Course Technology Celebrates Major Milestone with Skills and Assessment Manager -SAM- for XP Software Tool.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2003 Just Ten Months after the Official Launch of SAM XP, Leading Technology Publisher Delivers Its One Millionth SAM XP Exam Course Technology, the worldwide leader in computer education products and services and part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TOC; TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :TOC) celebrated the delivery of its one millionth Skills Assessment Manager (SAM) XP exam by presenting both the student who took the exam and her instructor with a commemorative gift to mark this unprecedented mile stone. SAM for Office XP is the leading Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. XP assessment and reporting tool designed to help instructors validate students' understanding of and proficiency in Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Access, Excel Outlook, and PowerPoint 2002. There are currently more than 1,000 higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institutions using SAM XP and more than 100,000 active SAM student accounts in schools all across the country. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a survey completed by Campus Computing, the percentage of those institutions recommending or supporting the XP operating platform has increased from 13.9 percent in 2001 to 71.5% in 2002. "Customer satisfaction is the key measure by which we calculate the success of the SAM XP product and customer utilization is the barometer by which we gauge our success," said Dave West, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Course Technology. "We are thrilled to have reached this milestone so quickly with SAM XP and pleased that we have been able to fill a need for our customers so effectively. SAM was the first performance-based testing product designed specifically for the academic environment and has since become the industry standard in the academic world. Because we have listened to our customers and built upon the success of our existing products, we can now offer the most popular and effective technology-based assessment product for Microsoft Office available in the educational industry today." SAM for Office XP offers instructors a clear and comprehensive method of assessing students on their knowledge and proficiency of Office XP skills. Instructors can customize how and when to test students; schedule exams; run detailed reports; and create exams from more than 30,000 multiple-choice, true/false, and other questions covering computer applications and concepts. SAM automatically grades the exams and creates a variety of detailed reports that enable instructors to accurately gauge students' proficiency using Office XP applications. SAM also provides ready-made exams directly correlating to Course Technology textbooks as well as Microsoft Office Specialist exams. Instructors can take advantage of a fully integrated solution for teaching, assessing and managing their students' Microsoft Office XP skills, by using SAM in conjunction with Course Technology's Training Online Manager (TOM). TOM for Office XP is a companion training tool that offers the same user-friendly interface as SAM and teaches students Office XP concepts and skills through both guided and self-directed instruction. TOM allows students to choose the level and pace at which they want to learn, offers a practice environment to learn each skill and tracks student accomplishments to provide accurate progress reports. When used together, Course Technology's products help educators create an integrated Office XP curriculum and provide an unparalleled learning environment for students. SAM is administered over the Web with minimal maintenance and installation. Students can take SAM exams in a lab setting or from home. TOM can be used over the Web or directly from a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , depending on the user's needs. This flexible delivery makes SAM and TOM easy to use in both classroom-based and online learning courses. Centralized administrative capabilities between the two products provide educators with one central place to keep track of students and their progress. Students need just one username The name you use to identify yourself when logging into a computer system or online service. Both a username (user ID) and a password are required. In an Internet e-mail address, the username is the left part before the @ sign. For example, KARENB is the username in karenb@mycompany. and password to complete their training, take their exams, and view their reports. Both SAM XP and TOM are fully hosted and maintained by Course Technology. About The Thomson Corporation and Course Technology The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2001 revenues of $7.2 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software applications and tools to more than 20 million users in the fields of corporate and professional training, assessment and testing, higher education, reference information, law, tax, accounting, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , and scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Toronto stock exchanges Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (NYSE:TOC; TSX:TOC). Its learning businesses and brands serve the needs of individuals, learning institutions, corporations and government agencies with products and services for both traditional and distributed learning Distributed Learning means a method of instruction that relies primarily on indirect communication between students and teachers, including internet or other electronic-based delivery, teleconferencing or correspondence; (British Columbia, School Act, 2006). . Course Technology is part of Thomson Learning and the worldwide leader in computing education, offering more than 1,600 print and innovative technology-based products for business and technology training. |
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