LearnCentrix University is adding some new features to improve the system's assessment capabilities.  The following is a brief overview of the upcoming enhancements and the target release date for production implementation:

• More complex scoring mechanism by allowing each question to be assigned a point value (2/24/06)
• Questions will have relative weighted value
• Scores will be determined by calculating total points received by correct answers divided by total points possible
• Creation of 'question databases' of an unlimited number or type of questions (1/27/06)
• Keyword search of question databases that return results ranked by most keywords matched
• Questions from the question databases may be shared or copied into course assessments
• Retaking assessments may be limited to a specific number of tries by students (4/1/06)
• Sections of assessments will allow groupings of questions for randomization within question categories (2/10/06)
• New types of questions will be available to assessment developers (4/1/06)
• Matching
• Ranking/ordering
• Likert scale
• Assign point values to each choice of a multiple answer or multiple choice question type (3/24/06)
• Allows students to receive partial credit for choosing less than the best answer
• Option for developer to disallow partial credit on multiple answer questions
• Item Analysis reporting (3/24/06)
• Shows each student's responses to each question and correctness indicator
• Calculates percentage of students that selected each choice
• Summary lines by month and quarter
• Report Wizard will have new fields of raw question response data to run custom reports for item analysis (4/1/06)

We are excited to offer these new features to our customers.  If you have any questions about the upcoming features, please contact support@learncentrix.com.