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Where can I find CAA software?

The following are names of institutional and commercial software providers:

Institutional CBA developers/providers:

  • CASTLE (Computer ASsisted Teaching and LEarning) - An excellent place to begin with CAA for formative and self-assessment, particularly if you are looking for free materials. CASTLE is a JISC/JTAP funded project which provides an authoring shell for the delivery of web-based on-line multiple choice questions. Users need only minimal IT skills ( i.e. being able to use a browser) and need not know any other CGI, HTML or other scripting or markup language.
  • Clyde Virtual University Assessment Engine - CVU offers free tools, which enable the delivery of online assessments and evaluation forms. The assessment engine allows users to design web-based tests and the assessment system displays tests to users, marks the responses, and offers immediate feedback. Question types available include multiple choice, multiple response, free text entry and list ordering.
  • TRIADS - (The University of Derby/Tripartite Interactive Assessment Delivery System) is a toolkit for users of Authorware Professional to develop CAA using a wide range of sophisticated question types. The site contains an impressive demonstration of TRIADS materials.
  • WWWAssign - Another free tool for the delivery of web-based assessments. WebAssign is developed by Larry Martin of North Park University, Illinois.
  • WebTest - WebTest (Heriot Watt) is a system for creating, delivering and marking web-based assessments. Features include the randomisation of questions, ability to display maths and scientific formulae and the creation of diagrams and graphs on the fly.
  • EXAMINE - enables users to develop CBA for delivery with Windows. A range of question types is available, including those which incorporate graphics and multimedia. The software, which is free to HEIs, was developed under the Information Training Technology Intitiative (ITTI), which has now ended.

Commercial CBA providers:

  • QuestionMark - The most widely used commercial provider of CAA software in the UK. Visit the site for a demonstration of QuestionMark Designer (Windows) and QuestionMark Perception (web-based).
  • WinAsks Professional - Smartlite Software - Software for the development of secure tests and questionnaires delivered using Windows 3.1 or higher.
  • WebMCQ - WebMCQ is a multiple choice assessment service based in Australia. Visit the site for demonstrations of the types of assessments which are supported.
  • EQL - Interactive Assessor - A Windows-based system for creating question banks, generating customised tests, running tests and providing automatic results analysis.

The following are commercial OMR providers:
 
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