Six things I learned at the ATP Global Virtual Conference last week
Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director The Association of Test Publishers (ATP) has several conferences and face-to-face meetings each year, including in the US, Europe and India. This year, due to Covid-19, these were replaced with a single virtual, global conference, which happened last week. The conference was... Read More
Should a female test taker be able to insist on a female proctor?
Posted by Angela O'Leary, VP of Sales, EMEA and APAC I’m Questionmark’s VP of Sales for EMEA and APAC, and don’t usually write for this blog, but wanted to raise an important fairness and equity issue. The Covid pandemic has seen a huge uptake in online proctoring. Increasingly tests are... Read More
Can you have security AND privacy when conducting online proctoring?
Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director Covid-19 has seen a dash to test people at home. Universities who used to test students on campus are testing them remotely. Companies who used to give face to face training are now training and testing at a distance. And awarding bodies... Read More
Online or test center proctoring: Which is more secure? A 2020 view.
Posted by: John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director Back in 2015, when online proctoring was starting to get widely used, I wrote a couple of articles on the Questionmark blog: Online or test center proctoring: Which is best?Online or test center proctoring: Which is more secure? With the current rapid... Read More
Making the case for testing: five takeaways from an Association of Test Publishers webinar
Posted by: John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director The COVID-19 crisis is challenging for all organizations. From remote working to online assessments, many are rapidly adapting by moving their operations online. Some test publishers and certification bodies have received calls to waive the testing requirements for certification or credentialing programs... Read More
Keeping key worker assessments going with Proctoring Online
Now more than ever: continuing exams and tests for critical workers must continue Posted by: John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director It’s going to be a long time before we hear the words ‘business as usual.’ Bringing people together to one physical location is rarely going to be possible. It... Read More
Remote proctoring & privacy
Posted by John Kleeman, Founder & Executive Director Remote/online proctoring is currently having a surge in use due to global lockdowns, with lots of people needing to take tests from home. As well as my main role at Questionmark, I’m also Co-Chair of the Association of Test Publishers (the industry... Read More
How is the SAP Global Certification program going? A re-interview with SAP’s manager of global certification, part 2.
Posted by Zainab Fayaz This is the second part of the two-part interview between, John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director at Questionmark and Ralf Kirchgaessner, Manager of the SAP Global Certification program. This is a continuation of the use of Questionmark software in their Certification in the Cloud program. You... Read More
How is the SAP Global Certification program going? A re-interview with SAP’s manager of global certification, part 1.
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
