Uses
Below are just some of the areas that online testing is able to add value.
Click here for the benefits within each area
Recruitment
Online Testing is used within recruitment for both online screening of candidates prior to interview stage and to accurately test skills and ability for vacant roles.
Whilst CVs, application forms and interviews may be the backbone of the recruitment process, online testing complements and adds value to the recruitment process.
Finding the right person for the role is obviously critical to the success of any business. The time and expense of recruiting pales into insignificance compared to a bad hiring decision or missing the best candidate.
Online testing can help ensure you find the right person for the role efficiently - screening applicants, testing skills and highlighting strengths and weaknesses.
Our online test software makes it easy to create and manage tests for each role, assign tests to be securely taken online, mark or pass them for review and analyse results, with our industry leading online application.
Training
Online tests can be used both pre and post training; pre-test to determine appropriate requirements and post-training to assess and demonstrate the results and any additional needs.
Following the time and cost of training, it provides a transparent view of the return on that investment, both as groups and individuals.
The Test Factory provides a simple online tool to create bespoke questions and tests with a sophisticated reporting function to analyse collective and individual results, to support any training programme and identification of training needs,
Assessment
Online testing provides an ideal tool for personnel or candidate e-assessment, providing secure tailored tests at a time to suit the individual.
Assessment may be aligned to job requirements, product knowledge, skills or educational development.
The Test Factory makes it simple to create bespoke tests, issue them securely to candidates, employees or students. Results can be analysed for individuals and groups and a complete record is maintained for each individual.
Accreditation
Accreditation can be effectively delivered online, using online testing. This enables tests to be securely taken remotely.
Tests can be tailored around a subject, product or company to accredit employees, customers, partners or students.
The Test Factory provides a simple to use application to create tailored and bespoke accreditation tests, deliver them securely, mark them automatically (or pass to a reviewer) and assess results.
Compliance
Whether it is legislative compliance such as the Financial Services Authority, or internal compliance policies, online testing provides the most effective way to transparently test and demonstrate knowledge.
It also provides an ideal cost-effective solution for testing a geographically diverse workforce, resellers or partners.
As The Test Factory enables you to simply create your own tests, it is ideal for compliance testing, whilst demonstrating results whilst analysing any training needs or compliance issues.
E-Learning
As testing supports learning, online testing supports e-learning. Online testing provides the ideal way to assess and demonstrate student learning, ensure effectiveness of the course and potentially control when a student is ready to move onto the next section or course.
Tests are administered securely and results can be analysed based on individual or group performance. This can also provide e-learning course accreditation.
Using The Test Factory platform, test can simply be created to support any e-Learning course.
Education
Schools, colleges, universities and professional qualifications increasingly use online testing. Whether to set as homework tasks, to review the progress of pupils, assess the strengths and weaknesses of individual students or assist in preparation for exams, online testing provides an invaluable education support tool.
The reporting from online tests can provide a quick snapshot of progress, or a detailed revealing of strengths and weaknesses of individuals or groups.
Using The Test Factory, education establishments can simply create banks of questions and tests to assign to students, with minimal time and resource requirements. As an online application, it is easily deployed across any school, college or university instantly.