Questionmark Releases Sharepoint Portal Connector; ''My Assessments'' Added to Web Portals.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers STAMFORD Stamford, town, England Stamford, town (1991 pop. 18,127), in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central England, on the Welland River. It is a market town. Products include diesel engines, electrical equipment, bricks, and tiles. , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004 Users of Questionmark(TM) Perception(TM) testing and assessment software can now incorporate a "My Assessments" option into web portals See portal. . Questionmark's SharePoint Portal Connector add-on A purchase of additional goods before payment is made for goods already purchased. An add-on may be covered by a clause in an installment payment contract that allows the seller to hold a security interest in the earlier goods until full payment is made on the later goods. integrates Perception with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (1) A network server that deploys portal services to a public Web site or internal intranet. See portal. (2) An application that is used to develop, deliver and maintain a Web portal. (SPS (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS. SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620. ) using Microsoft "web parts." Now, just as users might have access to "My Calendar," "My email" and/or "My Address Book," they can access their assessments from a "My Assessments" window. Under "My Assessments," the logged-in user sees a list of the quizzes, tests and surveys that have been scheduled for them. Clicking on one of the assessment links causes the assessment to start. When the assessment is completed, the results are stored within the Perception database for future analysis, and the user can be provided any appropriate feedback. "We have witnessed a change in the marketplace where our customers are now requesting that assessments be available at the portal level as well as the management system level," says Questionmark President Eric Shepherd. "We have heard that assessments need to be part of someone's daily routine without having to log into a specialist system. Web portals make it easy to combine Questionmark products with other best-of-breed applications to create a learning-centric, performance driven environments to suit many different types of organizations and situations. This is the first of several Portal Connectors that we'll be adding to our range" More information and a free 30 day evaluation copy of the Sharepoint Portal Connector is available from www.questionmark.com/us/connectors/sharepointportalserverconnector.htm 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 Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , and intranets. Nearly 2,000 businesses, governments, schools, colleges, and universities in more than 50 countries use Questionmark Perception. Questionmark has offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , England, and Belgium, with distributors worldwide. The company's website is at http://www.questionmark.com. |
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