We ran our first set last week. Not overly impressed. Initial set up was a nightmare. Multiple calls to Service Operations and pot luck with getting someone who knew what they were talking about. Eventually got the system up and running. Booking on Edexcel online is simple. Downloading the tests via the Administrator dashboard and setting them up via the Invigilator Dashboard seems needlessly complicated. Running on exam day isn’t bad although all tests have to be started by the invigilator. We have a second round later this week so well see how it goes now we have a bit more experience.
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From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julie Griffin
Sent: 21 January 2014 12:02
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Subject: Re: NG BTEC Onscreen Testing
Hi
mmmm...
we will in all likelihood be running these from this September.
What technical set ups do we need? We already have promissor for other BTEC online tests that we run for apprenticeship learners - is the NG software different?
Julie
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From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Duncan Buck
Sent: 21 January 2014 11:52
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Subject: NG BTEC Onscreen Testing
Hi All
We have just run our first set of NG BTEC Onscreen tests and are now worried for the future. In particular:
1. The system is very pernickety with complex architecture with:
a). a server service,
b). a client for the exams team,
c). another client for the invigilator, d). a third set of clients for the candidates.
Keeping all of these running and up to date looks a major task.
2. There are multiple stages to getting the exams into a condition to be run, all of which have to be done in order.
3. The turnaround for results seems very slow at 28-56 days. This does not compare well to other awarding organisations.
4. There is no EDI upload for booking the exams.
Is anyone else running these exams and if so would you be willing to share your experiences?
Regards
Duncan
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