Your Testing Requirements
A Guide to Moving from Paper Tests to Online Testing

Scenario: You are creating tests using Word, Excel or similar tool, printing and administering paper-and-pencil testing.
 

• Do you want a test making application that enables you to create and print tests, or do you want to create and give tests online, or do you want to be able to do both?
• Are you the only test author/administrator or are there other individuals who need to create tests and manage your testing system?
• How do you currently grade, record and analyze your test scores?
• How often do you test and how many people do you test at the same?
• Will the people taking your tests take them from the same location, or will they be taking them at different times and in different locations?
  
  

Must-have Requirements

List 3 to 5 of your top, must-have requirements.  If you're not sure, we've provided a short list of Test Generator Features to give you some ideas.

Better yet, contact us to schedule an online demo.

Pricing and Licensing 

When it comes to test generators and pricing, there's "free", expensive and everything in between. 

Pricing options vary from vendor to vendor.  Some only offer hosted subscriptions while others offer hosting by you or the vendor.  

Here are some of the factors that influence the cost of our Test Generator products.

• Delivery: Over your LAN, Intranet or Internet?
• User Licenses: Estimate the number of users who need to be logged in at any given point in time--we refer to this as concurrency. Concurrency is defined as: any combination of administrative-level users and/or test takers who are logged in to your testing system, at the same time.
• Packages: We offer 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100 (and up) user-license packages. How many user licenses do you estimate you need?
• Each purchase includes email and phone support, two online training credit hours and updates to the latest version of Test Generator.

Before you buy

We always recommend scheduling an online demo. Why?--because a picture's worth a thousand words and a great way of making sure that what is being offered matches your testing requirements. 

Ask if the vendor provides online demos and find out if the sessions are recorded--and that includes any discussion regarding pricing.

You want to make sure that everything is clearly spelled out before you deciding on a purchase.

Deployment

If you are considering having the application installed on your servers, make sure to involve IT in the review process.

Request technical details and provide the vendor with the email and phone number of your technical person. 

Support and Training

Make sure to ask about support and training.  A good way to find out about their support is to ask for references.