Surpass Community

Oct 15 2020

Our biggest Surpass Conference yet! Thanks for joining us

By Kerry Paulazzo Assessment Industry News, Company News, Surpass Community, Surpass Conference

Despite being a little different to how we thought it would be if you’d asked us this time last year, the virtual 2020 Surpass Conference was a resounding success, so firstly, we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who tuned in, got involved and engaged with the community over the 3 days. Like…

Oct 12 2020

Surpass Conference 2020 Virtual Event - Day 3

Surpass Conference 2020 – Day 3 in brief

By Kerry Paulazzo Assessment Industry News, Company News, Other, Surpass Community, Surpass Conference

After a packed couple of days of presentations, workshops, and a unique virtual networking experience, day 3 of the Surpass Conference didn’t disappoint. The day began with a selection of special interest groups covering a range of topics including accreditation of programs using remote invigilation, the impact of COVID-19 on…

Oct 09 2020

People networkng at the Surpass Conference

Surpass Conference 2020 – Day 2 in brief

By Kerry Paulazzo Assessment Industry News, Surpass Community, Surpass Conference

As another day at the first virtual Surpass conference drew to a close and the community went off to relax with a bit of virtual socialising and networking, we reflected on some of the highlights from another day of inspiring presentations. Day 2 began with a keynote presentation from Harry…

Oct 08 2020

Surpass Community at the Surpass Conference

Surpass Conference 2020 – Day 1 in brief

By Kerry Paulazzo Surpass Community, Surpass Conference

Wow, what a start to our first virtual conference! Thanks to everyone who tuned in yesterday, asked questions, and got some insightful conversations flowing! There’s still plenty to come during the rest of the week, but here’s a few highlights from day 1 of the 2020 Surpass Conference. David Price…

Oct 06 2020

Surpass Conference 2020: Summary of Speakers

By Kerry Paulazzo Assessment Industry News, Company News, Surpass Community, Surpass Conference

7-9 October 2020 The virtual Surpass Conference kicks off tomorrow, and we've got a fantastic selection of speakers lined up throughout the week. Here’s a roundup of our speakers, and what they'll be discussing with the Community during the event. Keynotes David PriceHarry PatrinosLiberty Munson David Price, OBE, Director –…

Oct 05 2020

The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) joins the Surpass Community

By Kerry Paulazzo Assessment Industry News, Company News, Surpass Community

SAICA, one of the leading accountancy institutes in the world, chooses the award-winning assessment platform, Surpass, for the delivery of their examination programme. Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK, 5 October 2020 – BTL is delighted to welcome The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) to the Surpass Community. They join…

Sep 24 2020

Surpass Community Webinar – Standard Setting Features in Surpass

By Kerry Paulazzo Community Webinar

For this webinar, Tim Burnett will be joined by Product Owner, Phoebe McLaughlin, and Senior Technical Author, Jack Hobson to discuss and demonstrate the standard setting features being introduced to Surpass. The panel will also be joined by special guest, Amanda Dainis, Lead Psychometrician from Dainis and Company, to provide…

Sep 22 2020

Calculating the cut score: An introduction to standard setting in Surpass

By Kerry Paulazzo Archive, Community Webinar

Standard setting is the final stage of the test development process. It is the process of determining the minimum score – also known as the cut score - required on a test to distinguish candidates who are competent in their field, from those who are not. How that cut score…

Sep 18 2020

[Surpass Community Podcast] – Getting to Grips with Digital Credentialing

By Kerry Paulazzo Community Webinar

Guests: Danny King (Co Founder and CEO – Accredible) Simon Trevers (Chief Strategy Officer – Surpass, Powering Assessment) Going digital has become the norm for many parts of our lives recently. Since March we have been talking about remote item authoring and remote test delivery, but what happens after you have passed the…

Sep 14 2020

Lineup: Preparing your SME program for the future

Preparing your SME (Subject Matter Expert) program for the future

By Kerry Paulazzo Surpass Community

Guest post by Achille Parmentier, Lineup We live in an age of big data, and there’s a chance that your volunteer or SME management program might not be living its best big data life. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Your team should explore opportunities to track and…