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SharePoint 15 will allow quizzes?

It looks likely that the next version of SharePoint will allow you to make simple quizzes inside SharePoint, just like you can currently make surveys. It’s widely rumoured that SharePoint 15 (currently under wraps but expected out early in 2013) …...

Published Sun, Apr 22 2012 3:53 PM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Commentary, SharePoint 15, API, MS-QUIZCSOM, IMS

How Microsoft themselves use SharePoint to help 45,000 employees learn better

Thought leader interview with Jim Federico of Microsoft on how Microsoft use SharePoint internally for learning. Jim is a Sr. Director of Operations and Platforms at Microsoft, responsible for training and readiness for the customer facing roles at Microsoft...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 9:10 PM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Corporate training, Interview, LMS, Microsoft, Search, Federico, OfficeTalk, Academy, Masie, SumTotal Systems, SharePoint 15

Cheating on tests less likely if you use SharePoint?

Do you deliver online tests to employees (for compliance, certification or training purposes) or to students in college or university courses? If so, might your test-takers be less likely to cheat if you deliver tests or exams embedded in SharePoint …...

Published Sun, Feb 19 2012 11:26 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Commentary, Compliance, Universities, SharePoint, Opportunity, fraud triangle, Security, Impersonation, Motivation, Assessment security, cheating, Rationalization

SharePoint. Useful or useless for corporate learning?

Thought leader interview with Danny De Witte, an IT and Learning expert in Belgium Danny, what is your background? I started at Elsevier Training (part of the Reed Elsevier group), where we did some early work on PC learning. Then … Continue reading...

Published Tue, Jan 24 2012 9:47 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Corporate training, Interview, 70+20+10, Informal learning, Corporations, LMS, Belgium, Xylos, Corporate learning

Seven ways to stay up-to-date on SharePoint and Assessments

How do you find the key nuggets of information gold you need amongst all the verbiage on the Internet? Here are some of the ways I stay up to date on SharePoint and Assessments, you can adapt many of these to … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 07 2012 5:23 PM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Commentary, Community, Bamboo, Google, elearninglearning, LinkedIn, RSS, Twitter

How SharePoint and Assessments helped the Tooth Fairies one Christmas – a holiday tale

Did you know the Fairies use SharePoint? Here’s a story about how SharePoint and Assessments came in handy one Christmas. Only the very best Fairies who leave Fairy University are appointed as Tooth Fairies. Tooth Fairies visit all the little …...

Published Sat, Dec 17 2011 11:11 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: SharePoint in the Cloud, Questionmark, SharePoint, Christmas, Tooth Fairies, Uncategorized, Assessments, Xmas

How SharePoint is helping change the way we blog

Julie Delazyn is a social media expert and journalist, she has turned the Questionmark blog (http://blog.questionmark.com) into one of the most widely read blogs in assessment. Here are her views on how SharePoint is helping change the way we blog: …...

Published Wed, Nov 30 2011 6:43 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Commentary, Blogs, 70+20+10, Informal learning, Microsoft, SharePoint, Julie Delazyn

How to use SharePoint to track annual competency tests: Part 2 – Elusive reminders

Like many others, I have to organize annual competence tests – everyone in my company has to pass a test once a year on data security. I use a SharePoint list to manage who has taken the test when, see … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 22 2011 4:14 PM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Compliance, How-To, SharePoint 2010, reminders, workflows, Annual competency tests

What’s a SharePoint Saturday like?

It’s 6am in London on a Saturday morning, completely dark, no sign of dawn, the only sound I hear is an owl hooting. I’m off to SharePoint Saturday UK, set in the historic town of Nottingham (famous for persecuting Robin … Continue reading →...

Published Sat, Nov 12 2011 4:16 PM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Commentary, Office 365, hosting, Community, SharePoint, School, Robin Hood, Salvation Army, Conference, Bank, Nottingham, SharePoint Saturday

SharePoint adopted faster than any other application I’ve ever seen!

Thought leader interview with Ed Kelty, CIO of Rio Salado College in Arizona, USA Ed, who are Rio Salado College and what is your role? Rio Salado College is the largest online public community college in the nation with nearly … Continue reading...

Published Tue, Nov 08 2011 4:55 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: SharePoint 2010, Adoption, Questionmark, Web parts, Interview, Community, Colleges, Education, Microsoft, SharePoint, RioLearn, Rio Salado College, Ed Kelty

SharePoint in Office 365: the Good, the Bad, the Brilliant and the Ugly

What is Office 365 SharePoint Online like when you use it for real? And what potential application does it have for helping in learning? My company has been using Office 365 in anger for a month or so now, here … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 03 2011 4:47 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Commentary, Office 365, SharePoint in the Cloud, Blogs, Questionmark, SharePoint Online, Migration, Review, Wikis, Windows Live Writer

Measuring Social Learning in SharePoint with Assessments

Here are the slides from my presentation at the European SharePoint Conference in Berlin last week. The key message is that the way we learn in the workplace is changing rapidly with the 70+20+10 model of learning, and that SharePoint … Continue...

Published Fri, Oct 28 2011 3:55 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Commentary, Berlin, Social learning, 70+20+10, Community, Informal learning, SharePoint, European SharePoint Conference

Call assessments from Office 365, authenticating via Active Directory

Integrating with SharePoint Online, the Office 365 version of SharePoint, can be challenging as Microsoft have prevented most server-to-server communication. But SharePoint Online does support Active Directory (AD) authentication using Integrated Windows...

Published Wed, Oct 26 2011 5:14 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: Office 365, SharePoint in the Cloud, How-To, SharePoint Online, Active Directory, Authenticaiton, Integrated Windows Authentication, AD

I love SharePoint, so I love to answer questions

Thanks to sharepointszu for this lovely title quote. After 3 days at the European SharePoint Conference, it’s been really enjoyable meeting people and learning in such an open and friendly environment. I feel I’ve learned far more about SharePoint than...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2011 9:36 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: SharePoint Europe, Commentary, Berlin, Office 365, SharePoint in the Cloud, Community, workflow, European SharePoint Conference, Composite applications, Greth

What I learned at the European SharePoint Conference, Day 1

Here’s an update from from the stimulating European SharePoint Conference in Berlin. There are 800 attendees, a lot of vendors (3 exhibit halls) and many interesting people to talk to. The Estrel Hotel and Conference Center is a good venue, … Continue...

Published Tue, Oct 18 2011 11:42 AM by SharePoint and Assessment Blog

Filed under: SharePoint Europe, Commentary, Berlin, Community, European SharePoint Conference

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