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Current Version:  8.60.7102.18776
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Version 8.60 - October 17, 2017
  • Added a new Question Tag Analysis report. This report will show aggregate information on how respondents are performing on question tags. The report can filter down to specific tags or respondents.
  • Added a new Group Presentation option of "Random, Shuffle All Questions" to the Basic Assessment Options. This new option will shuffle all the questions once the question selection from each group is determined. The old "Random" option was renamed "Random, Keep Groups Together".
  • Added STARTDATEUTC and FINISHDATEUTC to result send methods at the end of the assessment.
  • Added the functionality to include placeholders in three fields on the generic blue certificate.
  • Added a config variable to control the number of questions on the review results page for each respondent.
  • Added mapping from one set of custom fields to another when linking from one assessment to another using the Logout button at the end of an assessment.
  • Added a new Logout Button Action feature to the Basic Assessment Options. You can now easily launch another assessment or the same assessment at the end of the assessment just completed.
  • Changed the audit report to show all records in the audit table when the database only has one master account and the user's Active Account is that master account.
  • Updated the loading animation on pages using Telerik AJAX controls.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.58 - February 2, 2017
  • Added a new sort option for the Respondent Summary report. This allows the report to be grouped by respondent primary key rather than just assessment ID.
  • Optimized the report generation code for the Build Summary Reports area with the Results Control Panel.
  • Optimized performance of the Respondent Comments report. The report will generate much faster when being run with a high number of essays, opinions, or comments.
  • Fixed the sorting options for the Question Basic Analysis report where question difficultly or points earned was being used as the sort mechanism.
  • Fixed several issues having to do with order of operations when calculating a respondent's result and posting data back via AICC and to Salesforce.
  • Fixed an issue where the Email Results button was showing on the summary page incorrectly under specific conditions.
  • Fixed an issue where unused custom fields were being required when an assessment was copied from another account and the custom fields were required via the assessment custom field options.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.57 - December 19, 2016
  • Added the feature to update the authoring interface's logo from master accounts.
  • Added the feature to specify the privacy policy for respondents in the account-wide settings page.
  • Allowed admins to generate the certificate from the respondent edit page when the certificate is not being presented to the respondent.
  • Added overall and group earned and total points place holders for email templates.
  • Added tag scores and points as place holder fields within email templates.
  • Added the feature to send email result summaries to respondents at the end of the assessment without a specific request.
  • Added code to allow for custom backgrounds on the generic certificate.
  • Added candidate table to store candidate records received from a talent system.
  • Added a new API call to allow creation of invitations from Zapier.
  • Added a field to the database to store the email template for a certificate.
  • Added pym.js functionality to allow for a future embedded respondent engine.
  • Changed the certificate functionality to use a configurable email template rather than the hard-coded or XML driven email template used in the past. If no email template is specified, it will fallback to the old template methodology.
  • Changes to the trial button and time remaining indictor on the home page.
  • Significantly improved performance for the Question Basic Analysis report.
  • Modified code to allow hiding essay summary at the end of an assessment.
  • Modified some field sizes on the Respondent Review Results report to allow for longer assessment names.
  • Removed the word "has" from the generic blue certificate to make it more grammatically correct.
  • Removed Awe.sm link shortener code from the software, as the service no longer exists.
  • Fixed a few issues with the respondent engine causing some clients to received exceptions under very particular situations.
  • Fixed some alignment issues on that certificate when no logo is being used.
  • Fixed the Excel file question import and export to support question tags.
  • Fixed an issue in the filter editor for the report builder that didn't allow values not present in the dropdown list.
  • Fixed an issue with answering "N/A" on mobile devices for Excellent/Poor and Agree/Disagree question types.
  • Fixed an issue with adding question groups beyond the first "Main Question Set".
  • Fixed an issue with incompatibility between an anonymous assessment and the MD5 login hash feature.
  • Fixed the view question summary page to not repeat indicators like "A., B., C." when those already exist in the question text.
  • Fixed the issue where it was logging all "10." net addresses in the audit log due to the load balancer.
Version 8.56 - March 29, 2016
  • Added a feature to allow for sending of assessment passwords in API calls that involve assessments. The default is not to send passwords, but it can be changed for assessments on the API config page.
  • Added the ability to bypass the respondent start or confirmation page when all login params are provided and no Beginning Instructions exist.
  • Added the ability to POST or PUT either JSON or XML invitations via the API call.
  • Added a configuration variable to allow for setting the time-out number of seconds for AICC and other integration communications. It was hard-coded to 3 attempts of 10 seconds, and will still default to that, but can be configured for any number of seconds for the time out.
  • Added an option to make the Proctor ID field on the respondent login page masked like a password.
  • Added an option to randomly set the field name of the Proctor ID and password on the respondent login page. This will prevent password managers and browsers from auto-filling a proctors ID and password.
  • Added code further prevent changes to respondent answers after clicking the Finished button. This fixes a special case where server performance and timing was allowing respondents to go back to the last page of an assessment and change their answer while the engine was scoring their assessment and sending their results via AICC.
  • Added Overall Result and Overall Result Link fields to the Invitations table and associated persistence logic.
  • Added additional proctor audit logging to the sign in process for respondents.
  • Changed some reports to remove HTML tables from question text content.
  • Modified the detection of a correct AICC response from an LMS to no longer require a version number in the response.
  • Removed DEMO MODE from all respondent engine pages. It caused more confusion than anything else.
  • Optimized performance of the Row/Column report by re-writing large portions of its code. The report will generally run 10x faster or better for most assessments.
  • Fixed an issue where the icon key was incorrectly showing on the review results page when a survey used content block questions.
  • Fixed javascript email validation issue where the regular expression was bad due to not escaping the single quote.
  • Fixed subordinate lists not rendering properly when a respondent doesn't fill out the required fields on a login form completely.
  • Fixed an issue with saving Unicode characters in filters for granted assessment access.
  • Fixed an issue where blank content (blank lines, etc.) were being accepted and stored on rich text editors.
  • Fixed an issue with scrubbing or cleaning ID's that are passed in on the querystring or via form post. Extra long values were causing a timeout and throwing an error. The scrub function was optimized for much better performance and to deal with long values more intelligently.
  • Fixed an issue with the old course item editor where you couldn't just submit a Web Address for a course item as it incorrectly required a password.
  • Fixed an issue with the related results section for a respondent where it was sorting the list by Assessment ID instead of Assessment Name like it should be.
  • Fixed an issue where an exception was thrown when a "from" email was not sent along when requesting an invitation email object from an external program.
  • Fixed an issue in the respondent engine where the customized assessment language for an unavailable assessment wasn't showing when an agreement was in place for the assessment.
  • Fixed an issue when importing contacts from Salesforce, the Account fields were not being parsed properly and thus not being imported into the Invitation record.
  • Fixed a performance issue with the Question Basic Analysis report causing it to time out and show an error. This was happening when a large number of respondents existed within the database, not just the assessment.
  • Fixed a performance issue on the Account Configuration page when a large number of respondents exist and the master account is being accessed.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
  • Fixed an issue where an account's time zone was not being loaded properly due to an incorrect caching of the setting.
  • Fixed an issue where the proctor associated with a respondent was not being recorded upon a resume of an assessment.
Version 8.55 - May 22, 2015
  • Added tags to assessments. These can be configured at the bottom of the Basic Assessment Options editor.
  • Added author's notes to the assessment editor.
  • Added support for the filtering of assessment tags on the home page.
  • Added the "Show Related Assessment Results by Assessment Tags" setting to the Basic Assessment Options page. This feature will show scores from related assessments on the respondent summary page when an assessment is completed.
  • Revised the code of all question tag editors to allow for tags with special characters like quotes, angle brackets, and ampersands.
Version 8.54 - April 15, 2015
  • Changed how resources are handled from evaluation accounts to live production accounts.
  • Fixed an issue where tables were being rendered poorly on the Respondent Complete Analysis report.
  • Fixed an issue where images weren't working properly within email templates.
Version 8.53 - February 24, 2015
  • Substantially improved performance of the Sub-Account Manager page when working with a large number of sub-accounts. Also improved workflow elements of the page by saving and recalling what account you were last working with or the prior search.
  • Added a new export report for the Invitation Manager page. This allows the download of an spreadsheet containing all the invitations for the active assessment and the statuses of each.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.52 - January 8, 2015
  • Added initial code to handle evaluation account upgrades.
  • Fixed an issue with the Time Between Retakes feature. It was not being handled correctly when a timed assessment timed-out.
  • Added initial code to handle shared buckets in Amazon S3 for resources across installations.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.51 - September 16, 2014
  • Added initial support for Experience API (xAPI or Tin Can API). This allows respondent results to be communicated back to an LRS upon completion of an assessment.
  • Added five (5) additional custom fields bringing the total to 20 for all accounts (not counting defined fields like first name, last name, email address, and contact information fields).
  • Fixed several issues pertaining to additional custom fields (beyond initial 10) within the reporting and result analysis functionality.
  • Modified the notification messages sent when a password reminder is requested.
  • Added functionality to allow assessments to override the requirements settings for individual custom fields.
Version 8.50 - May 22, 2014
  • Added Conditional Feedback functionality for assessments. This rather significant feature allows individualized respondent feedback based on their performance or selections when completing an assessment.
  • Updated company name in the AssemblyInfo files and assembly file names.
Version 8.09 - April 21, 2014
  • Changed Salesforce integration to allow for specification of a dynamic URL, used when integrating with the sandbox environment for a customer.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.08 - January 10, 2014
  • Added a new feature to the proctor home page allowing them to download an Excel file listing all the respondents they have proctored and their performance.
  • Removed the ability for a proctor to change a respondent's score regardless of whether they had modify rights or not.
  • Updated Active Reports to version 8.0 to correct a few minor issues on some reports.
  • Updated Telerik RadControls to correct some issues in IE within the rich text editor.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.07 - December 31, 2013
  • Added a new option to the stackable question types allowing for an "N/A" response.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.06 - December 3, 2013
  • Enhanced the respondent engine to allow for a better and more accessible screen-reader experience.
  • Added a new Language selection feature on the Advanced Options page for an assessment. This will default to English, but can be set to any of the world's other languages to indicate that an assessment provides content in that language
  • Added new API calls for partners needing to enable single sign-on and integration with their products or services.
Version 8.05 - October 25, 2013
  • Added a new feature to allow for collection of payment prior to assessment completion by a respondent utilizing Braintree as a payment gateway.
  • Added a feature to allow bulk updates to custom lists in the Custom Field Editor.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.04 - July 19, 2013
  • Added a feature allowing administrators to download an Excel file containing all of the records and fields pertaining to a specific respondent and their attempts for an assessment.
  • Added 3 new API calls to support initial integration with Zapier.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.03 - June 20, 2013
  • Added a new question import mechanism to allow for importing pre-built question content in categories such as Computers & Technology, Entertainment, History, Sports, and Business.
  • Added a method of authenticating with the API via an API Key.
  • Added 15 new API calls to support initial integration with Geckoboard.
  • Added a new Custom Field type called "State/Province List (USA & Canada)". It is what it implies.
Version 8.02 - May 28, 2013
  • Added a new Social Sharing Options page for each assessment. This will be used to set all social sharing-related options for individual assessments.
  • Added a link shortening feature for generating very short links to be used when sharing links to assessments on services like Twitter.
  • Added a new feature to allow respondents to share their score via Twitter easily at the end of their assessment.
  • Added a new filterable account listing report that can be run from the Sub-Account Manager page.
  • Added a new filterable assessment listing report that can be run from the account Home page.
  • Added a new filterable proctor listing report that can be run from the Proctor Administration page.
Version 8.01 - March 29, 2013
  • Added new subscription management pages for hosted (SaaS) customers.
  • Added a feature to print a respondent's certificate from the Respondent Edit page (if they successfully earned it).
  • Added options and logic to handle "soft deletion" of assessments and respondents allowing for furture post-deletion archiving of data and future undelete functionality.
  • Replaced the existing Respondent Complete Analysis report with a redesigned version that is easier to read and can include images used within the assessment content.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 8.00 - January 30, 2013
  • Mobilized the Respondent Engine to allow for better assessment taking experiences using mobile devices like phones and tablets.
  • Added a new Testcraft API using REST methodologies (ASP.NET WebAPI), and thus replaced the old service that was using WCF.
  • Added a new Retake Method setting to the Basic Assessment Options allowing an author to specify that only questions scored as incorrect on prior attempts are presented to respondents on a retake.
  • Added several options related to certificates in the Advanced Options for an assessment. This allows for customizable generic certificates to be associated with an assessment without requiring a proprietary client-designed certificate.
  • Added a new filter mechanism to the Assessment Language Editor allowing the user to filter language entries based on what type of page entries they would like to edit.
  • Added a new Purple theme to the administration and delivery environments.
  • Fixed the Sub-Account Manager, Resource Manager, and Question Manager to allow them to work better with a touch enabled device.
  • Fixed several small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 7.54 - September 20, 2012
  • Made text within the assessment engine darker for easier readability.
  • Fixed answer shuffler when displaying questions in the assessment engine.
  • Added missing response double-checking when submiting a page of responses in the assessment engine.
  • Added regular expression filtering capabilities to report listing in report definition files.
  • Added the ability to dynamically insert Account ID or Assessment ID in dropdown list SQL queries for the report builder.
  • Added optional system prefix for Respondent ID to AICC PutInteractions command.
  • Fixed a few small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 7.53 - August 17, 2012
  • Added option to allow hiding Respondent Information on the Login Confirmation and Summary pages within the assessment engine.
  • Updated AICC GetParam, PutParam, and ExitAU commands to AICC version 4.0.
  • Fixed a few small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 7.52 - July 30, 2012
  • New Stackable Numeric Rating question type. This new question type allows authors to present a series of questions to a respondent and ask them to rate the question on a numeric scale of 1-5 (or 1-7). Multiple questions of this type presented in a row will stack (or cluster together in a matrix) for intuitive response collection.
  • New Stackable Dual Numeric Rating question type. This new question type allows authors to present a series of questions to a respondent and ask them to rate the question on a numeric scale of 1-5 (or 1-7) from two distinct perspectives. Multiple questions of this type presented in a row will stack (or cluster together in a matrix) for intuitive response collection.
  • Added five (5) additional custom fields for each account. This brings the total number of custom fields to fifteen (15), not including first name, last name, email, and contact information fields.
  • Added an option to include Unassigned Questions to the Assessment Printout reports.
  • Fixed an issue where the PutInteractions for an AICC integration weren't transmitting properly.
  • Fixed an issue where questions and question groups could not be copied to an assessment with results even if the add with results option was enabled.
  • Fixed an issue where a proctor's name was not being transmitted back in the AICC PutParam command if the proctor was a sub-account with proctor privileges rather than a true proctor account.
Version 7.51 - July 6, 2012
  • Added a new Group Presentation setting on the Basic Assessment Options page called "Random, Specify Total Questions". By choosing this option, you will specify the number of total questions to select from the assessment's groups. Questions are picked equally from all groups until the total count is achieved. Once selected, questions are then randomized regardless of what group they are within.
  • Added Proctor ID to the list of filterable fields within the respondent filter builder for applicable reports.
  • Added Proctor ID to the Respondent Row/Column Analysis report for assessments using proctors.
  • Added Reference ID to the list of filterable fields within the question group filter builder for applicable reports.
  • Added a setting for a CDN (Content Delivery Network) for Testcraft's static files (i.e. images, javascript, and css). This will significantly improve performance across the globe.
  • Fixed an issue where the assessment engine would select all groups regardless of specifying a number of groups to select when Group Presentation was set to Sequential.
Version 7.50 - June 26, 2012
  • Fundamentally changed how Testcraft handles retakes by saving detailed results of multiple attempts by single respondents for an assessment. Many pages within the results area were updated to allow the selection of a particular Result Set. This includes specifying whether an administrator would like to see Only Most Recent Attempts, Only First Attempts, or All Attempts.
  • Expanded AICC data integration by implementing the "PutInteractions" command. This will send item level data back to the LMS via the AICC standard.
  • Added functionality to be able to retrieve additional information from the AICC GetParam command like "company" from the "[student_demographics]" section of the response.
  • Added proctor information to the AICC PutParam command under the "[core_lesson]" section of the communication.
  • Added configuration option to round all scores down to nearest whole number instead of following standard rounding rules.
  • Added "Show Group Name to Respondent" option to the Question Group Editor page.
  • Added a configuration option to specify a single sub-account as a "template" account, where assessments in this account can be used a templates when creating an assessment from another account.
  • Added a new report that shows all assessments started/completed by a respondent throughout the entire master account hierarchy regardless of sub-account security. This report may only be executed from the master account.
  • Added the Question ID to a column on the Microsoft Excel assessment export. This column appears at the end of the row so as not to disrupt the current order of columns.
  • Added a new option on the Question Import page called "Merge With Existing Questions" that allows question to be modified, not just added, during the question import process.
  • Added the Question ID field in searches performed on the Quesion Listing area of the Assessment Editor. This allows administrators to quickly locate a question if they have the Question ID.
  • Added Respondent ID field to the Respondent Complete Analysis report.
  • Added Question Group ID and Question ID fields to the Assessment Printout report for each question.
  • Added feature to allow administrators to enable/disable individual proctors.
  • Added method to bulk import of proctors via Excel spreadsheet template.
  • Added a Secondary Email Address field to each proctor record. This email will be copied on all proctor communications.
  • Created a Proctor Module configuration page to control the features of the proctor module.
  • Created a new Email Template for proctored respondent summary emails that will be sent at the end of an assessment when that assessment was proctored.
  • Added a flag within the sub-account security area to indicate that a sub-account also has proctoring privileges. This would allow a proctor to be both a sub-account holder and proctor with only a single Testcraft login.
  • Added an option to require a new proctor to reset their password upon initial login. This may also be indicated within the proctor import spreadsheet.
  • Added a feature that allows proctors to re-certify by taking a designated assessment within Testcraft. If the assessment is successfully completed, the proctor's expiration date will be extended X days from the date finished. These settings are configured from the new Proctor Configuration Editor page.
Version 7.07 - April 2, 2012
  • Added option for Net Promoter Score questions to start at 10 instead of always 0.
  • Added answer times and correctness options to the Respondent Row/Column Analysis report.
  • Added a welcome message/page for new account owners.
  • Added more data to Error Page email.
  • Moved creation of AICC and SCORM package files to the downloads\packages sub-folder.
  • Fixed date picker issue with max date.
  • Fixed issue where respondents weren't being warned of the end of an assessment.
  • Fixed issue with passwords upon assessment import.
  • Fixed charset detection on AICC communication in assessment engine.
  • Fixed an issue with reporting on Multiple Select question types with more than 7 answers.
  • Fixed issue where only a maximum of 1000 files were listed in each Amazon S3 bucket folder.
  • Fixed issue with blanking out assessment text fields and recording long question answer times within the respondent interface.
  • Fixed the issue where the Results Report wasn't showing in the Advanced Assessment Options certificate selection dropdown.
  • Fixed issue where Flash resource files weren't previewing properly in the Question Preview feature.
  • Fixed time zone and Time Begins When issue in respondent engine.
  • Fixed button code issues in respondent engine.
  • Fixed date issue on Assessment Editor.
  • Fixed issue where passwords were not URL encoded properly.
  • Fixed properties from not showing in API for question group object.
  • Fixed GetCommentsUsingWhere and GetQuestionsUsingWhere in API assembly.
  • Fixed where the Result Send Method was not sending communication when a respondent completed an assessment by branching to another.
  • Fixed an issue where Branching question editors did not correctly list Branch To targets for assessments within the same account.
  • Fixed the resource dropdown and stored value on the Default Settings editor.
  • Fixed not being able to create AICC or SCORM packages from an account other than the assessment owner.
Version 7.06 - November 30, 2011
  • Added a new setting for "Groups to Select" in the Basic Assessment Options for an assessment.  This allows authors to specify a certain number of question groups that will be randomly selected for each respondent.  Prior to this change, all question groups were always selected for each respondent (except with Branching).  Naturally, this is only effective when the Group Presentation setting is set to "Random".
  • Added a button link in the Help dialog that brings you to a listing of available documentation for Testcraft.
  • Fixed the style for the Proctor login fields on the respondent login page.
  • Fixed a few small display issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 7.05 - October 21, 2011
  • Improved SCORM integration to enable cross-domain architectures between Testcraft and the LMS.
  • Fixed a few small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 7.04 - September 8, 2011
  • Added a configuration setting that allows users to add questions and question groups to assessments that have existing results.  This is configured by installation and defaults to questions and question groups not being able to be added to assessments with existing results.
  • Added a configuration setting that allows users to delete questions and question groups on assessments that have existing results.  This is configured by installation and defaults to questions and question groups can not be deleted on assessments with existing results.
  • Added the [CONTACT_LIST] dynamic field to the Email Template Editor.  This allows the user to add just the contact information fields to an email template without also including the other login fields.
  • Added the ability to have Testcraft record error log entries to the database (new table "tblTCLog") rather than the local file system.  This is configured from the new "LogToDatabase" boolean in the configuration table.
Version 7.03 - August 10, 2011
  • Fixed a few small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 7.02 - July 13, 2011
  • Fixed a few small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 7.01 - June 3, 2011
  • Added a new security right specifically to control whether a sub-account can work with email templates or not.
  • Removed the Week column from the date pickers throughout the software.  It was causing confusion.
  • Fixed a few small issues that only appeared under very specific circumstances.
Version 7.00 - May 16, 2011
  • Entirely new, modernized look-and-feel for both the administration and respondent interfaces from an award-winning designer.  The software will contain four colorized themes to select from for your accounts and assessments.
  • Right-To-Left support for assessment language and content.  This enables the use of languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.
  • Search and Replace feature for locating text within account and assessment content and then optionally replacing it with different or modified text.  This includes the powerful search and replace feature regular expressions.
  • New Question Timing feature.  The software will now track the amount of time each respondent takes to respond to (or answer) each question on an assessment.  It does this by tracking clicks within the assessment and attributing those clicks to the corresponding question.
  • New Assessment Invitation feature.  This allows administrators the option of inviting respondents individually to take an assessment.  Each respondent is provided a unique invitation code.  Respondent login fields may be pre-entered for them.  Both invitation and reminder emails are sent out either individually or in bulk easily from within Testcraft.  Bulk invitations can be imported from a spreadsheet, another assessment, or optionally from Salesforce contacts.
  • New Email Template Editor.  You may now modify emails that are sent out from Testcraft and personalize them for your organization.  This includes new respondent notifications, supervisor notifications, respondent result emails, Connect module emails, and invitation and reminder emails associated with the new invitation functionality.
  • New Question Tagging feature.  There is a new field within the question editor that allows you to enter any number of tag words that apply to the question.  Once questions have been tagged, you may filter the question listing by clicking on a "tag cloud" where the most frequently used tags appear in a larger font than the least used tags.  Question tagging will also be useful on reports that contain question filtering capabilities.
  • New Net Promoter® survey question type.  This allows collection of Net Promoter scores during surveys and reporting on the overall Net Promoter Score on question aggregate reports.  Net Promoter, NPS, and Net Promoter Score are trademarks of Satmetrix Systems, Inc., Bain & Company, and Fred Reichheld.
  • New Content Block question type.  Allows authors to present static content within the assessment engine during a respondent's assessment taking experience.  Basically, acts as a question without presenting any answers to select from.
  • Several question types ("Multiple Choice", "Multiple Select", "Choose One", and "All That Apply") now allow for up to 50 answers to be specified.  Previously, these question types were limited to a maximum of either seven or nine answers.
  • There are now more settings for question groups and questions that can be made default settings, using the Edit Default Settings feature.  For question groups, this includes the settings "Questions to Ask", "Start Group On New Page", "Show Instructions On Review", "Group Passing Requirement", "Group Passing Score", and "Show On Summary Page". For questions, this includes the settings for "Shuffle Answers" and "Allow Partial Credit".
  • New Testcraft API.  For developers looking to gain access to their Testcraft data programmatically, there is now a read-only API available as a Web service.  The API can be accessed easily via other .NET programs and other Web service compatible programming environments.
  • Resources can now be stored in the Amazon S3 cloud.  This is mostly beneficial to hosted customers looking for more resource space to host larger resource files (videos, images, etc.)  However, this is also available to server license customers.
  • The Question Preview feature now accurately displays the question and explanation text exactly as it will be displayed to the respondent.
  • Increased security with timed lock-outs after a specified number of failed login attempts.
  • Increased security with commonly used and weak passwords rejection on the Change Password page.
  • New assessment setting called "Time Begins When" on the Basic Assessment Options page.  This allows administrators to indicate, for a timed assessment, when time should begin.  Options are "On Login Confirmation Page" (the default option and the way Testcraft has always worked) and "On First Page of Questions" (which is a new setting requested by several of our customers).
  • The Respondent Row/Column Analysis Report now has the option to include question comments.
  • Re-written and refreshed online help for each Testcraft page.
Version 6.06 - February 26, 2009
  • New Respondent Review Results report in the Report Center for any assessment.  This report shows a detailed report for each respondent similar to what the respondent would see at the end of their assessment by clicking the Review Results button on the Assessment Summary page.  This report also obeys the rules for showing question content, scores, and explanations that are set within the assessment's Basic Assessment Options.
  • New options for assigning a certificate to an assessment.  Now you may optionally display or email a certificate (or the new Respondent Review Results report) to a respondent regardless of whether they pass or fail the assessment.  This will not affect certificates that have already been set to only display or email when the respondent passes the assessment.
Version 6.05 - December 18, 2008
  • New Custom Field type called Subordinate List.  This new field type provides a list that can be filtered based on the selection of a previous list.  A good example of it's use would be if you wanted to collect hierarchical data like Region and Territory, where only certain territories should be presented based on what region was selected.
  • New Reference ID field for question groups allows you to specify an identifier for each question group that pertains to something meaningful within your organization.
  • New default setting for allowing comments on questions.  Allows you to specify what type of questions (test, survey, or all) should have the Allow Comments box checked by default when authoring new questions.
  • New ability to re-order custom fields for display during the sign-in of an assessment.  You are no longer limited to displaying custom fields in the same order they were originally specified in the Custom Field Editor.
  • New feature to set the minimum number of hours that must pass before a respondent is allowed to retake an assessment.  For example, a setting of "24" means that one day must pass from the time a respondent completes an assessment until they are allowed to start a retake of the same assessment.  This can be configured in the default settings editor and may be different for each individual assessment.
Version 6.04 - October 23, 2008
  • New Sub-Account Manager interface replaces the old Admin Sub-Account Security page.  New features of this page include the ability to rename sub-accounts, change their parent via simple drag-and-drop, and a helpful search mechanism to locate sub-accounts when you have many.
  • New "All No" and "All Yes" buttons have been added to the No/Yes pages within the Testcraft security rights editors.  These buttons will save considerable time for those sub-accounts that should be granted or denied all security rights.
  • The Testcraft import spreadsheet for Microsoft Excel has been improved significantly.  It now supports most question types (including most survey question types) and has additional fields to support comments on questions and assigning a reference ID to each question upon import.  The new import spreadsheet template can now be downloaded from the question import page.
  • The Respondent Row/Column Analysis report by default now produces a native Excel file instead of a CSV file.  This solves the problems with CSV files that must be converted to Excel (which often resulted in extra steps).  The CSV file option is still available.
Version 6.02 - August 1, 2008
  • Added the ability to shuffle answer options for eight question types.  Now the assessment engine can optionally show the available answer options in a different order for each respondent.
  • Enhanced Email Address custom fields by allowing white/black lists for email domains.  This means you can configure the Email Address custom field to only accept (or white list) specific email address domains (like brillium.com, mycompany.com, partner-company.com).  Alternatively, you can reject (or black list) specific email address domains (like yahoo.com, aol.com, msn.com)
  • New Supervisor's Email Address custom field type that will send the respondent summary email to the email address entered when the respondent completes the assessment.  This is idea for notifying a supervisor of a respondent's assessment results as soon as they are done with the assessment.
  • Comments and Essay/Opinion answers can now optionally be included on the Question Basic Analysis report.  In addition, you can optionally exclude statistics on this same report.
  • Ability to unlock a question that has been published from Questionlab.  This will break the linkage to Questionlab, but will free-up the ability to edit and maintain the question within Testcraft.
Version 6.01 - July 1, 2008
  • Enhanced branching functionality allows you to specify what should happen at the end of each question group on the assessment.  This includes continuing on to the next question group, jumping to another question group, or ending the assessment.
  • Enhanced rich-text editing on question group editor.
  • Spell-checking now available on assessment and question group editors.
Version 6.00 - May 12, 2008
  • New branching question technology that allows you to build assessments with the ability to jump to specific places based on answers selected by respondents.  The ability to branch to a specific question, question group, or an entirely different assessment allows a great deal of flexibility.
  • New import/export functionality allows you to export entire assessments or question sets for sharing internally or externally.  Exports can be encrypted and password protected as well for secure distribution.
  • New question editors for easier rich-text editing, spell-checking, WYSIWYG editing without having to preview your content on a separate page.
  • New question arranging tool allows you to drag-and-drop questions from their current position in the assessment to an entirely different position or question group.
  • New Reference ID field for questions allows you to specify an identifier for each question that pertains to something meaningful within your organization.  It is recommended to use a unique identifier for each question with a logical naming convention for each searching.
  • New resource manager allows you to upload resources and securely organize them in different folders for use within sub-accounts.  This new level of organization will keep your resources much more managable than previously.
  • New question answer analysis report shows a detailed breakdown of responses for each question within a working Excel spreadsheet for easy analysis.
  • Enhanced spell-checking functionality with the ability to add custom words to the dictionary as you spell check.
  • Enhanced browser compatibility means that Testcraft will look and function the same in all modern browsers.
Version 5.50 - August 13, 2007
  • New Testcraft skin for an improved look-and-feel.
  • New Contact Information custom field set to reliably capture a respondent's address and contact information pre-assessment.
  • New Matrix survey question type.
  • New Weighted Multiple Choice test question type.
  • New functionality when viewing a respondent to edit their login information for corrections or general modifications.
  • Updated rich-text editor and spellchecker.
  • New Question Group Passing Analysis report for visualization of respondents' performance on all question groups.
  • New Respondent Row/Column Analysis report for easy custom reporting with tools like Microsoft Excel.
  • New Respondent Score Basic Analysis report for reporting on overall respondent score distribution and performance across groups.
  • Ability to flag an assessment as archived, so it will be disabled and no longer show within the assessment listing.
  • Enhancements to the assessment editor allowing for more flexibility at the end of the respondent's assessment on the review pages.
  • Enhanced authoring and technical guides.
Version 5.12 - February 9, 2007
  • Show Survey Question Responses On Assessment Review - The setting to only show certain questions on the review at the end of an assessment has been enhanced.  Now you may select from "Only Incorrect Questions", "Only Test Type Questions", "Only Survey Type Questions", or "All Questions".  Previously, survey type questions could not be shown on the review.
  • Show Only Explanations On Assessment Review - The setting to only show a question, its answers, and explanation has been enhanced.  Now you may select from "Questions and Explanations", "Questions, Answers, and Explanations", or "Only Explanations".  Previously, it was not possible to show only the explanations without also showing the questions.
Version 5.11 - January 12, 2007
  • Updated Rich Text Editor With Spellcheck - The newest release of the integrated rich text editor and spellchecker have been implemented.  This new version of the spellchecker is much improved and very easy to use.
Version 5.10 - December 4, 2006
  • Respondent Login Information Modification - An administrator may now modify respondent login information (first name, last name, email address and custom fields) within the result area if they have security privledges to access the respondent.
  • Notifications to Additional Email Addresses Allowed - The resend notifications feature within the View Summary page has been modified to allow these notifications to be sent to the active account's owner or a specified email address.
  • Respondent Deletion Privledges Modified - Sub-accounts with rights to only a limited sub-set of an assessment's respondents will no longer have access to the Delete Complete Results and Delete Incomplete Results buttons.
Version 5.09 - August 24, 2006
  • Respondent Score Basic Analysis Report - This new report shows a brief summary of results similar to the result area front page with a score distribution chart, pass/fail chart, and a quick analysis of respondent's scores.  This report may be grouped by list-type custom fields for easy score analysis of organizational groups.
  • Respondent Row/Column Analysis Report - This new report generates a very useful comma-separated values spreadsheet of respondents for the active assessment.  The spreadsheet shows summary information for each respondent plus the their answer to each question in an individual column format.  This report is extremely useful in performing simplified respondent answer analysis.
Version 5.08 - July 14, 2006
  • Microsoft Office Resources Allowed - Microsoft Office formatted documents are now allowed as resources within Testcraft.  Specifically, the allowed formats are .DOC, .XLS, and .PPT.  Customers using these formats should be aware respondents much have the applicable Microsoft Office application or comparable viewer application in order to view the resource attached to the question or other assessment object.
Version 5.07 - June 15, 2006
  • Assessment Archival - Assessments may now be archived and unarchived by administrators.  Archived assessments will be disabled and new respondents will not be allowed to sign-in to these assessments.  Archived assessments will also not appear in the default listing of assessments.  A special category of "Archived Assessments" has been added to the Show dropdown list on the Home page within an account.
  • Custom Assessment Engine Copyright Statement - A copyright statement now appears within the assessment engine allowing administrators to change the content copyright to their own specifications using the Assessment Language Editor.
Version 5.05 - May 17, 2006
  • Account Expiration - Features allowing certain Testcraft accounts to expire on a specified date and time were added.  The purpose for these additions is for customers only licensing Testcraft for an event or specified period of time.  Standard customers will not be affected.
  • Optional Synchronous Report Generation - Several adjustments to report generation were made to accommodate shared-memory partitions.  Reports will be generated in the same thread as other Testcraft tasks in these partitions.
Version 5.04 - April 21, 2006
  • Weighted Multiple Choice Question Type - This new test question type allows you to author a typical multiple choice question where the respondent may receive a different number of points based on which question they selected.  It works just like a Multiple Choice question type with the difference being partial of full credit may be given for more than one answer.
  • Custom Assessment Options - Each installation of Testcraft may now have up to five custom assessment options specified for a client to store client-specific information about each assessment.  Once these fields are specified for the installation, the client may enter any string data within these fields on the Advanced Assessment Options page.  For example, the client may have a different "Internal ID" for the assessment, which is used when integrating Testcraft with a third-party product or internal application.
Version 5.03 - March 31, 2006
  • Question Group Passing Analysis Report - This new report displays a detailed analysis of each question group on the assessment with an overview of the respondents pass/fail performance on each group.
  • First and Last Name Field Validation - Just as with all other custom fields, you may now enforce validation on the First Name and Last Name fields.
Version 5.00 - November 17, 2005
  • Report Center - The new Report Center is now the primary reporting and result analysis tool within Testcraft.  It provides several new and improved reports with powerful options and filtering capabilities.
  • Improved Access Download Performance and Stability - The Microsoft Access download functionality has been rebuilt from the ground-up to ensure 100% reliability and increased performance for larger downloads.
  • Several Interface Enhancements - Several smaller enhancements have been made to the Testcraft interface.  For example, pagination controls appear at the top and bottom of each grid in Testcraft.
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