New in Editor Suite Version 3.0
Creation and Output
- Animation for creating tutorials and simulations. (D) More...
- Web CourseBuilder automatically creates whole, linked courses for delivery over the internet or an intranet. (P) More...
- CD-ROM CourseBuilder creates integrated courses as ready-to-write CD files that autostart. (P) More...
- Standalone Applications. Tests and lessons can be created as applications (.exe files) so they can be used regardless of the software installed on the user's computer. (P) More...
- Timed tests allow an overall time limit to be set for any exercise. (P) More...
- Timed screens allow a fixed time limit per screen to be set. (P) More...
- A Finish setting allows individual timings for screens to be set. (D) More...
- Categorization of screens allows a performance breakdown to be produced on both an individual user level, and group level when used with a NetSeries webserver. This allows you to look for both individual and group strengths and weaknesses. (P) More...
- Text export allows screens to be exported as plain text. (P)
- XML export allows screens to be exported as XML, which can then be transformed into other formats — hence users are not locked into Question Tools. (D)
- BMP images in screens are now automatically converted to JPEG to reduce filesize.
- PNG images are now supported.
- External Media can now be used to replace any picture, sound or video — you can deliver a test from one web site and stream the sound and video from another. More...
- Password Protection. Banks and Standalone Applications can be password protected. (D) More...
Review and Collaborative Working
- Easier content sharing. The new Zip menu allows you to save a whole Screen List, complete with screens and linked resource files, as a zip file ready for emailing or archiving.
- Print All Screens allows you to print all open screens — 4, 9, 16 or more to a page ready for review. (P)
- Notes can be left on screens — these are text areas that only show during editing. (D)
- Approval can be recorded in screens, and Approval reports created showing who accepted a screen and when they approved it. (D) More...
- Intelligent Password Protection allows screen files to be protected with a password. However, Question Tools Editor and SimpleSet keep an encrypted record of used passwords so that you do not have to enter a password every time you open a file if the password has been used previously. (D) More...
Editing Improvements
- Fewer controls, with more reliance on Styles to change visual appearance.
- Simple view provides a text-only SimpleSet-like view of a screen.
- Editing shortcuts for duplicating objects and constraining movement have been added. More...
- Screens menu — for easy selection when you have many screens open at once. (P)
- Objects menu — for easy selection of hidden objects, such as those on Feedbacks that are not currently displayed. (P)
- Colour editor — for easily creating custom colours. (P) More...
- Characters window — allows you to easily enter difficult-to-type and unusual characters. (P) More...
- Improved Pasteboard — allows you to paste in large amounts of text, and then select and drag portions of text to where it needs to go. More...
Question Features
- Improved Feedback. Rules are now used to determine which Feedbacks are shown. Feedbacks can be linked to the overall score, as before, but also to the score of just one element in the screen, or just one or more selections in an element. More...
- Decimal Places. Fields can now evaluate real number answers according to the number of decimal places in the answer. More...
- Case Sensitive. Fields can now compare answers in a case-sensitive manner if needed. More...
- Borders and background shading can now be added to Text areas. (P) More...
- Backgrounds can be added to Pictures. (P) More...
- Clip Art is available for Pictures that updates with changes in Style. (P) More...
SimpleSet
SimpleSet has been completely rewritten and now seamlessly integrates with Editor. It can be resized to suit any screen, and allows you to easily switch from SimpleSet to Editor and back again depending upon your needs and preferences. Many of the features available in Editor have been imported into SimpleSet.
- More options per screen, and most elements in an Editor screen can be edited in SimpleSet.
- Styles. SimpleSet now uses the same Styles as Editor.
- Languages such as Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, etc. can now be displayed.
- Spell Checking in several languages. More...
- Find and Replace window. More...
- Print whole tests, lessons or surveys as text. (P)
- NetSeries Integration. Create tests, lessons and surveys as NetSeries content packages.
- Standalone Applications. Create tests and lessons as Standalone Applications (.exe). (P)
- Pasteboard — allows you to paste in large amounts of text, and then select and drag portions of text to where it needs to go. More...
- Characters window — allows you to easily enter difficult-to-type and unusual characters. (P) More...
(P) — Professional Edition.
(D) — Developer Edition. The Developer Edition includes all of the features in the Professional Edition.
Click here to find out more about the different editions.
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