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Create A Test biggest update since launch has now been live for a month and we have enjoyed receiving your feedback about the changes.

School account updates
There are several changes we are making around the Pupil&Group accounts section. We have improved the pupil and group account with the introduction of two versions of this section. The two sections are:

Group accounts - this allows schools to create class and group papers as you always have. Give pupils the chance to do extra papers at home or to complete a paper as part of their homework.Individual group accounts - here pupils get an individual account. Pupils can do both papers you set them and papers they choose to cr... [More]

Tags: news, new feature

New Year is here and we can see many of you are back making papers

School account updates
Notice the new groups & pupils accounts section on your account. Just as before you can create a “group” account and distribute the password to pupils in your class. These papers can then be accessed by the pupils at home for revision or homework purposes.
 
We have now created individual pupil accounts within this section. All users get 5 accounts for free to test and use. We will be pricing up accounts shortly. This new feature will mean on top of the school account (with group accounts) each pupil can have their own individual account. This will allows...
 
1 ) pupils to... [More]

Tags: news, adapative testing

Christmas approaches. A warm welcome to the schools joining Create A Test in the build up to this holiday season. 

School account updates
We already know that many of you love leaving papers online for pupils. The opportunity to set papers that pupils can either do as homework or use for revision is something we wish to enhance and build on.
Coming shortly we are creating an account in which a teacher can set individual tests for every pupil. All you’ll have to do is set the correct level and away they go. As pupils complete tests information is displayed to their teachers of the progress they are making, in addition tests adapt to offer pupils a more appropriate test the more... [More]

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With two months of the year already gone teachers hopefully know all of their pupils names, and students are turning up to the correct classrooms. Some schools are already preparing for Christmas and January exams while all teachers are assessing pupils learning with end of unit tests. Whatever you use Create A Test for, we are here to help.

School account updates
The school updates have now been live for a while and we hope that you like the changes. Thank you for those giving feedback on the new system, we are always really interested to hear what you think, so that we can ensure that the site works for you. Please contact us via email cat@createatest.co.uk

Individual and paren... [More]

Tags: News, new feature

Create A Test School & Educational Establishments Modifications Live!!
As many of you will know we have now launched the updated School & Educational Establishments part of the website. Feedback so far has been great and we welcome any further feedback both positive and critical. We will be looking to make similar modifications to the other accounts over the coming year

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Just a reminder (The Big changes to the school account)
If you wish to read more about the modifications that we have recently made please read our... [More]

Tags: News, Website updates

Big changes to the design of the school account
We have been working hard to update the look and usability of the school account during the summer holidays. We have taken on board your suggestions and added a few of our own ideas into the mix to create what we think is a big enhancement to this part of the site.

The changes will be uploaded shortly and include:
New Tab user interface to help improve usability for creating a paper and managing paper questionsA change to the way we create pdf maths papers. This has enhanced the quality of paper and allows users with slower internet speeds to benefit from quicker loading times.Paper size selection. One of the biggest requests we have ... [More]

Tags: news, maths papers, school account

The summer holidays are here and we know many of our users are either enjoying the Olympics or the sun shine (abroad most likely). Hopefully the Olympics will not disturb our work too much here in London. If you find time between events please take a look at the following:

New testimonial page coming for School Accounts
We have had some very positive, unprompted feedback over the year and have decided to add a small testimonial page to the site. If you can contribute to this page we would be very grateful. Comments can be added with or without mentioning the school/ name of author. It will be good to tell potential users of Create A Test what the current users think of the service.**... [More]

Tags: News, new feature, parent account

Create A Test News
Exam time is coming to an end and we hope you are looking forward to the summer.  The holidays are a good time for teachers to get organised, and for pupils and teachers to rest for the year ahead. We hope you have found Create A Test useful this last year, and improvements will continue over the coming academic year.


Automatic mark sheets in the School Account
We have had users testing the new mark sheet feature and the feedback so far has been very good. This was developed following a suggestion from one of our current users and we are happy to see it producing such positive feedback. This feature allows you to very quickly create a spreadsheet that... [More]

Tags: news, end of exams

Create A Test News May 2012
A short newsletter this month as exam time is here and priorities are now on the current exams. As you can understand we will now not be making any changes to the working of the website until after the exam period. This will allow minimum disruption to the service during this vital period. 

Further Developments to both accounts
We will be developing the Create A Test further over the summer holidays and this is your chance to let us know any extra features or changes you would like to make to the website.
 
Features we are currently working on include:
    an automatic mark sheet generating system to go with your generated... [More]

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April 2012 Create A Test News.
Easter is over and hopefully everyone enjoyed the two weeks away from school. Now though it is time to get back to the final term and there is a lot of build up towards exams so hopefully you are using Create A Test to help you in this build up. We are working hard to help you as a teacher, pupil or tutor in this process.

Further Development in School Account
Now you can lock and secure papers you have created in a way that doesn’t remove the departmental sharing functionality. When creating a new paper notice that you can now choose to lock the paper. If you have already created a paper you want to lock you can edit the paper and lock it. We have ha... [More]

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Further Development in School Account
The school account has developed once again with improved functionality and quicker loading times on older computer systems. Paper creation and editing is now easier than ever allowing you to make an exam paper quicker with Create A Test than with any other method. 

Pricing Change for Parent and Individual Accounts
As you may have noticed already we have changed the pricing structure of these accounts. We hope these changes will simplify the buying process and give you the opportunity to choose the account that best fits your needs.

New features coming in the near future
In the school account we are currently testing a new way for... [More]

Tags: News, School Account

Create A Test News

As you may already have noticed, here at Create A Test we have been working hard to bring new features and enhancements to the different accounts we provide. Here's a couple of things we've improved for you.


Enhanced marking system

A new marking system for papers completed in the individual and parent accounts is now live. You can choose to mark your papers more quickly by selecting correct or incorrect options, as well as being able to specify method marks.


Developing the question bank

We are continuing to improve our questions based on your feedback. Not only are we adding more questions, but we're also improving the current questions ... [More]

Tags: news, IGCSE, GCSE, mathematics