CrowsNest Assessment System
We are making excellent progress on the CrowsNest application! We have completed the private launch, first release, and are working on finalizing some significant changes that were made to the base functionality of the system. By the first of July we are looking at opening up a beta program for the Assessment portion of CrowsNest.
If anyone is interested in participating in the beta of the assessment system, please contact us. The assessment system is geared towards creating and delivering online assessments/tests.
Primary features of the assessment system include:
- Ability to create a question bank
- Ability to show images with individual questions
- Ability to categorize your questions
- Ability to add custom proficiency levels to your questions
- Create manual/custom assessments, save in bank
- Create random assessments using the generator
- Ability to define grading systems
- Ability to assign point values to individual questions
- Automatic scoring/grading
- Assign time limits to an assessment
- Customize and assign documents to an assessment
- Invitations
- Instructions
- Case Studies
- Closing Notes
- Ability to group multiple assessments into a “Course”, save in bank
- Schedule assessments/courses
- Skip question functionality
- Timer functionality
- User Management
- Customer Management
- Review Scorecards
- Terminology customization
- Interface customization
Tags: CrowsNest, development, News, software, update
Posted by mbos on Feb 26, 2009 in
General,
News No, not a new “Nessie”, but how is what we do green?
There are a few ways in which our business model contributes to a greener business aspect for you, the customer.
Reduction of servers needed
When software is delivered as a service, as a hosted solution, it is on a shared server environment. This allows for a reduction of servers used by the companies using the service. Of course, the reduction of servers, allows for a reduction of energy usage and the parts used to make the servers, much of which is plastic.
Reduction of paper
Many companies still perform many of their tasks manually, usually on paper. By using a software-as-a-service model, these niche tasks can be addressed and digitalized, thereby reducing the need for as much paper. Also, by archiving digitally, the reams and reams of paper needed to archive reports and documents can be drastically cut. This also has the side benefit of saving you storage/archival space and cost.
Reduction of building space for server housing
If there are fewer servers being used by individual companies, that building room and the associated energy costs are reduced as well.
Reduction of gas usage – you can work from home!
This one has great personal benefits! We hope to see more and more businesses moving to a work at home model. Not only does this improve productivity and efficiency, but it also reduces the amount of vehicles on the road, thereby reducing gas usage and exhaust.
What else can I do to go green?
There are a ton of ways that you as business or an individual can help with the effort of saving our planet. There are many, many resources online that can help you.
Many people don’t even realize the impact that we are having on our planet on a daily basis. By doing some small, simple things, we can make a huge difference.
Read this article about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – be sure to check out the photos and video, they are disturbing, but that is the point.
Tags: environment, green, News
