Press Release
ISOPH RELEASES ONLINE ASSESSMENT ENGINE
Latest Enhancement to Isoph Blue™ Caps
Feature-rich Spring Release Schedule
Carrboro, NC (June 15, 2004) - Isoph, a leading provider
of learning and communications software and services for mission-driven
organizations, today announced the addition of powerful online assessment
capabilities to its flagship software application, Isoph Blue. The
online assessment engine is the latest in a line of features added
to Isoph Blue in recent months and marks the end of Isoph’s
spring 2004 development cycle.
“The ability to measure knowledge and learning
is critical to the mission-driven organizations Isoph serves,”
said Jeff Cobb, CEO of Isoph. “The new Isoph Blue assessment
engine gives our clients access to sophisticated yet easy-to-use
tools for authoring, publishing, and tracking a variety of online
testing activities. This new ability, along with enhancements released
earlier in the spring, reinforces Isoph Blue as the clear choice
for organizations dedicated to providing effective e-learning experiences
for their stakeholders.”
Basic features of the new assessment engine include:
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"What you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG)
authoring of true/false, multiple-choice, and text-based questions,
with no need to know HTML or JavaScript
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Display of assessments in courses authored in
Isoph Instructor™ or in any content object authored in
Isoph Blue
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Dynamic, on-screen feedback to users for each
assessment question
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Ability to track and report on answers submitted
by users through the AICC-compliant Isoph Blue learning management
system
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Ability for assessments to serve as pre- and post-tests
in courses developed in Isoph Instructor™
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Ability to specify whether and how many times
a user can retake an assessment
Isoph Blue enhancements released earlier in the spring
included greatly expanded capabilities for working with Isoph Blue
Idea Spaces™ to create and manage facilitated online learning
experiences and work groups. Using idea spaces, Isoph clients can
create protected, multi-page work spaces within their Isoph Blue
sites and enable access to work spaces only for specified users.
Idea spaces may include a wide variety of content, including private
discussion boards, file-sharing capabilities, and assessments created
using the new assessment engine.
About Isoph Corporation
At Isoph, we know learning. Isoph offers flexible
learning management system software, along with instructional design
and course development services to help our clients develop successful,
sustainable learning programs. Isoph clients include the American
Red Cross, America’s Second Harvest, the National Wildlife
Federation, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Voices
for America’s Children, and WebJunction, a project of the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information, please
call 866.969.9260, or visit www.isoph.com
for product and company details.
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