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Service Pack 5 (SP5) for Perception v4.4 is now available for download on the website.This service pack addresses several issues in both Perception Server and Authoring Manager. 
 
What version of Perception is this service pack for?
This service pack is ONLY for Perception v4.4.
 
Where do I download Service Pack 5?
You will find two installation files for Service Pack 5 files (one for Perception Server and one for Authoring Manager) on the Questionmark website at:
http://www.questionmark.com/communities/mydownloads.aspx
                                                                   
How do I install Service Pack 5?
See the following knowledge base article for installation instructions:
http://www.questionmark.com/go/kbinst443 

What issues are resolved by Service Pack 5? 
Service Pack 5 includes resolutions and performance improvements that issues in both Perception Server and Authoring Manager:
 

Authoring Manager Issues Resolved:
http://www.questionmark.com/go/kbsp5am

Server Issues Resolved:
http://www.questionmark.com/go/kbsp5sv  

I have not installed Service packs 1, 2, 3 or 4 yet – do I need to install them before I install SP5?
No. It is not necessary to install the prior service packs. The Service Packs will automatically check your Perception Server and Authoring Manager installations to verify if previous Service Packs have been installed. For more information, see the Knowledge Base article: “How do the new Perception Server 4.4 Service Packs work?”
http://www.questionmark.com/perception/help/v4/knowledge_base/miscellaneous/misc423.aspx  

Learn tips and techniques for better assessments right from your desk! Questionmark is currently offering three Web seminars for assessment professionals:

Beyond Multiple Choice: Nine Ways to Leverage Technology for Better Assessments - Wednesday, December 9, at 3 p.m. Eastern 

Effective assessments also help organizations improve performance, manage workforce competencies, and ensure regulatory compliance. How can you make the best use of online authoring, reporting, analytical, and security tools? This seminar provides a broad overview of some common ways technology can be used to enhance the impact of your assessments, including:

• Using question and topic based feedback to guide learning
• Making use of reporting and analytics to derive meaning from your assessments
• Organizing your questions in a centralized item bank structured to meet your organization’s needs
• Creating assessments that adapt and branch based on participant responses and scores
• Matching the delivery environment and technology to the stakes

Register today at:
http://www.questionmark.com/us/seminars/index.aspx#bmc

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Analyzing and Sharing Assessment Results with Questionmark Enterprise Reporter - Monday, November 23, at 3 p.m. Eastern

Enterprise Reporter enables Perception administrators to run reports and analyze the results within the Perception repository. This session explains each of the 12 reports in Enterprise Reporter and the data and statistics they contain.

Register today at:
http://www.questionmark.com/us/seminars/index.aspx#er

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Questionmark Perception Orientation - Offered twice each week

If you are new to computerized assessments or Questionmark Perception, this seminar provides an overview of Perception's features and how to use the software. You will receive basic information about how to write and deploy your quizzes, tests, and surveys using Perception. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers.

Register today at:
http://www.questionmark.com/us/seminars/index.aspx

We are pleased to announce the availability of "Technologies for Selling Tests," a new solution from Questionmark that allows professional associations, textbook companies, awarding bodies and other test publishers to streamline individual and bulk sale of online quizzes and tests.

“Technologies for Selling Tests” is an optional enhancement to on-demand deployments of Questionmark Perception. The new service provides an ideal solution for test publishers interested in selling their tests to large institutions or those wishing to make quizzes, diagnostic assessments and other study aids available on a charge-per-use basis.

Tests and quizzes can be authored and saved to a repository using standard Questionmark Perception features. Content owners then use a browser-based application to define catalog items for their assessments, along with desired pricing and access limitations. Access to assessments in each catalog item may be sold individually via e-commerce transaction. Alternatively, publishers may opt to sell administrative credits for assessments in bulk. Key features and benefits of the solution include:

• Easy-to-use assessment catalog system
• Self-registration and automated scheduling
• Online payment processing
• Customizable: can be branded to your organization
• Secure content and results
• Customizable email templates for automated communication

Test publishers can now get a better return on their investment in creating and maintaining valid and reliable assessments using this rapidly deployable, secure, low-cost solution.