some of my earlier blog posts: Role-Based Permissions: A How-To Guide (Part 1)Role-Based Permissions: A How-To Guide (Part 2) As I mentioned previously, roles are made up of permissions. Today, I wanted to share 5 of the top benefits... Read More

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The Power of Open: Questionmark’s open assessment platform

Posted on May 24, 2017 (August 4, 2021) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Steve Lay In the beginning there was CVS, then there was SVN and now there's Git. What am I talking about? These are all source code control systems, systems that are used to store computer source code in a way that preserves the complete version history and provides... Read More

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International University gains scalability, advanced authoring, single sign-on and more!

Posted on October 19, 2016 (July 27, 2021) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Chloe Mendonca Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking with The International University of Languages and Media (IULM) based out of Milan, Italy. IULM has been using Questionmark’s Assessment Management System for almost 10 years, so I was also keen to see what prompted their recent... Read More

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SAML 101: How it works

Posted on August 17, 2016 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by Bart Hendrickx In my last post, I wrote about what SAML is. In this one, I'll offer a use case to put it into context. There are a number of scenarios where SAML can be used, but I will stick to login (authentication) that is initiated by the... Read More

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SAML 101

Posted on July 12, 2016 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by Bart Hendrickx As I mentioned in my previous post on SSO, Single Sign-On: Who’s Involved?, we'll take a look at SAML to understand what it is and how it’s used with SSO. In this post I'll explain what SAML is, and I will offer an example use case in my... Read More