Did you know that RegisterBlast now has an online appointment/registration feature that will maximize the institutional use for more than just the testing center? Is your institution looking for an online appointment/registration system to keep up with your 24/7 students and their advisement needs? RegisterBlast has the solution for you. This session is designed to give an overview of the NEW appointment/registration feature in use at Miami Dade College and will provide information on the latest RegisterBlast enhancements for testing appointments, event appointments, etc. Come learn how RegisterBlast can help your institution with all of its online appointment needs.

Conference Track: Testing Technology

As an extension of our 2014 conference session in Denver, we are reporting on our progress. We are excited to show many of our innovative methodologies as well as the environment that we have implemented to make our testing center one of the most state-of-the-art test centers in our conference. Everything from testing on tablets to worldwide administration of exams will be revealed in this session. We invite everyone to come with questions and ideas so, together, we can polish this pearl of great price and all rise above the tide of old-school testing.

Conference Track: Testing Technology

This presentation will look at those technical questions that have been rising with the tide in your testing center. What is a cache proxy anyway? Why can't Java get along with what is already on my testing stations instead of creating havoc at each update? Do I really have to have a separate computer for this testing program? Is an active understanding of the technical side now a prerequisite for staff in a testing center? What about wireless, laptops, and more?. Join us for an informed and lively discussion of technical side questions and issues in the testing environment of the present and future.

Conference Track: Testing Technology

We developed the first Pearson VUE mobile wireless testing center and want to share the process, technology, challenges, and successes with others. Currently, we use our mobile wireless testing center in the correctional environment to bring the new computer-based GED testing to inmates, but it could also be used to bring testing to rural communities that lack access.

One of the benefits of PV mobile wireless testing is that no internet connection is necessary at the delivery site. Instead, tests are pre-loaded into an administrative laptop and delivered via a closed network router to computer or laptop stations. Although initially we had help from IT staff with the set-up of hardware and software, we are not particularly skilled in technology yet are able to take the mobile center out and administer tests without IT help.

We believe that others can benefit from our mobile testing journey by learning about what is possible and what mistakes to avoid.

Conference Track: Testing Technology