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August 22, 2024 (Version 4.23)

New Features

  • Test Assembler User; access restricted to Item Banks and Items using Tags - (Users)
  • Set the user registration email link expiration time to 7 days (default). – Configuration / Users
  • Lock Item during editing with messaging to other editors. - (Items - Edit Items)
  • Status of imported items default to New - (Items - importing items)
  • Item import set to prevent users from importing new tags - (Items - importing items)

Enhancements

  • Enemy Item selection screen - clean up        
  • Test to Word Export - include item and test tags     
  • Test to Word Export - Indicate Correct answer in color and with an Asterisk 
  • Test to Word Export - format clean up         

June 13, 2024 (Version 4.22)

New Features

  • Session completed status (by examinee, administrator or timed out session) - (Sessions)
  • Answer Key is displayed on Test Statistics (Test Review)
  • Enemy Item Check on Test Setup (Tests)
  • Configuration option to make Item Description read only - (Configuration / Items)
  • Display Item Description on Item List - (Configuration / Items)

Enhancements

  • Swimlane Name limited to 30 characters (Configuration / Swimlanes)
  • Next and save from About Tab (Items)

May 7, 2024 (Version 4.21)

New Features

  • User role descriptions on User Screen - (Users)
  • Add Login name for existing users - (Users)
  • Test Audit Report - Logging of keystrokes and mouse actions during exam (Session View)
  • Auto import form based item statistics from Iteman into item banker (Reports / Iteman)

Enhancements

  • Item Check Box "dead space" extended - (Items)
  • Item duplicating for complex items - (Items)
  • Response Results by Test/Examinees-display only examinees with complete session status - (Reports)

April 2, 2024 (Version 4.20)

New Features

  • Item list columns sortable - (Items)
  • Item navigation includes - “previous & save" and "next & save" - (Items)
  • Additional criteria added for Search by tag - (Items)
  • Add New Item option available on First Swimlane - (Swimlanes)
  • Tests for Printing with options - (Tests)
  • Test submission process simplified - (Candidate Test)
  • Navigation improvement to Marking module – (Marking Module)
  • List of approved IP addresses to bypass MFA - (Configuration / MFA)
  • Bank Manager Role - Add/Edit/Duplicate item bank restrictions - (Users)
  • User module restrictions - (Users)

Available for Super Admin

  • Candidate Session view includes option to Submit Session - (Session View)

January 26, 2024 (Version 4.19)

New Features

  • Agency user report – (Users)
  • User tag required configuration (Configuration / Users)
  • Additional information on User audit report (Users)
  • Tagging users by Parent Group and below – (Users)
  • Test Coordinator for Sessions - (Sessions)
  • Prevent retest in 30 days based on email address (Configuration / Sessions)
  • Enable use of the post-session screen for Alternate Forms - (Sessions / test delivery)
  • Examinee registration confirmation (Configuration / Sessions / Test Delivery)
  • Session time remaining - (Session view dashboard)
  • Auto-calculation of cumulative simple item statistics (Items)
  • Support of incremental update-only – (Items / item imports)
  • Define submit actions for items during review process - (Configuration / Swimlanes / Item Review)
  • Assign User tags to swimlanes (Configuration / Swimlanes / Item Review)
  • Option to display Watermark during test deliver - (Config / Test delivery)
  • Archive Test and lock current items (Tests)
  • Export assets (zip file)  with test export – (Tests)
  • Review results dashboard – (Tests / Review / Review Results)
  • Test review comments per item in test – (Tests Review)
  • Hurdles Test Delivery Feature Updates – (Tests / Multi hurdle test)

October 13, 2023

New Features

  • Section Instructions- (Tests / Sections)
  • Allow examinees to return to previous sections during test delivery- (Test Configuration / Test Delivery)
  • When examinee closes browser continue test timer - (Test Configuration / Test Delivery)
  • Pre-session screen to confirm candidate information - (Test Configuration / Test Delivery)
  • Automatically create a Session ID - (Sessions)
  • New examinee fields available on results page - (Sessions)
  • Item references with Notes- (Items)
  • Advanced item search with saved searches - (Items)

Enhancements

  • Swim lanes Screen amended for multiple swim lanes - (Item Review)
  • Tag search improvement (All Modules)

August 23, 2023

New Features

  • Item comments (Items)
  • Auto-naming of items (Configuration / Items)
  • Custom fields added to item view (Tests - Review)
  • Admin test review page (Tests - Review)
  • Display form level item statistics on Admin Test Review screen (Tests - Review)
  • Angoff 2 field (Tests - Review)
  • Angoff Item Statistics (Tests - Review)

Enhancements

  • Order of item banks on dropdown on Test Assembly (Tests)

July 27, 2023 

New Features

  • Workspace option to control start date of a session – (Configuration)
  • Admins can create a Test Center Agreement – (Configuration)
  • User signup and approval – (Users / Configuration)
  • Additional Examinee Profile fields (Examinees)
  • List of tests an item was used on, and statistics from each (Items)
  • Export items and some metadata to Word – (Items)
  • Added custom cutscore at Session level – (Sessions)
  • Upload spreadsheet of examinees to Session – (Sessions)
  • Agency tags – (Tags / Users)
  • Multiple Hurdle with section pass requirement (Tests)
  • Display users currently logged in – (Users)
  • New role - Item Tag Editor – (Users)
  • Sign out date and time on user audit report – (Users)
  • Display and search for user date activated and deactivated – (Users)

June 09, 2023

New Features

  • Ability to mark a Custom Field as Mandatory (required) - (Configuration)
    • Saving with Mandatory Custom field(s) - (Items)
  • Allow editing of a custom field - (Configuration)
  • Allow admin to select which fields are displayed on the Item List - (Configuration) Items Display
  • Add Next and Previous buttons in Item Editor – (Items) Editing / Creating New Version of an Existing Item
  • Bulk Editor - (Items) Bulk Item Editor
    • Change Item Status in Bulk
    • Assign tags to selections in bulk
    • Assign custom fields to selections in bulk
  • Added selected field to Item. User is able to mark item as selected for filtering purposes - (Items)
  • Anchor field added to Test Section Items - (Tests)
  • Added "Anchor" field to Export Metadata - (Tests)
  • Added option to sign in with login name or email address - (Users)
  • Added option for Temporary User - (Users) Temporary Users

Enhancements

  • Item List Screen Enhancements - (Items)
  • Sorting on Session Dashboard - (Sessions)
  • Changed wording on reports for Adaptive tests from Skipped to Not Admin - (Session Exports)
  • Retired status on Tests updated function - (Tests)

February 17, 2023

New Features

  • Angoff feature in Test Review (with csv export) - (Test Review)
  • Updates to Series Exam - (Tests)
  • Dialog with confirmation when saving locked item - (Items)
  • Report Format changed from Excel to CSV - (Exports / Reports)

December 06, 2022

New Features

  • Tags Autocomplete on Sessions, Tests, Examinees, and Reports
  • Save only option to Test Section Setup - (Tests)
  • Warning messages when editing Test Parameters such as Max/Pass and Scored-Unscored Items -(Tests)
  • User Manager Role added additional options - (Users)
  • Essay items with Max Score = 0 do not require a score in Marking Module - (Marking Module/Items)
  • New User Role - Department Viewer - (Users)

Enhancements

  • File Upload Item - amended assets path environment (Items)
  • Test Code Generation to exclude Vowel – (Sessions)
  • Raw Response Report for skipped items – (Sessions/Reports)
  • Re-entry Session with test timer – (Test Delivery)
  • Item by Item Report – (Sessions/Reports)
  • Export item with custom fields – changed order (Items)

November 12, 2022

New Features

  • Timer Accessibility for Screen Readers (Test delivery)
  • Add checkbox to test options to hide the Count-up clock (Tests)
  • Session Rescore Messaging when multiple Rescore requests in the same business day (Sessions)
  • Indicate Unscored items on reports (Session Reports)

October 15, 2022

New Features

February 08, 2022

New Features

  • Locked Item Edits - (Items)
  • Custom Fields for Item Statistics - (Configuration / Items)
  • Mandatory field for Alt Text on Images - (Assets)
  • Marking Module for scoring essay responses - (Marking)

  • Function to set Sessions to "On Hold" status by default - (Admin)

  • Test Section Scores - (Tests)

  • Tag Description added to Tag Import - (Tags)

  • New Item Types for Multi-Stage Testing - (Tests)
  • Item shuffle at section level - (Tests)

Enhancements

  • Max score automatically calculated / updated - (Tests)
  • Rescoring of Session after Marking completed - (Sessions)
  • Font size for Passage Items - (Test Delivery)
  • Test Assembly - Save Order - (Tests)
  • Unpublished or archived Items can be included in tests - (Tests)
  • Improved Tag imports - (Tags)

January 16, 2022

New Features

  • Option to set asset available globally - (Assets)
  • Automated test assembly functionality - (Tests)
  • Multifactor authentication Configuration- - (Admin / Users)
  • User block after 5 failed login attempts - (Users)
  • New User Role - Item Reviewer
  • Functionality to Create a 10-Key scoring item - (Items)
  • Test Time multiplier added at examinee level - (Sessions)
  • Retake Test functionality - (Sessions)
  • Retake Test with an option for Alternate Test (Sessions)
  • Randomize items for Test - (Tests)
  • Functionality to create a Typing Test Item - (Items)
  • Option for timing to continue after exiting a session - (Sessions)
  • Time Limit setting for Items - (Tests)
  • Section timers  - (Tests)
  • Item scrambling by Test Section - (Tests) 
  • Introduced Multiple Hurdle Scoring - (Tests)
  • Additional User Tag functionality to limit user access - (Tags / Users)
  • Updated Search and filter functions for Users - (Users)
  • Item versioning (create a new version of an item)- (Items)
  • Duplicate item bank - (Item Banks)
  • Item Status column added to item list - (Items)
  • Item history enhanced to shows all activities and New versions - (Items)
  • Advanced search options for items - (Items)
  • Function added to place a Session - (Sessions)
  • Routing rules for MST allows for separate cut-scores for each testlet - (Tests)
  • Update rule-based Multistage routing to use score-so-far instead of score-this-stage - (Tests/Multi-Stage Tests) 
  • Tagging Structure for Users - (Tags)

Enhancements

  • Section names added to Scored Metadata report (Sessions)
  • Change to Item Bank screen - (Item Banks)
  • Multistage Test Session uses a single test credit

August 27, 2021

New Features

  • Added Item Name to Metadata Report – (Tests)

  • Multistage Tests - item skipping disabled - (Multistage Test Delivery)

  • Enemy Items - Assigning reciprocal enemy items - (Items)

  • Item tags included in item export and import - (Tags / Items)

  • Enemy Items included in item export and import - (Items)

  • Option to enable/disable calculator for items in a Test - (Tests)

  • Unscored items can be used in a Multi-stage (Testlet) test - (Multistage Tests)
  • Import Items with Multiple Questions (Items)
  • Copy and paste functionality disabled during exam delivery (Test Delivery)
  • Export file template for Items and Examinees

  • Item name (Item ID) unique for specific item bank (Items)

  • Preview for video and audio assets (Items / Assets)
  • Tooltip added to examinee search box (Examinees)
  • Time multiplier for session examinees requiring extra time (Sessions)

Enhancements:

  • Test Section message updated. (Tests)

  • Respondus (Weblock) browser updated (Test Delivery)

  • Disabled deleting of Examinee that is in a session (Examinees)
  • Assets file types and sizes (Assets)
  • Duplicated item name changed to "copy" (Items)

Changes / Fixes to Functionality:

  • Converted answers to alphabetical values (Items)

  • Item list elements width fixed (Items)

  • Improved processing images during items import (Items)
  • Iteman module available when Assess.ai pro is expired (Analytics)
  • Drag and Drop Items - saving corrected (Items)
  • Audio Assets - loading fixed (Items)
  • Missing MST branching rules defaults to MAX_THETA for testlet-based tests (Tests)
  • IRT statistics import fixed (Items)
  • Word import with single characters answer keys (Items)

July 5, 2021

New Features

  • Multistage Tests - manual branching rules (Tests / Multistage Test)
  • QTI export of multiple choice items (Items / Export)

Enhancements:

  • Skipping Items Disabled during Multi-Stage Testing
  • QTI Import functionality (assets import, fixed answers order, removed alternate answers)

Changes / Fixes to Functionality

  • Pause option removed during Test Delivery 
  • Asset list available on first selection
  • Editing disabled for Items included in Locked Tests
  • Various back end UI changes / enhancements

May 10, 2021

New Features

  • Test delivery via LMS with LTI integration 
  • Sending scores back to LMS
  • Random Initial Theta for CAT (Tests/About/Random Theta)
  • Content Balancing for CAT Test (Tests/About/Define Content Constraints)
  • Enabled scoring for Multiple Questions in a single Item

Enhancements:

  • Screen adjusted for Composite Scoring (Sessions/Composite Scoring)
  • Importing MCQ Items with images

Changes / Fixes to Functionality

  • Order on Raw Response Matrix Printout
  • Locking Test Code on Pre-Session Screen
  • Item importing and exporting corrected
  • Duplication of multiple items corrected
  • Add all selected tests to a session

March 19, 2021

New Features

  • Tag Based access to Sessions
  • Item by Item Report
  • Re-entry for Multi Stage Testing
  • Accessibility Contrast Options during delivery

Enhancements:

  • Session refresh for non-completed test only
  • Global results for Session Dashboard
  • MST and CAT launch improved
  • Items Screen - Styling improved

Changes / Fixes to Functionality

  • Disabled buttons for CAT Delivery - Test Delivery
  • Check for Unregistered Examinees - Sessions
  • Raw Score (theta) and SEM now displaying on CAT results

March 05, 2021

New Features

  • Item-by-Item Report, indicating Item delivery sequence and time used per Candidate -  (Sessions / View)
  • Fixed Length option for CAT Tests. (Tests / About / Termination Criterion).
  • Minimum Information for CAT Tests (Tests / About / Termination Criterion).
  • Enemy Items for CAT.
  • Randomesque item exposure control for CAT.
  • User List Export - (Admin / Users).
  • User Audit Trail - (Admin / Users / Actions).

Enhancements:

  • Removal of Information Table for deleted Sessions.
  • Additional fields on Examinee Session Report.
  • SEM included in Examinee Session Report.
  • IRT B parameter allows range -10 to 10.

Changes / Fixes to Functionality

  • Remaining Time on Test correct for Examinees re-entering a test.
  • Duplicated IRT Parameters in dropdown.
  • Duplicated items includes all data.
  • Corrected validation messaged for IRT Parameters.
  • Session report - filter by examinee list.
  • Order of Items for MST Session.

January 13, 2021

New Features

  • Dichotomous CAT Tests and Delivery 
  • MultiStage Tests and Delivery
  • IRT Scoring (Tests)
  • Preview A Test (Tests)

Enhancements:

  • Activate / De-activate a User - (Admin / Users)
  • Warning message when no Pretest Message is captured in Sessions Setup - (Sessions)
  • Tests must have unique names (Tests)
  • ITEMAN reports allows for 50+ items (Reports)
  • Item Bank Dropdown - (Test Assembly)

Changes to Functionality:

  • Session End Date defaults to 7 days from start date

October 28, 2020

New Delivery Languages - Japanese and Portuguese 

Auto Renewal of Free License

Change User Name Disabled

User Accounts Activated when resetting Password

Sessions Graph Updated

 

October 13, 2020

Unused Test Credits - additional screen messaging

Xcalibre Word Output

Refresh on Session functionality

User limits by license type - additional screen messaging

Assigning of Authors in Review Process revised

Duplicating Session - all Session information is now duplicated

Post Session Email Template 

September 21, 2020

One time session re-entry for examinee

Iteman and Xcalibre Input files Consistency 

System supports Video in File and Video Recorder uploads

Refresh Session functionality (button) added to Session Dashboard

Items search feature improved

HTML export feature improved

Item Ordering in Tests corrected

September 07, 2020

Rename Item Banks

Iteman Reports updated

Periodic Session State Save during Assessment 

Permanent Deletion of Items

July 27, 2020

Test Summary Statistics by Session Report

Group URL test publishing

July 03, 2020

Export Raw Response Matrix from Session Dashboard

Display printer-friendly score report for examinee-session

Composite scores of multiple Tests in a Session

June 30, 2020

User can create and save Test Templates

Test Performance Across Sessions Report

June 19, 2020

Session exports to comply with scoring 

June 14, 2020

Export Raw Response Matrix

May 28, 2020

Export Item Times Report

May 11, 2020

Footer readability 

Respondus Update

April 27, 2020

Session dashboard support for 1000+ examinees 

Notepad feature during the assessment

April 10, 2020

User can reorder items in a test

March 31, 2020

Learnosity API Upgrade

Graphics to Item List screen and Main Menu 

February 14, 2020

Test sections: Introduce test/session limits

January 16, 2020

Test Sections 

Test sections: Improve session score/matrix

December 27, 2019

Implement Respondus lockdown browser

Allow /prevent examinees from re-entering a Session 

Change Password feature for user

December 05, 2019

Custom fields for items

Upload List of Item IDs

November 20, 2019

Session Dashboard Exit button

October 28, 2019

Test Credits implementation

Tag cards to dashboard

User roles

Notification page: Basic functionality

October 4, 2019

Register screen updates

September 23, 2019

User Manual in footer link

Implement TOU

September 3, 2019

Add a time limit to the session

Update the login page

May 28, 2019

Sending emails implemented

Item tagging

Search/Filter for Assets

May 6, 2019

New user sign up flow

Production-ready

Word Items import 

April 22, 2019

Item Depth of Knowledge values

Config/Deploy Updates

April 11, 2020

Drag and drop visibility/drop areas

Iteman UI

April 2, 2019

Export items via QTI

Import items via QTI

Filter Functionality for items

Set up workspace levels

March 25, 2020

Sessions New UI

Item Edit

Admin Users

Login Screen

Admin Configuration

User profile

Test Credits implementation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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