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…
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 assessment? Job interviews are increasingly being conducted remotely, so how do you share and verify…
In this podcast, Georgie Page from the Surpass Product Communications and Training Team discusses the improvements that have been made to Linear Optimization functionality in Surpass since it was first introduced a few years ago. The team also discuss the possibilities available with Linear On-the-Fly Testing (LOFT) Technical soundbites are…
In this podcast, Tim Burnett is joined by Amanda Dainis, CEO and Lead Psychometrician at Dainis and Company, and Andy McAnulla, President of BTL Surpass, to discuss the increasing role technology has to play in test development. First, the panel discuss what we mean by test development, and the important…
With the recent global coronavirus pandemic declared, and advice that’s changing by the day to help minimize the spread of the virus, you’re probably thinking about the impact that this will have on the delivery of planned test sessions. As an organization, you’ll be considering your next steps to ensure…
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) is a hot topic amongst the assessment community, however, despite its many benefits, it still isn’t very widely used. In this article, we’re going to give you an overview of CAT, a run-down of some of the benefits, and without too much jargon, an overview of…
Are you about to take your first steps into online invigilation, or perhaps it’s something you’d really like to introduce, but have a few reservations about taking an alternative approach to the traditional test centre? Following on from their insightful presentation at this year’s FAB conference, BTL’s Tim Burnett and…
We’ve all been there – we’ve gone onto a website or piece of software and found it frustratingly difficult to find the information we need or get it to do what we want, and that’s often down to poor UX (User Experience) design. A bad user experience can have a…
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