News  Questionmark Releases Connector for WebCT Campus Edition
For Immediate Release
Contact: |
Vivienne Shaughnessy |
|
Tel: +44 (0)20 7561 5301 |
Questionmark Releases Connector for WebCT Campus Edition
Questionmark’s PowerLink allows students and instructors using WebCT Campus Edition™ to link seamlessly to Questionmark™ Perception™ and enhance learning with powerful assessments
LONDON — April 8, 2004 — Questionmark today released their WebCT Campus Edition Connector, extending the capabilities of WebCT Campus Edition™ by creating a PowerLink to WebCT’s e-learning system with Questionmark™ Perception™ testing and assessment software.
WebCT PowerLinks™ provide a framework for institutions to integrate key campus technologies and extend the WebCT platform with innovative applications to meet their specific needs.
The Questionmark Perception Connector for WebCT Campus Edition allows instructors to incorporate assessments, designed in Questionmark Perception, within their WebCT courses. The assessments can be organised, scheduled, and included in the classroom usage statistics, just like one of the native tools found in the WebCT e-learning system. With the PowerLink installed on the WebCT server, administrators can enable Questionmark Perception for specific courses, giving seamless navigation between the two systems. Once added to a course, a Perception assessment can be accessed by students directly from the WebCT environment. When a quiz, test, or assessment has been completed, the results are saved into the WebCT grade book.
The Perception Connector for WebCT brings institutions one step closer to the vision of a complete best-of-breed Managed Learning Environment. Integrating these applications enables course instructors to leverage the pedagogic benefits of Questionmark Perception’s powerful question and assessment compilation tools, revealing feedback and comprehensive reports. Details are available at http://www.questionmark.com/links/WebCTConnector.htm.
Carol Vallone, president and CEO of WebCT, comments on the importance of the integration for mutual customers. “Questionmark, like our other WebCT PowerLinks Network partners, is helping institutions extract more value more quickly from their WebCT-powered e-learning programmes, both educationally and economically,” Vallone said. “The combination of our products clearly exceeds the sum of their parts, and we will work to compound these benefits in the future.”
“The Perception Connector for WebCT Campus Edition represents yet another step in our efforts to satisfy our customers’ requirements and enhance their use of computerised assessments,” added Questionmark President Eric Shepherd. “We look forward to continuing our joint efforts with WebCT to make assessment an integral part of each stage in the learning process.”
About WebCT
WebCT has set the standard for e-learning systems in higher education. Based in Lynnfield, Mass., WebCT provides a highly flexible e-learning environment that empowers institutions across the educational spectrum with the ability to achieve their unique objectives. Thousands of colleges and universities around the world – from community colleges to large university consortia – are using WebCT to expand the boundaries of teaching and learning. For more information, please visit www.webct.com
About Questionmark
Questionmark has been producing testing and assessment software since 1988, enabling educators and trainers to write, administer, and report on tests and surveys securely using individual PCs, local networks, the Internet, and intranets.
Some 1,900 businesses, governments, schools, colleges, and universities in more than 50 countries use Questionmark Perception. Typical applications include exams, quizzes, study aids, diagnostic tests, pre-course skills assessments, and course evaluations. Questionmark has offices in the United States, England, and Belgium, with distributors worldwide.
###
All names, product names, and trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
|
