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Introducing the Aotea Online Assessment System
Aotea is proud to present our online assessment
software. The first fully comprehensive
administration tool which is directly tailored
to the needs of large scale assessment providers
and academic institutions.
The Aotea system is a complete software
environment which provides an integrated platform
for the authoring, marking and management of
examination online. The system closely follows
traditional practices of assessment
administration. Thoughtful design recreates the
operating procedures of an examination board in
an online environment.
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Using this new software students can complete
their assessments from any Internet terminal.
Awkward logistics of distributing exam papers is
a thing of the past. Assessment administrators
can manage the entire process online in a totally
secure environment.
The system enables assessors to take full
advantage of the new medium with the use of
multimedia question authoring tools, instant
feedback facilities, and a dynamic item
bank. Administration involved in marking and
moderating essay-style questions is seamlessly
combined with automatic scoring of objective
questions. Management of continuously assessed
coursework is just as straightforward as
summative final exams.
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Our online assessment service can be easily
integrated with your existing IT infrastructure.
It can be fully re-branded to suit your
organisations identity. The Aotea system has
been designed as an ideal solution for academic
institutions and examination boards who wish to
make the transition to online assessment.
It is our belief that the combination of a
comprehensive administration environment and the
processing strength to handle large volumes of
assessments will finally provide the solution the
education industry has been looking for.
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Features
Individual profiles tailor the system to the
requirements of each different user. Fine scale
access control gives increased security and
allows for greater ease of use since each person
can only view exactly what they need.
The Aotea Assessment System offers a variety of
tools and features for each user. Continue on to
see how the system can improve the performance of
each aspect of the assessment process.
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Authoring
The authoring engine allows assessment authors to
take advantage of

• An online searchable Item Bank.
• A Dynamic Item allocation engine.
• Simplified procedures for Item Shredding.
• A standardised interface for setting Marking
  instructions.
• A full range of multimedia question authoring
  tools.

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Authoring

The Authoring Interface allows authors to create
Multimedia questions, set model answers and
specify marking schemes
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Management
At the heart of the system is a powerful database
application which ensures that all administration
data is kept cohesive, up to date and
reliable. Tools for administrators are included
such as

• Online exam timetable and resource planning
  tools.
• Integrated allocation engine for candidates,
  markers and moderators.
• Secure online sign on and access control.

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Management

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Testing
The interactive online testing interface greatly
expands the capabilities of the assessment
offering, and gives candidates the benefits of

• Multimedia and Interactive questions.
• No more handwriting concerns.
• The ability to log on and sit their assessments
  from any Internet terminal (when supervision is
  not required).
• Real time data backup facility, to prevent loss
  of work.

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Testing

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Marking
Marking of assessments can now be completed with
greater accuracy, speed and efficiency via the
online medium. The Aotea system provides the
following useful features for markers

• Intelligent marking engine that learns correct
  answers from observation and applies automated
  marking where desired.
• Automated marking of objective items and useful
  visual comparative tools for ease of marking of
  subjective items.
• Assignment and Itinerary management features.

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Marking

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Moderation
The Aotea System collates all the relevant data
required for moderation and provides a customised
interface for managing moderation and statistical
data. It also includes

• Full suite of statistical scaling and modelling
  software.
• Moderator allocation interface.
• Re-marking tools and marker allocation
  interface.

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Moderation

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Output
Candidates and administrators can benefit from
the following result output features

• Immediate and accurate results output.
• Customisable portfolio generator for
  candidates.
• Results displayed online, for third party
  reference.
• Assessment feedback facility.
• Collated statistical data.

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Contact us for a trial
If you are interested in our system, please
contact us to arrange a trial or an online
demonstration. email info_at_aotea.co.nz Tel
64 9 445 9196 (New Zealand is GMT 12
hours) Fax [phone]
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