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| Tests and lessons as interactive web pages (no browser plug-ins or players needed) |
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| Tests and lessons as Question Banks for Question Tools Exam |
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| Tests, lessons and surveys for Question Tools NetSeries to save results |
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| Package question files and linked resources in zip format for emailing |
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| Tests and lessons as integrated courses using CD-ROM CourseBuilder |
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| Tests and lessons as integrated courses using Web CourseBuilder |
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| Tests and lessons as standalone, integrated applications (.exe) |
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| Export questions as plain text export |
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| Tests and lessons as SCORM-conformant learning objects |
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| Tests, lessons & surveys as active web pages that save results (via PHP) |
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| Export single screens as individual web pages |
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| Export questions as XML |
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| Capability |
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| Adjust controls users sees, including navigation, cheat, mark, etc. |
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| Select from a variety of screen sizes |
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| Randomly reorder the questions for each user |
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| Randomly select just some of the questions for a test |
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| Custom screen sizes |
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| Blank out other applications and controls during an exam |
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| Add external hypertext links to tests, lessons and surveys |
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| Print all questions in a test, lesson or survey as plain text (via SimpleSet) |
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| Print thumbnails of all open questions: 1, 4, 12, 16, 32 or 64 per page |
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| Tests with overall computer-imposed time limit |
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| Tests with time per screen limited |
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| Animation for lessons and simulations |
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| Screen capture — converting screen recordings into animations |
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| Time per screen varied on a screen-by-screen basis |
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| Randomly select questions on a category-by-category basis |
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| Language substitution — replace the text and advice in a test |
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| Replace Question Tools links and text branding |
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| Replace Question Tools owl logo |
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| Results and Reporting |
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| Variable marking per question, from -9998 to 9998, and as small as 0.01 |
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| Pre-test screens to collect information |
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| Tests, lessons and surveys for Question Tools NetSeries to save results |
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| Results broken down by category, showing strengths and weaknesses |
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| Results of tests and surveys taking in Question Tools Exam can be saved as a PDF |
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| Tests and lessons as SCORM-conformant learning objects |
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| Custom text can be displayed in results dependent on performance overall, as well as performance in categories. |
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| Tests, lessons & surveys as active web pages that save results (via PHP) |
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| Team-based authoring |
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| File format designed for emailing without corruption |
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| Package question files and linked resources in zip format for emailing |
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| Intelligent password-protection for question files |
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| Find out who has looked at questions and approved them |
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| Attach notes and comments to questions |
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| Easy to Learn and Use |
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| Integrated, context-sensitive help |
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| Well-illustrated user guide available as a PDF |
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| Printable user guide and step-by-step 'how to' guides for key tasks |
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| Questions menu, for easily selecting between open questions |
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| Object menu, for selecting all objects, including those hidden on feedbacks |
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| Easy-to-access tutorial, with spoken narration and interactive knowledge checks |
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| Tutorial on difficult, unusual and original questions |
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| Tutorial on efficient working in projects |
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| Tutorial on effective team working with Question Tools |
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| Tutorial on customization |
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| Security |
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| High encryption used in Question Banks for Question Tools Exam |
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| High encryption used in question files for authoring |
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| Authoring tools make no internet connections |
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| Interactive tests, lessons and surveys created using Question Tools authoring software do not require any browser plug-ins, and hence can be used across tightly-controlled networks with high levels of security. |
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| Question Banks can be password-protected |
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| Standalone, integrated applications can be password-protected |
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| Secure team-based authoring using intelligent password protection |
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| Own secure format available as an additional option for Developer |
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| Finish and Appearance |
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| Styles quickly and radically alter look and feel |
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| Create your own styles to match company / organizational look |
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| Text styles, for easy editing and consistent appearance |
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| Feedback styles, for easy editing and consistent appearance |
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| Spell-check multiple screens and whole tests, lessons and surveys |
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| Grid and snap-to-grid for consistent layout |
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| Align and distribute features for consistent layout |
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| Custom ticks and crosses |
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| Background boxes for text areas |
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| Background surrounds for images |
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| Styled clip-art — arrows, circles and bars to match style |
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| Media |
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| Image files: bmp. gif. jpg, png |
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| Sound files: wav, aif, mp3, mp2 |
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| Video: wmv, avi, mpg |
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| Flash: swf (if web browser plug-ins are not an issue) |
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| Productivity |
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| Open multiple questions — copy and paste between them |
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| Edit then Play and Check a question all on one application |
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| Find and replace across multiple question screens |
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| Move individual or multiple drag targets in one action |
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| Copy text to where it needs to be simply by selecting and right-clicking |
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| Copy field answers, menu answers and drag targets by right-clicking |
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| Use the Pasteboard to simply drag text to where it needs to be |
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| Create your own templates for frequently-used question types and layouts |
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| Insert unusual characters using the Characters window |
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| Easy Editing |
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| Simple drag and drop editing, with align and distribute functions to help |
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| Objects can be locked, as well as grouped or ungrouped with other objects |
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| Constrain movement by holding Shift and dragging, or duplicate with the Alt key |
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| Move objects a pixel at a time with the arrow keys, or enter numeric values |
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| Just tab between text areas, or switch to the text-only view of a question |
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| Arrange objects on layers |
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| Correct mistakes with undo and redo using the 50-action History window |
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| Select custom colours using the colour editor |
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| Questions and User Experience |
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| Multiple-choice questions, single and multiple selections |
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| Answer fields for simple and complex fill-in-the-blanks, with up to 200 answers |
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| Answer fields can be limited to integers, real numbers or text with no spaces |
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| Numeric answers can be judged against a range & number of decimal places |
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| Essay marking, with words or phrases adding or subtracting marks |
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| Menu answers, with up to 200 answers, each with its own mark |
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| Drags, with up to 200 targets, each with its own mark |
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| Simulations using custom graphics attached to buttons, true/false and drags |
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| Sounds can be attached to questions, pictures, buttons and feedbacks |
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| Feedbacks can contain text, pictures, video and Flash files |
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| Feedbacks can by triggered by score, or attached to individual answer elements |
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| Subtitles can be included, and turned on or off by users |
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| In timed questions a screen countdown is available |
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| Standards |
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| Support for a wide range of standards and codes of practice, including HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, HTTP 1.1, CSS 2.0, XML 1.0, BS7988, SCORM 1.2 |
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| In supporting the HTML and CSS standards interactive tests, lessons and surveys do not require any browser plug-ins, and hence can be used across networks with high levels of security |
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| Support for a wide range of charactersets, including Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic and eastern european charactersets. |
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